November 29 - December 1, 2018 The National WWII Museum and Hyatt Regency New Orleans - International Conference on World War II
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November 29 – December 1, 2018
The National WWII Museum and
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
FEATURING THE PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
“THE TWO WORLD WARS:
1914 – 1945”
PRESENTED BY
WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM
THE GENERAL RAYMOND E. MASON JR.
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES ON
WORLD WAR II ENDOWMENT FUND
A program of The Institute for the Study
of War and Democracy
Dear Friends of The National WWII Museum,
Each year, the Museum looks forward to once again bringing together friends,
Members, and WWII enthusiasts for our International Conference on World War
II. It has become one of our marquee events, attracting the top scholars and
authors in the field for three enriching and enjoyable days discussing the most
epic event in human history.
This year’s program will feature over 30 speakers presenting their latest
works and research to over 500 educators, students, supporters, and WWII
enthusiasts—many of whom have become conference regulars. As we say in
New Orleans, I invite you to be “part of that number” and join us in New Orleans
from November 29 to December 1 for the 2018 International Conference on
World War II presented by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
As this year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, our one-
day symposium preceding the conference will explore “The Two World Wars:
1914-1945.” Our sessions will examine the idea that World War II was born out
of World War I by looking at how The Great War began in 1914 and ended in
1918; similarities between 1939 and 1945; the battles, technologies, and tactics
developed during World War I; and the major personalities who fought in the
World War I and then led their nations in World War II. The symposium will
feature two of the best-known WWI scholars with the opening address by
David Reynolds and closing session by Margaret MacMillan.
The lineup for the Conference is equally impressive. Sir Antony Beevor,
a frequent speaker at Museum events, will return to give the keynote address
on his upcoming book The Battle of Arnhem. His new insights and findings on
Operation Market Garden are sure to be enlightening and thought-provoking.
The rest of our lineup reflects some of the biggest names and newest works in
WWII history including Rick Atkinson, James Holland, Keith Lowe, Donald Miller,
Alexandra Richie, Gerhard Weinberg, the Museum’s own Rob Citino, and our
President Emeritus Nick Mueller. Back by popular response, we will once again
host a Friday evening Open House and Reception at the Museum, allowing
Conference attendees to experience our galleries and mingle with fellow
guests and speakers.
This exciting program is possible thanks to the Pritzker Military Museum &
Library, which has so generously served as the Conference’s Presenting
Sponsor since 2012. I am grateful to the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
along with all of our past attendees who have help us grow this conference
into one of the must-attend WWII events of the year.
After browsing this brochure, I know you won’t want to miss our 2018
International Conference. I look forward to seeing you here in November!
Stephen J. Watson
President & CEO, The National WWII Museum
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About The In addition to the many returning presenters, the Conference Planning
Committee makes an effort to invite new historians each year to share
International Conference their latest findings.
on World War II Joining the featured speakers are hundreds of attendees who travel
from all over the world to learn more about this epic event. With an
emphasis on nonacademic presentations and encouraging presenters
The National WWII Museum, New Orleans to be more conversational than lecturing, the Conference strives to
November 29 – December 1, 2018 connect with the audience through engaging discussions, question-and-
answer periods, book signings, and receptions throughout the weekend.
The National WWII Museum has hosted the International Conference With the generous and continued support of the Museum’s longstanding
on World War II since 2006–bringing the best and brightest partner and Conference Presenting Sponsor, the Pritzker Military
scholars, authors, historians, and witnesses to history from around Museum & Library, the International Conference on World War II
the globe to discuss key battles, personalities, strategies, issues, remains the world’s leading convention of WWII experts, students,
and controversies of the war that changed the world. and enthusiasts.
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2018 International Conference
on World War II
November 30 – December 1, 2018
Following in the footsteps of last year’s Conference, which received high praise,
the 2018 International Conference on World War II will once again take a broad-
ranging view of the war that changed the world rather than focusing specifically
on one topic or theme. This allows the Conference to host speakers who will
share their knowledge and expertise on a wide-ranging list of personalities,
battles, and major controversies.
