LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Volume 15, No. 21 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff June 4, 2004 World War II Survivors Tell Their Stories to VHP

By GAIL FINEBERG

he words came haltingly at fi rst, then in a rush, as if the memo- T ries had been dammed up for six decades, waiting for release at the National World War II Reunion on the National Mall. “I was one of the lucky ones,” blurted Martin “Bud” Castle, 83, of Sun City, Ariz. Wearing a light blue cap bearing the insignia of the 389th Bomb Group, he sat in a wheelchair parked in the shade not far from the big white tent housing the Library’s Veterans History Project (VHP) on the mall. Remembrance of his last bombing mission in Europe came Michaela McNichol to mind with such force that his voice One purpose of the Veterans History Project is to engage young people in the collection broke and his broad shoulders shook of oral histories from U.S. war veterans so they might hear and understand an important with emotion. His great-grandniece, part of their nation’s 20th-century history before it is lost to future generations. Here, Peg MacDougall of Holt, Mich., stepped former Staff Sgt. John Lang, who served with the 116th Infantry on D-Day, tells his story to student volunteers. Students from several schools participated in the Library’s project forward to touch his arm. “It’s okay,” to collect war stories from World War II veterans on the National Mall, May 27-30. she said. A moment passed before he could continue telling his story to Veterans History Project volunteers Alice Parrish of the Library’s Copyright Examining Divi- sion and Mike Ashenfelder of the Offi ce of Strategic Initiatives. Big band sounds from the ’40s carried from a nearby band- stand. It was already hot and humid at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 27 (cooler, drier weather prevailed for the next three days), and the long Memorial Day week- end was just beginning for the thousands of veterans arriving on the mall to cel- Michaela McNichol VHP volunteer Sheridan ebrate their reunion and dedication of Harvey, a reference librarian, the new World War II Memorial. enters the story of William C. Teams of VHP volunteers—more Warren Sr., a veteran of World Michaela McNichol than 400 in all and easily spotted in their War II and the Korean War, into the VHP database. Betty Smith tells her story of serving with the U.S. Army purple hats and shirts—were beginning Nurse Corps while her husband served with the Army to fan out through the Smithsonian’s Air Corps during World War II. Their daughter, Marilyn huge, orderly mall encampment to col- Smith Rice, also an Army nurse, accompanied Smith to the World War II Reunion. A VHP volunteer records the VHP WWII, Continues on page 3 story online in the VHP Pavilion. 2 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004

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To the Gazette; The Gazette A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff I’d like to express my deep appreciation to the Library and the Veteran’s History GAIL FINEBERG Project for encouraging staff to take part in the National WWII Reunion on the Mall, Editor May 27-30. It was a rewarding experience that I’ll never forget. MICHAELA McNICHOL Visual Information Specialist The project T-shirt motto, “Ordinary veterans, extraordinary stories,” says it all. Contributing Editors: Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Having compared notes with fellow staffers, I can say that we felt that we were doing Length of Service something that really mattered. We worked with great folks we’d never met before. Proofreader: Suzy Platt We were moved. We were entertained. We have amazing stories to swap. It was wonderful talking with the veterans and their families, with Rosie the Riveter, with PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG infantrymen and airmen, sailors and marines, nurses and mechanics. I’ll never forget Founder Founding Publisher the guy with three Purple Hearts, the fellow who was never sent overseas, the wives (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) who “merely” kept the home fi res burning. We talked with veterans of WWII, Korea, The Gazette encourages LC staff to submit articles or photographs Vietnam, people whose stories were there, just waiting to be told. of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey the most It was the rare vet who didn’t want to share some experience with us. There were necessary information. family members who listened with dropped jaws, saying “He’s never talked about this Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital form and if pos- at home!” and those who knew every battle, every medal, and every story because silble include hard copy with your submission. they’d heard them many times. “I don’t have any stories,” a vet would say, and his An offi cial publication of the Library of Congress, The Gazette is largely staffed by Library employees who have volunteered for part- child or wife would urge him on. And there always was a story. time details. Persons interested in serving a detail as a page editor, writer, proofreader, photographer, reporter, or artist may submit Some broke down with emotion. Some related humorous tales of misadventure. applications to the editor, LM 105, mail code 1620. Those persons Each and every one of them gave something of themselves to us and to the nation. interested in contributing to The Gazette as parpartt of a LibrLibrary-wideary-wide network should fi rst check with their supervisors. Back issues of The Thanks for letting us be there to help witness and preserve that gift. Gazette are availableavailable in the newspapernewspaper offi ce,ce, LM 105. Sharon McKinley Special Materials Cataloging Division James Madison Memorial Building, LM 105 Library of Congress Department of Corrections Washington, DC 20540-1620

