Larry Linderman
Our Roundtable will kick off our new season with what promises to be a terrific talk by our own Bruce Rogers who did a terrific job for us with Liberty Ships and The Road to Nagasaki. On Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. in the DesertView Theater, Bruce will talk about secret operations in World War II, including the mini-submarine activities of the Allies and the Axis powers on the oceans of the world. The Japanese actually developed and used submarine aircraft carriers with which they attacked our west coast and had plans to attack and disable the Panama Canal.
The Japanese military also developed and tested biological and explosive weapons, which were tested on prisoner populations before being used against military and civilian populations.
A native of California, Bruce received a BS in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly, an MBA from the University of Santa Clara, and postgraduate studies in nuclear engineering at General Electric, U.S. Army Nuclear Reactor School, and MIT. He was Company Commander of HQ, Company Army Engineer Reactors Group, with 11 morning reports from Antarctica to Panama and Alaska. He worked in reactor safety and nuclear fuel design at General Electric Nuclear Division. He consulted to the California Senate on energy policy and started a consulting company helping nuclear utilities and government labs on decision analysis, management improvement programs, nuclear waste disposal, and technical problems.
So, mark your calendars now for Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m. in the DesertView Theater. While you’re at it, you can pencil in “World War II Roundtable at 1 p.m.” on the second Thursday of November, January, February, March, April, and May.
The Roundtable does not charge dues, so bring a couple of friends with you.