Mark Schwartz SaddleBrooke’s World War II Roundtable proudly presents Ms. Lori Shepard in a presentation of “Holocaust Liberation” on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m. at the DesertView Theater. Lori Shepherd began her career in nonprofit organizations with United Way and later developed a deep connection in Holocaust remembrance and pedagogy as executive director of…
Mark Schwartz SaddleBrooke’s World War II Roundtable welcomes you to our second presentation of the 2025-26 season with a topic that illustrates America’s military superiority in the Pacific Theater. Bill Todd, a former Navy submariner in the nuclear age, will present the exploits of the Navy’s “silent service,” which helped assure victory against Japan. For…
Our speaker on May 8 at 12:15 p.m. at the DesertView Theater will be Dr. William Myers, and his topic will be “Money, Money, Money! Government Sanctioned Counterfeiting During World War II.” Counterfeiting has existed since the invention of coins. Governments made it illegal but also sanctioned it as a weapon against enemies. The United…
Ron Stenstrom So, what is meant by the term “fifth column”? Its origins go back to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) when a report circulated that four columns of soldiers were approaching Madrid and a fifth column already existed within Madrid, ready to uprise at the appropriate time. The term has come to mean a…
Larry Linderman At its February meeting, 99 Roundtable members watched in awe as SaddleBrooke resident Steve White related his uncle Nick’s experiences in the Battle of Iwo Jima from February through March of 1945. I’m sure not a single person in the audience wasn’t moved as Steve slowly and deliberately went over the battle from…
Larry Linderman The next meeting of the SaddleBrooke World War II Roundtable will be on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. in the DesertView Theater. Borrowing from his uncle Nick’s personal letters, the memoirs of fellow marines, and from published accounts, Steve White will recount the battle for Iwo Jima from his uncle’s perspective. He…
Larry Linderman By December 15, 1944 Allied forces in western Europe thought the war was all but won. The USSR had expelled almost all German forces from Russia and were advancing on Poland and the Baltic States, Paris had been liberated and the U.S. Army was moving through Belgium. In a last-ditch attempt to defeat…