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World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story” Michaela McNichol Michaela McNichol Veterans Richard Cozad of Miami, Fl., and Kenneth Johnson The May 29 dedication of this National World War II Memorial of Torrington, Wyo., exchange thanks and admiration for each draws thousands of veterans to the National Mall and the VHP other’s service upon meeting at the World War II Veterans Memo- Pavilion. VHP volunteers were able to gather some 3,000 war rial on the National Mall on Thursday, May 27. “Between the two stories from visiting veterans. of us, we had it [the Atlantic and Pacifi c theaters of war] covered.”

VHPHP WWII,WWII,Continued from page 1 That question was all it took for Castle to pour out the story lect veterans’ stories for the historic record being amassed and of his 24th bombing mission over an enemy target in German- archived at the Library of Congress. occupied France. He couldn’t remember the date in 1945, Castle was the fi rst vet Parrish and Ashenfelder encountered but he was one mission away from going stateside; Air Force after they readied their tape recorder and reviewed their team policy was to send bomber crews home for a break after 25 strategy; to start, Parrish asked the questions and Ashenfelder bombing missions. recorded the answers. First, they elicited information essential Castle’s previous 23 bombing runs had been uneventful, to future researchers: Castle’s name and address, birth date even routine. His bomber group would launch at dawn, fl y in (Jan. 16, 1921), dates of military service (1942-45), outfi t (389th formation over the English Channel, drop their payloads on Bomb Group, 8th Air Force) rank at the conclusion of his service enemy targets in France or Germany, and return to base before (staff sergeant), and permission to use his words. dark. But for some reason he never fi gured out (“I’ve gone over Then, microphone in hand, Parrish asked, “Do you have that in my head a thousand times”), this fl ight was launched any one particular war memory that you would like to share late in the afternoon. A few hours later, having completed their with us?” VHP WWII, Continues on page 4 Michaela McNichol Nearly every World War II veteran interviewed for the VHP oral history project remembered a buddy who did not return from battle. This fi eld of more than 4,000 stars at the memorial represents more than 400,000 killed in World War II. 4 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004

