2022 WNHA SYMPOSIUM

Speakers and Activities 

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Keynote Speaker: The Honorable John F. Lehman, former-Secretary of the Navy

 

Speakers:

• Trent Hone, "Nimitz's leadership as CINCPAC/CINCPOA"

• Jon Parshall, "Nimitz's planning for the Battle of Midway and 'Point Luck'”

• Mark Fiorey, “Advanced Base Construction in WWII: The Covert Reconnaissance of CAPT Wilfred L. Painter, Civil Engineering Corps, USNR”

• Brian Walter, “WW II Allied Invasions in Mediterranean – Recapture of Greece & Southern France”

• CAPT Jim Bryant, USN (Ret.), “Declassifying the Fate of USS Thresher”

• Dr. David Winkler, “Deadliest Ship Afloat Arrives Here! USS Langley (CV1) as San Diego’s Aircraft Carrier”

• John Burtt, “German and Italian Plans to Invade Malta, 1942”

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Roundtable

• Dr. Kori Schake, Dr. Carlos R. Rivera, and Dr. Emily Goldman, "Washington Naval Treaty (100 year anniversary)"

 

Workshops

• Vince O'Hara, “How to Design Maps for Publication and Web Sites"

• CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.), “Writing Naval & Military Fiction”

• Lonnie Gill and Team, “Wargaming Reenactment of the 13 November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Based on U.S. Signal Traffic Using 1:2400 Miniatures”

• Kathleen Broome Williams, "Author's Corner"