The program is mixed with speakers who are new to our Conference with those
who have become quite familiar from repeated appearances, such as Rick
Atkinson, Conrad Crane, Richard Frank, Allan Millett, Donald Miller, Alexandra
Richie, and Gerhard Weinberg—to name a few. The Conference itself officially
begins on the evening of Thursday, November 29 with a social gathering and
reception in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion followed by the Opening Keynote
Address in our US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. This year’s opening
address will be from Sir Antony Beevor, a past speaker and crowd favorite,
who will present on his brand new book The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest
Airborne Operation of World War II.
On Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1, all Conference sessions
will take place at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, with an included continental
breakfast and boxed lunch each day. After the multitude of compliments
we received last year from hosting a Museum Open House and Reception
on Friday evening, we have decided to repeat it, which will allow for private
viewing of our exhibitions and spaces. With entertainment from the Museum’s
own Victory Belles, this will be a festive opportunity for registrants to get to
know speakers, staff, and one another that evening.
The Conference will conclude with the Closing Banquet and Keynote Address
underneath the B-17E Flying Fortress, My Gal Sal, with guests having an
opportunity to enjoy food, beverages, enlightened conversation, and one final
Conference presentation on the war that changed the world.
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PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Many Americans who experienced war in the trenches of Western Europe in
the World War I later returned to liberate the same ground again in 1944
and 1945. The military and political leaders of World War II learned the art of war
from 1914-1918, and vowed not to repeat the mistakes of that conflict, nor the
flawed peace that ended it. Bringing together distinguished scholars such as
David Reynolds and Pulitzer Prize winner Margaret MacMillan, the 2018
pre-Conference symposium will explore the legacies, leadership lessons, and
tactics of World War I and how it affected the World War II.
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Symposium Opening Remarks
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War
–David Reynolds, PhD
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break and book signing
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Learning to Lead: The Great War Experiences of
the Great WWII Commanders
“The Yanks Are Coming” - Michael E. Haskew
PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM “From One Reich to Another” - Robert M. Citino, PhD
“Hail Britannia” - Peter Caddick-Adams, PhD
“THE TWO WORLD WARS: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Break, book signing, and lunch
1914 – 1945” 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. From 1918 to the Next War
Thursday, November 29 “The Second Battle of the Marne” - Michael Neiberg, PhD
“Machine War: Tanks in the Great War” - Alaric Searle, PhD
The National WWII Museum “The AEF in Europe” - Geoffrey Wawro, PhD
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break and book signing
Leading up to our 2014 Conference, we added a one-day, pre-Conference 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ends Lead to Beginnings: The Armistice and the
symposium that provided attendees with a more in-depth exploration of a Treaty of Versailles
specific topic in WWII history. “D-Day” was the first topic, followed by –Margaret MacMillan, DPhil
“The Holocaust” in 2015, “Espionage” in 2016 and last year’s “Hitler in History.”
Carrying on this tradition, the 2018 Conference will be preceded by a 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m Symposium closing followed by book signing
symposium on “The Two World Wars: 1914-1945.” Between 1914 and 1945,
a generation of men and women spent their lives at war.
Program subject to change.
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Those who attend the International Conference on World War II have come to
expect the Museum to bring the biggest names in the field of WWII history to
New Orleans and the latest works and freshest research to be shared.
Very often the stars align and we are able to bring one of the biggest names with
a brand new work to share, and this year is no exception!
Sir Antony Beevor’s next book, The Battle of Arnhem is due out this fall, just in
time for the 2018 International Conference on World War II presented by Pritzker
Military Museum & Library.
In The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II,
the prize-winning historian and internationally best-selling author of D-Day
reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new
account.
On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany’s
parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane engines. He went out
onto his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air
armada of Dakotas and gliders, carrying the legendary American 101st and 82nd
Airborne Divisions and the British 1st Airborne Division.
Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by
capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and
beyond, was a bold concept, but could it have ever
worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for
the Dutch who risked everything to help. German reprisals
were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war.
Beevor, using often-overlooked sources from Dutch,
American, British, Polish, and German archives, has
reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which
General Student called “The Last German Victory.”
2018 International Conference
on World War II
Opening Keynote Address
The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne
Operation of World War II – Sir Antony Beevor
Thursday, November 29 • 6:00 p.m.
