Southeastern Veterans Day lecture to focus on Louisiana maneuvers in World War II
Monday, November 6, 2017
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – An Iraq War veteran and museum curator will present Southeastern Louisiana
University’s Department of History and Political Science’s annual Veterans Day lecture
at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, in Pottle Auditorium.
Titled “The Louisiana Maneuvers 1940 – 1944: The Anvil that Shaped the United
States Army,” the presentation by Captain Richard Moran, curator of the Louisiana
Maneuvers and Military Museum in Pineville, is free and open to the public.
“We are delighted to have Captain Richard Moran, co-chair of the advisory committee
for the National World War II Museum’s special exhibit ‘The Pelican State Goes to
War: Louisiana in World War II’ as our Veterans Day speaker this year,” said William
Robison, head of the Department of History and Political Science. “The maneuvers conducted
in Louisiana and adjacent states from 1940 to 1944 were critical to the Allied victory
in World War II, and many of the biggest names in American military history were involved,
including Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, George Marshall, and George Patton. Nobody
knows more about the maneuvers than Captain Moran. He is also a very engaging speaker
and a really nice guy.”
Robison added that as a bonus this year they will offer a second lecture on Nov.
16, at 1 p.m., in the Student Union Theatre featuring Harry Laver, former Southeastern
professor of history and now a faculty member at the U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College at Leavenworth, Kan. Laver will speak about General Eisenhower’s role
in the war.
For more information on either lecture, contact Robison at 985-549-2109.
