Events

The Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club commences its 2025 campaign at noon on Tuesday, January 28 with a return Zoom visit by Chris Kolakowski, Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison, who will speak on Corregidor, the island at in Manila Bay that played such a crucial role in the defense against the Japanese invasion in 1941-1942 and was the scene of heavy fighting during the American return in 1945.  The meeting will begin at noon, Central time.  For link information, contact Jim Gallen at jmgallen1@juno.com. 

Chris has spent his career interpreting and preserving American military history with the National Park Service, New York State government and has served as Director of the General George Patton Museum and Center of Leadership in Fort Knox, Kentucky and as MacArthur Memorial Director in Norfolk, Virginia.  He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history from 1775 to the present.  He is a contributor to the Emerging Civil War Blog

Please join me in welcoming historian and author Rona Simmons. Rona will be speaking about her newest book No Average Day: The 24 Hours of October 24, 1944 at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force on 26 February 2025. From Rona's Linkedin profile:

"Rona Simmons is an Atlanta-area based author and has written both historical fiction and works of nonfiction. After co-authoring the book Images from World War II (2016) celebrating the art of WWII veteran and artist Jack Smith, Simmons again turned to the Second World War for her latest book, The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines (2020) released by Kent State University Press. The daughter of a WWII fighter pilot herself, she is proud to honor veterans and their stories through her work.

"Simmons's writing, including stories, articles, and interviews, has appeared in regional and national literary journals and online and print magazines and newspapers. She is active in the local writing commun