The National WWII Museum
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, November 30
The Hyatt Regency New Orleans*
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Hospitality Room
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. The Two World Wars: 1914 – 1945
A Special Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Break and book signing
9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Battles Not to Fight: Peleliu and Hürtgen Forest
Conrad Crane, PhD – Moderator
Peleliu – Richard Frank
Hürtgen Forest – Rick Atkinson
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break and book signing
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle
of Manila
–James Scott
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Break, book signing, and lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Writing World War II: Fiction vs. Non-Fiction
–Donald L. Miller, PhD - Moderator
Thursday, November 29 –Speaker TBD
The National WWII Museum | Louisiana Memorial Pavilion and
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break and book signing
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tarawa: 75 Years Later
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Opening Reception –Keith Huxen, PhD - Moderator
The National WWII Museum Bones of My Grandfather: Reclaiming a Lost Hero
Louisiana Memorial Pavilion of World War II – Clay Bonnyman Evans
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Conference Opening Remarks –Speaker TBD
The National WWII Museum
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break and book signing
6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Opening Keynote Address 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Fear and the Freedom
The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne –Keith Lowe
Operation of World War II
–Sir Anthony Beevor 5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Book signing
The National WWII Museum
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Open House / Reception at The National WWII Museum
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center
*Program subject to change.
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break, book signing, and lunch
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m Greatest Unheralded Commanders
Donald L. Miller PhD – Moderator
Pete Quesada – Thomas Hughes, PhD
Stanislaw Sosabowski – Alexandra Richie, DPhil
Troy Middleton – Harold Winton, PhD
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break and book signing
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Why the Germans Lost
–James Holland
–Robert M. Citino, PhD
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break and book signing
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. A Conversation with Gerhard Weinberg, PhD
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Book signing
Saturday, December 1 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Courtesy shuttle between The National WWII
The Hyatt Regency New Orleans Museum and the Hyatt Regency
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Closing Banquet
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Hospitality Room
US Freedom Pavillion
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Everything We Have – D-Day, June 6, 1944 Seating begins at 6:30 p.m.
The American story of the Normandy landings told Dinner begins at 7:00 p.m.
through personal accounts, images, artifacts and
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Closing Keynote Address and Conference
video from The National WWII Museum.
Closing Remarks
–Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller, PhD
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
–Günter Bischof, PhD
–Andrew Roberts
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Break and book signing
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Book signing
*Program subject to change.
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Lost Cause: Japan’s War 1943-1945
Allan Millett – Moderator
Delaying the Unendurable: The Japanese
–Hiroyuki Shindo, PhD
MacArthur’s Coalition: US and Australian
Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area
–Peter Dean, PhD
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break and book signing
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The German War: A Nation Under Arms
–Nicholas Stargardt, PhD
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FEATURED SPEAKERS KEITH LOWE
Keith Lowe was born in 1970 and studied English
Literature at Manchester University. After 12 years as
RICK ATKINSON
a history publisher, he embarked on a full-time career
Rick Atkinson is the best-selling author of the as a writer and historian, and is now recognized on
Liberation Trilogy, a narrative history of the US both sides of the Atlantic as an authority on the World
military’s role in the liberation of Europe in World War II and its aftermath.
War II. The trilogy consists of An Army at Dawn
(winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history), The Day of He is the author of three major works of history.
Battle, and The Guns at Last Light, which was His first book, Inferno, was a critically-acclaimed study
released in May 2013. His other books include of the bombing of Hamburg in 1943. Using eyewitness
The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers, testimonies from both sides, it described the horrors of the greatest ever man-made
and Crusade. Atkinson is the recipient of two Pulitzer firestorm, which killed around 40,000 people in a single night. His second book,
Prizes for journalism, the George Polk Award, and the 2010 Pritzker Military Savage Continent, was a ground-breaking study of the wave of violence and revenge
Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. that swept Europe after the war. It became a Sunday Times top-10 bestseller, and
went on to win both the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and Italy’s national Herasco
He holds a Master of Arts degree in English literature from the University of History Prize. His latest book, The Fear and the Freedom, is an intimate history of the
Chicago. He worked as a reporter, foreign correspondent, and senior editor at the long-term consequences of the World War II, and the shadow that it still casts over
Washington Post before becoming a full-time book author. Atkinson served as the our lives today.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at the US Army War College,
and sits on The National WWII Museum’s Presidential Counselors advisory board. Lowe regularly speaks on TV and radio, and he often lectures on post war history at
venues across Europe and North America. He has written for a variety of newspapers
Atkinson is currently working on a trilogy on the American Revolution. and journals, including the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Wall Street
Journal, and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
JAMES HOLLAND MARGARET MACMILLAN, DPhil
James Holland is a historian, writer, and Margaret MacMillan is a Professor of History at the
broadcaster. The author of the best-selling Fortress University of Toronto and the former Warden of St.
