VHP Book Talk: We Were Pirates--Dispatch August 4, 2010

 

VHP Book Talk: We Were Pirates--Dispatch August 4, 2010

During the course of WWII, submariner Robert Hunt served in the Pacific, and he managed to survive twelve consecutive war patrols on the submarine USS Tambor. He’ll share his extraordinary experiences as a torpedoman aboard the USS Tambor during a lecture at the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/loc/events/index.php?mode=detail&date=1281412800
If you are in the Washington DC Metropolitan area on Tuesday, August 10th, please join us at noon in the Pickford Theater in the Madison Building at the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions.html
You may read more about Hunt’s story in "We Were Pirates" by authors Robert Schultz and James Shell. Both authors will be in attendance.
In addition, visit “Submarines: The Silent Service,” an online collection of VHP stories that chronicle military experience on submarines: http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-submarines.html
The Mission of the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of America’s war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. Learn more at www.loc.gov/vets.

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