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Lecture: Eisenhower's Hidden Top Secret

Title:Lecture: Eisenhower's Hidden Top Secret
Date & Time:Thu Jun 5, 2025 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location:Lyceum
201 S. Washington St.
Event Details:For the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee's annual D-Day lecture, Dr. Kim Holien presents, "Eisenhower's Hidden To Secret from D-Day to V-E Day," offering insights into the strategic, historical, and human dimensions of D-Day. Operation Fortitude, Patton's Ghost Army, and Operation Paperclip are all well known 'Intelligence' operations before, during and after the war in Europe. But have you ever heard of 'T Force' and how it operated in the shadows under the personal direction of Ike from D-Day in Normandy until it ended up on V-E Day at Hitler's Eagle Nest with the famous Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division as seen in the Band of Brothers TV miniseries. Dr. Holien's Father, LTC Holien, was a career Army Medical Officer attached in an ad hoc medical unit assigned to Easy Company at Hitler's Eagle Nest in May of 1945. He later served on President Eisenhower's White House Medical Staff from 1953-57. Come and hear about the Last Great Secret of the War in Europe and how much of it remains secret even today.
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Fees:$15
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Lyceum, Museums, Sister Cities


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