Malta, Battle of Britain, and Dam Busters, he has Antony’s College. Her books include Women of
also written nine works of historical fiction, five of the Raj; Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the
which feature the heroic Jack Tanner, a soldier of World for which she was the first woman to win the
the World War II. He is currently writing a three- Samuel Johnson Prize; Nixon in China: Six Days
volume new history of the World War II in the West that Changed the World; The Uses and Abuses
and a book about the Defense of the Admin Box of History; and Extraordinary Canadians: Stephen
in Burma. The first volume, The War in the West: Leacock. Her most recent book is The War that
Germany Ascendant, 1939-1941, is out now and the second, The Allies Strike Ended Peace. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and
Back: 1941-1943, was released in October 2017. a Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto, Honorary Fellow of
He regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and presented the Trinity College, University of Toronto and of St Hilda’s College, University of
BAFTA-shortlisted documentaries, Battle of Britain and Dam Busters for the BBC, Oxford, and sits on the boards of the Mosaic Institute and the editorial boards
as well as the Battle for Malta, Cold War, Hot Jets, and Normandy 44. of International History and First World War Studies. She is also a Trustee of
the Rhodes Trust.
Co-founder and Programme Director of the hugely successful Chalke Valley
History Festival, he has his own collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is She has honorary degrees from the University of King’s College, the Royal
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is also an avid cricketer and plays for Military College, The University of Western Ontario, Ryerson University, Toronto,
both Chalke Valley CC and the Authors CC. Huron University College of the University of Western Ontario, the University of
Calgary and the University of Toronto. In 2006 Professor MacMillan was invested
as an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2015 became a Companion.
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
DONALD L. MILLER, PhD ALEXANDRA RICHIE, DPhil
Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Alexandra Richie is a historian of Germany
Professor of History at Lafayette College and and Central and Eastern Europe with a
an expert on World War II, among other topics specialization in defense and security issues.
in American history. Three of his eight books She completed her B.A. (Hons) in Political
are on World War II: The Story of World War II; Science at the University of Victoria and went
D-Days in the Pacific, the story of the American on to study at St Antony's College, Oxford,
re-conquest of the Pacific from Imperial Japan; where she wrote her doctoral thesis,
and Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys The Political Manipulation of History in East
Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany and West Germany.
—all published by Simon & Schuster. Richie is also the author of Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin, which
Masters of the Air is the primary source for HBO’s upcoming miniseries was named one of the top 10 books of the year by American Publisher’s
Weekly, and Warsaw 1944, which won the Newsweek Teresa Torańska Prize
of the same title, on which Miller is serving as chief historical consultant.
for best nonfiction book of 2014 and the Kazimierz Moczarski Prize for
He also served as an historical consultant for HBO’s miniseries The Pacific,
Best History Book 2015.
and was also the writer and chief historical consultant for WWII in HD,
a 10-hour series that aired on the History Channel. Miller currently sits on She has contributed to many articles, documentaries, radio, and television
the Museum’s Presidential Counselors advisory board and has been a key programs. Richie is a Presidential Counselor at The National WWII Museum,
advisor to The National WWII Museum on many projects, including content and a member of the Senate at the Collegium Civitas University in
elements for the Museum’s US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. Warsaw, Poland. She is the Wladyslaw Bartoszewski cochair of History and
International Studies at the Collegium Civitas.
