The Marine Corps Association will host a meet the author and book signing event with Col Joseph Alexander, author of Utmost Savagery, The Three Days of Tarawa and Through the Wheat: The U.S. Marines in World War I.
Additionally, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the historic WWI Battle of Belleau Wood with a dinner and presentation by notable Marine Corps historian and author Col. Joseph Alexander on June 6 at 5:30p.m. Alexander will lead a discussion on one of the most notable U.S. Marine Corps battles in which a massive German offensive smashed through French lines threatening Paris in May of 1918. U.S. Marines stopped the German assault after five days of fighting, establishing the highly regarded fighting reputation of the Marines. The MCHF will sponsor a reception and dinner followed by the discussion on June 6 at 5:30p.m. Advance tickets are available for $35.
For more information and tickets for these events, please contact Pam Dodson at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation at 703-649-2350 or Dodson@marineheritage.org.
When: Friday, 6 June 2008, 1130-1300
Where: Marine Corps Association Building - Quantico
715 Broadway Street
Quantico, Virginia
703-640-0136 (map)
The Book Signing event is at no cost, requires no reservations and is open to the public.
For more information, visit the MCA website at http://www.mca-marines.org or call the bookstore staff at 703-640 0136.
