(Fredericksburg, Texas) -- This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, and the National Museum of the Pacific War has planned numerous events to commemorate this milestone. The National Museum of the Pacific War invites the public to tune in to the second webinar in their six-part webinar series focusing on different elements of the end of World War II in the Pacific. Join the National Museum of the Pacific War and Dennis Blocker on March 18 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm as he shares his collection of over 300 stories and interviews of veterans who served with his grandfather in the Pacific Theater. During the webinar Prelude to Iwo Jima: The Untold Story of LCI-449 and Clifford Lemke he explores the impact of Iwo Jima and some of the amazing stories of courage and sacrifice that took place there. This webinar is free but you must register. Please go to the National Museum of the Pacific War’s website for more information and to register.
Dennis Blocker embarked on this path following the suicide of his grandfather Clifford Lemke in 1998. His mother asked him to “find out what happened to daddy during the war.” This set him on a journey to travel the United States and interview men who knew and served with his grandfather. With the effort to complete this task, Blocker approached Pulitzer Prize-winning author Mitch Weiss with his research and the two wrote The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima. The book found its way on the New York Post “must-read list.”
About the National Museum of the Pacific War
The National Museum of the Pacific War (NMPW), founded in 1967, is the only institution in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the story of the Pacific and Asiatic Theaters in World War II. The Museum annually welcomes more than 100,000 visitors, including at least 15,000 students from across the state. The museum sits on six acres in downtown Fredericksburg, Texas featuring three galleries with more than 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, 40 media installations, approximately 900 artifacts, 15 macro-artifacts, and hundreds of photographs. The Museum is a Texas Historical Commission Property, managed and supported by The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. For more information, visit http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org. Follow the museum on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