DAVID REYNOLDS, PhD
David Reynolds is Professor of International
History and a Fellow of Christ’s College. He
studied at Cambridge and Harvard Universities GERHARD WEINBERG, PhD
and has been a regular visitor to the United Gerhard Weinberg, PhD, an internationally
States since traveling here as a graduate student recognized authority on Nazi Germany and the
in 1973. He served for two academic years as origins and course of World War II, is Professor
Chairman of the Faculty of History in 2013-15. His Emeritus of History at the University of North
visiting positions include posts at Harvard, Nihon
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
University in Tokyo, and Sciences Po in Paris. He
won the Wolfson Prize for History in 2004, and was elected a Fellow of the He is the author or editor of numerous books
British Academy in 2005 and a member of the Society of American Historians and articles on 20th-century European
in 2011. and world history. His books include A World
At Arms: A Global History of World War II; Visions
He is the author of 11 books, and four edited or co-edited volumes. In 2013 he
of Victory: The Hopes of Eight World War II Leaders; Hitler’s Second Book:
published The Long Shadow: The legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth
Century. This was awarded the 2014 Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He has also written The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf; Hitler’s Foreign Policy 1933-1939:
and presented 13 historical documentaries for BBC TV, ranging across the The Road to World War II; and Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays
international history of the 20th century, including a three-part series for BBC2 in Modern German and World History. He is the 2009 Pritzker Military
Long Shadow based on his book, and a trilogy for BBC4 about the Big Three Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military
leaders of World War II. He also wrote and presented the award-winning BBC Writing, and currently sits on the Museum’s Presidential Counselors
Radio 4 series America, Empire of Liberty (2008-9) and the 2016 two-part series advisory board.
Verdun: The Sacred Wound.
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THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL
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CONFERENCE ON WORLD WAR II
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“The Two World Wars: 1914-1945” Pre-Conference Symposium $399
Conference/Hotel Package (Double Occupancy) $1,399
Conference/Hotel Package (Single Occupancy) $1,799
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Sunday, December 2, 2018. PT-305 rides are Exclusive Conference Attendee Evening Open House
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usually offered just on Saturdays, but this special
Sunday launch is open only to Conference Closing Banquet & Keynote, US Freedom Pavilion (Day 3) 3 3
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THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY
OF WAR AND DEMOCRACY
OUR VISION
The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy (ISWD) serves as
the research core and the higher education center of The National
WWII Museum. We are honored to promote WWII history
GUADALCANAL: to the world, from the second-ranked museum in the world.
Our goal is to provide high-quality scholarly programming,
Turning Point in the Pacific publications, and research to public and expert audiences focused
Saturday, February 9, 2019 • BB’s Stage Door Canteen on the history of World War II, its legacies and lessons, and how
the war is remembered around the world today.
ABOUT US
The Institute serves to provide access and to share new, unique, and
important knowledge to our audiences about World War II and its legacies.
We accomplish our vision through a team of exceptional and uniquely talented
historians and staff, featuring the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian,
Robert M. Citino, PhD, author of ten major works on military history.
One important way we are currently doing this is through the new self-guided
research manual, free to the public, which provides detailed and practical
information about how to research veterans’ records in federal archives.
Featured Speakers:
ISWD hosts a living bibliography of thousands of important works and
Robert M. Citino, PhD • Richard Frank • Trent Hone resources on WWII history for all levels of students and scholars.
Jim Hornfischer • Stephen L. Moore • Andrew Wiest, PhD
ISWD also hosts two scholars in residence who work directly with the federal
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), utilizing the museum’s
Reserve your space now. Call us at resources to help locate and identify the remains of missing WWII veterans.
1-877-813-3329 x 511 In addition to our long-standing Meet the Author series, ISWD will soon
or email conferences@nationalww2museum.org begin hosting a debate series with internationally-recognized experts to
address major topics on World War II and the world it made, and launch new
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THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM
Originally founded in 2000 as The National D-Day Museum, The National WWII
Museum is now the top-rated tourist destination in New Orleans, TripAdvisor’s
#2 museum in the country, and an unforgettable way to experience World War
II—from industrial efforts on the Home Front to the combat experience of the
American servicemember abroad. Offering a compelling blend of sweeping
narrative and poignant personal detail, the Museum features immersive exhibits,
multimedia experiences, and an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person
oral histories to take visitors inside the story of the war: why it was fought, how
it was won, and what it means today. Beyond the galleries, the Museum offers
unique access to experiential history, including the opportunity to tour and even
ride on an authentically restored PT-boat, go behind the scenes to handle artifacts
THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY
alongside Museum curators, and discover an impressive collection of restored
and working macro-artifacts. In addition, online collections, virtual
field trips, webinars, educational outreach, travel programs, and renowned
International Conference offer patrons new ways to connect to history and
honor the generation that sacrificed so much to secure our freedom.
“Definitely a moving experience. The museum is so
wonderfully done that you don’t realize how much you
are learning. The time passes so quickly that you long for
more time to spend - listening and watching the first person
accounts, examining artifacts, and immersing yourself in the
experience. I could spend days there and still only scratch the
#2 Museum in the United States surface of all there is to learn. So glad I went. You will be too.”
#2 Museum in the World – Chris T. Birmingham, AL US FREEDOM PAVILION: THE BOEING CENTERTERMS AND CONDITIONS THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD WAR II
REGISTRATION FORM
PROGRAM PRICING your airline regarding carry-on baggage restrictions. These items are
Your program pricing covers arrangements and services including the full responsibility of the guest at all times. The Museum shall not be PRE-SYMPOSIUM: NOVEMBER 29, 2018 & CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 1, 2018
hotel accommodations, meals as per the itinerary, gratuities, ground responsible for the loss of or damage to such personal items.
transportation, guiding services, and special tour inclusions as described SEND TO:
within the travel program brochures and on the Museum’s website at: LAND TOURS, LECTURES AND PERSONALITIES
www.ww2conference.com. All fares are quoted in US Dollars, are per All tours are operated by independent contractors. These independent Conference Programs Toll Free: 1-877-813-3329 x511
guest and are based on double occupancy. As indicated below, airfare contractors may impose additional terms and conditions and limitations The National WWII Museum Fax: 504-527-6088
to and from the tour destination is not included in your tour fare The of liability on tour participants. Other independent contractors retained
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Museum accepts no liability for the purchase of non-refundable airline
tickets. are subject to change and/or cancellation without notice. New Orleans, LA 70130 Email: conferences@nationalww2museum.org
Prices quoted are based on fares in effect at the time of printing and TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
are subject to change at any time. On land and/or cruise programs, up All travel documents (air and tour tickets, passport) are the
to the time of full payment the Museum reserves the right to increase responsibility of the guest. It is also your responsibility to comply with Book before September 1, 2018 and ride PT-305 for just $99 (A savings of $206)
the tour price in the event of cost increases due to changes in supplier all customs requirements. Without the required documents, you may
costs, currency fluctuations or fuel or energy surcharges and all such be denied boarding and the Museum will not be liable for such denial or MEMBERS
increases are to be paid to the Museum upon notice to the tour bear any financial responsibilities as a result thereof.
participant of such increases. c Conference/Hotel Package c Double Occupancy ($1,399) c Single Occupancy ($1,799)
Security measures imposed by governments may change from time to
NOT INCLUDED time and you will be required to comply with them. We will endeavor Bedding preference: c 1 King c 2 Queens
Taxes, unless otherwise noted in the travel program brochure; passport, to provide you with notice of measures which may affect you; but
visas and associated fees; personal expenses such as laundry, telephone complying with any such requirement is your responsibility. c Additional Hotel Nights ($259 per room/per night)
calls and Internet access; accident/sickness, trip cancellation, and c “The Two World Wars: 1914 – 1945” Pre-Conference Symposium ($399 per person)
baggage insurance; gratuities to hotel personnel, unless otherwise LIMITS ON THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM RESPONSIBILITY
noted in the travel program brochure; optional sightseeing excursions; The National World War II Museum Inc., a New Orleans, Louisiana c Conference only ($999 per person)
airfare, baggage charges on aircraft; local departure air/airport taxes; based nonprofit 501C(3) organization and its employees, shareholders,
and associated local taxes, airport facility and security taxes and subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors or trustees, successors, and c PT-305 Boat Experience ($99 when booked by 9/1/18)
federal inspection fees not listed as included in the travel program; assigns (collectively “the Museum”), does not own or operate any entity
transfers and baggage handling to/from airport/hotel/ship on day(s) which is to or does provide goods or services for your trip including;
of arrival and/or departure if you are arriving earlier or later than and/ lodging facilities, airline, vessel, or other transportation companies, Participation in The International Conference on World War II is an exclusive benefit of Membership
or departing earlier or later than the scheduled group transfer(s); any guides or guide services, local ground operators, providers or organizers
overnight expenses on land due to flight schedule(s) or delays; meals, of optional excursions, food service or entertainment providers, etc. All at The National WWII Museum. To inquire about membership options call 1-504-528-1944 x 290
alcoholic or other beverages and all other services not specifically such persons and entities are independent contractors. As a result, the or email membership@nationalww2museum.org
mentioned as included in the travel program. Museum is not liable for any negligent or willful act or failure to act of
any such person or entity or of any other third party.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE PERSONAL INFORMATION
To reserve your participation, submit full payment within five (5) days In addition and without limitation, the Museum is not responsible for
of booking. All reservations are subject to cancellation if payments are any injury, loss, death, inconvenience, delay, or damage to person or Title: _________ First Name: ___________________ Initial: _______ Last Name: _____________________
not received by the due date. Payment by check is preferred in order to property in connection with the provision of any goods or services
reduce costs to the Museum. VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American whether resulting from, but not limited to, acts of God or force
Express are also accepted. majeure, acts of government, acts of war or civil unrest, insurrection Preferred Name on Badge: _______________________________________________________________
or revolt, bites from or attacks by animals, insects or pests, strikes or
CANCELLATIONS other labor activities, criminal or terrorist activities of any kind or the
Should it be necessary to cancel your reservation, please contact the threat thereof, sickness, illness, epidemics or the threat thereof, the lack Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________________
Museum immediately at 1-877-813-3329 ext. 511. Cancellations for all of availability of or access to medical attention or the quality thereof,
or any part of a tour including optional pre and/or post tour extension overbooking or downgrading of accommodations, mechanical or other
programs will not be effective until received in writing. Should you have failure of airplanes, vessels or other means of transportation, or for any City: ______________________________________________________ State: ________ ZIP: __________
to cancel, the following terms will apply: failure of any transportation mechanism to arrive or depart timely or
Cancellations are subject to a 100% penalty from the time of booking. safely. Participants assume all such risks as well as the risk of negligence Home Ph: ________/_________________________ Cell: ________/______________________________
In addition, applicable cancellation fees for confirmed additional hotel by the Museum and specifically releases the Museum therefrom.
nights may apply.
If due to weather, flight schedules or other uncontrollable factors, you Email Address: _____________________ c WWII Veteran / Unit: ________________________________
TRAVEL INSURANCE: are required to spend an additional night(s), you will be responsible for
Because our cancellation policy is strictly enforced, we your own hotel, transfers and meal costs. Baggage is entirely at owner’s
risk. The right is reserved to decline to accept as a trip participant, or re- If you are traveling with a companion, please furnish the following information:
strongly recommend that you purchase trip cancellation
insurance. In the event that you must cancel your participation, trip move from a trip, without refund, any person the Museum judges to be
incapable of meeting the rigors and requirements of participating in the
cancellation insurance may be your only source of reimbursement.
activities, or who is abusive to other trip participants, leaders or third
Title: _________ First Name: ___________________ Initial: _______ Last Name: _____________________
Travel Cancellation is offered through the Museum’s Travel Department
and information is included in your initial confirmation packet parties, or who the Museum determines to detract from the enjoyment
accordingly. of the trip by others. Specific room/cabin assignments are within the Preferred Name on Badge: _______________________________________________________________
sole discretion of the hotel or cruise line.
HEALTH, MEDICAL AND TOUR REQUIREMENTS
All guests are required to advise in writing to the Museum at the time The Museum reserves the right to change the itinerary or trip features Mailing Address: _______________________________________________________________________
their reservation is made if they have: at any time and for any reason, with or without notice, and the Mu-
• Any physical or mental condition that may require medical or seum shall not be liable for any loss of any kind as a result of any such
professional treatment or attention during the tour; changes. Hours of arrival and departure, sightseeing events, special City: ______________________________________________________ State: ________ ZIP: __________
• Any condition that may pose a risk to one’s self and/or other programs and guest lecture series (if applicable), are subject to change
participants on tour; or cancellation without prior notice. The Museum is not responsible
therefore and is not required to compensate passengers under these Home Ph: ________/_________________________ Cell: ________/______________________________
• Any condition that may require health aids, i.e.; oxygen, walkers,
crutches, etc., or any intention or need to use a wheelchair while circumstances. The Museum may cancel a trip (or an option) for any
on the tour. reason whatsoever; if so, its sole responsibility is to refund monies paid Email Address: ____________________________ c WWII Veteran / Unit: _________________________
by the participant to it. The Museum is not required to cancel any trip
By booking passage the guest represents and warrants that he/she for any reason including without limitation, United States Department
is physically and otherwise fit to travel and that guests will comply at of State, World Health Organization or other Warnings or Advisories
all times with applicable rules and regulations of the Museum. The of any kind. The Museum is not responsible for penalties assessed by PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION TERMS: Payment is due in full at the time of booking. All payments are final and
Museum reserves the right without liability to require a passenger to air carriers resulting from operational and/or itinerary changes, even nonrefundable. Any cancellations are subject to a 100% penalty. All cancellations must be submitted in writing. Trip
leave the tour or to refuse to accept a guest as a tour participant who, if the Museum makes the flight arrangements or cancels the trip. The cancellation insurance is strongly recommended, please contact the Conference Services Department for more
in the sole judgment of the Museum, is unfit to travel, is a danger to Museum reserves the right to substitute vessels, hotels, itineraries or
himself or herself or to others, does not follow instructions of the tour attractions for those listed in this brochure. details. Program is subject to change without notice.
leader, may distract from the enjoyment of the trip by others or may Make checks payable to The National WWII Museum. If paying by credit card, please complete the following:
require care beyond that which the Museum is reasonably able to BINDING ARBITRATION
provide. I agree that any dispute concerning, relating or referring to this Agree-
We highly recommend that participants purchase a travel insurance ment, the brochure or any other literature concerning my trip, or the Amt. to Charge $ ______________ c MasterCard c Visa c American Express c Discover
package that provides medical coverage since most U.S. policies do not trip itself, shall be resolved exclusively by binding arbitration pursuant
provide coverage outside the United States. to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§1-16, either according to the
then existing Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association Name on Card: ________________________________________________________________________
LUGGAGE (AAA) or pursuant to the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Proce-
Luggage will be limited to one (1) suitcase and one (1) carry-on per dures of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (JAMS).
person to ensure that there is enough room on the motor coach for Such proceedings will be governed by substantive (but not procedural) Card # ________________________________ CVV/Security Code _______ Expires ________/_________
all passenger luggage. All luggage must be securely packed and clearly Louisiana law and will take place in New Orleans, LA. The arbitrator and
labeled. We recommend that all participants secure baggage loss and not any federal, state, or local court or agency shall have exclusive au-
damage insurance that may be purchased for this tour. thority to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability, Billing address (if different than above): ______________________________________________________
Please see airline weight and size restrictions for luggage on enforceability, conscionability, or formation of this contract, including
international flights. The Museum is not responsible for loss or damage but not limited to any claim that all or any part of this contract is void ALL REGISTRANTS: I have read, and agree to, The National World War II Museum’s terms and conditions contained
to luggage or any other personal item during air travel or while in a or voidable. Please understand that by agreeing to these terms and on this registration form. (Please read the terms and conditions carefully before signing)
hotel. Under no circumstances may dangerous items (i.e. explosives, conditions, you (and we) are waiving our right to a trial by jury.
firearms, liquid oxygen, combustible or illegal substances) be taken The Museum is not responsible for misprints in program promotional
on the tour. We recommend that you hand carry travel documents material.
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“The Two World Wars: 1914 – 1945”
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