World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story” mission, Castle and his 11 crewmates were on their way back to their home base in England. It was about 9 p.m. and dark. Less than 30 minutes from landing, gunner Castle saw a fl ash to his left and, in the glare, looked into the maw of a 20- mm cannon, seemly pointed directly at him, from a very few feet away. Undetected, a German night fi ghter apparently had stalked his group on its way back to base and had swooped up beneath his bomber’s wing to unleash its deadly fi re. “I tried to get off some shots,” he said, but it was futile. On fi re, Castle’s bomber was headed down. He knew his aircraft would explode within minutes, as soon as flames reached the gas tank. He snapped on his parachute—the left snap wouldn’t catch at fi rst—and jumped, the one time he was ever in a parachute. “I was elated,” he said. “The chute was open.” He landed safely in a farmer’s fi eld. Five others of his crew Gail Fineberg Martin “Bud” Castle, 83, a gunner in a B54 shot down on its way also jumped to safety. The other six died. “I was so lucky,” back to base, tells the story to VHP volunteers Alice Parrish and he said. Mike Ashenfelder. Castle’s great-grandniece, Peg MacDougall, “The crew had been together nearly a year. We were kinda’ left, insisted her Uncle Bud make the trip to Washington from his close, you know,” he said, fi ghting back tears. home in Sun City, Ariz. He shook his head. “You hear a lot of people complaining in this country,” he said, adding that maybe they wouldn’t complain (1,000 more than expected). Their stories join those collected so much if they only knew how many lives had been sacrifi ced previously from 16,000 veterans and civilians who served or to ensure the freedoms that others now take for granted. supported fi ve major wars—World War I, World War II and the A tape recording of Castle’s story, together with a digital Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. photo and the biographical data, join all the materials gathered In addition to telling their stories to volunteer teams roving by the VHP since Congress authorized the project in 2000. By the mall, veterans packed a VHP Pavilion section equipped with the weekend’s close, some 200 teams of volunteers, includ- 20 laptop computers, where they could write their own stories ing LC and congressional staff and students, had interviewed or tell them to VHP volunteers who typed them online. They some 3,000 World War II veterans and civilian war supporters told stories on stage in the VHP pavilion, in 30 hours of public Gail Fineberg Gail Fineberg Newton Henshley of Brownsburg, Ind., was 19 when he captured Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., a principal sponsor of the legislation cre- this fl ag on Feb. 8, 1945, when his 4th Infantry Division, 22nd ating the VHP in 2000, pauses to chat with Peggy Bulger, director Regiment, ousted German troops from a French village. The fl ag of the American Folklife Center, and VHP volunteer Tim Schurtter. has a bullet hole to prove he was under sniper fi re. His buddies In his introduction of a VHP panel, Kind told about hearing his signed the fl ag, which he has shown in the classrooms of each of dad’s World War II stories and thinking they should be preserved his eight children. VHP staffer Aron Swan, left. for future generations. JUNE 4, 2004 THE GAZETTE 5

World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story”

While John Sudyk, 187th Field Artillery, 29th Infantry Division, First Army, was shoot- ing 155-mm shells at the enemy during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, his sweet- heart, Helen, was making casings for 105-mm shells at the Case Brass factory in Cleveland, Ohio. He gave her a ring before he shipped overseas,

and they were married Gail Fineberg on Dec. 16, 1945. Each reminisced with VHP panels on May 27.

programs, and in the privacy of two soundproof interview booths at the pavilion. They spoke on Capitol Hill during interviews in the Whithall Pavilion of the Jefferson Building. They also brought to the VHP photographs, memoirs they had written, letters and memorabilia, such as a worn box con- taining POW bracelets. One veteran of the 4th Infantry Division, 22nd Regiment, Newton Henshley of Brownsburg, Ind., wasn’t ready yet to part with a large, red Nazi fl ag he had captured from a small town’s bank tower while he was under sniper fi re from retreating German soldiers near the end of the Battle of the Bulge. But, he promised that the fl ag, photographs and other original artifacts would come to the Library someday after they are handed down through his eight children. “I’ll

Michaela McNichol put it in my will,” he said. The Veterans History Project pavilion draws large crowds to hear Throughout the four days, VHP leaders and supporters and tell veterans’ stories. drummed the project message home, that any and every one who knows of a 20th-century-war veteran—or civilian engaged in a war effort—should make an effort to collect their stories before they are lost. “Our project is a national project that relies on grassroots volunteer help,” Beverly Lindsey, acting director of the Veterans History Project, said in her opening remarks Thursday morning, adding that the 16,000 stories collected up to that point were through volunteer efforts. “These are interviews you can do,” she said. “Every veteran has a valuable story to tell; no matter whether he thinks he is a hero or not, it’s a valuable story. We want that story in our collection because it is an important piece of the national his- tory we are collecting.” A trooper herself, Lindsey delivered her opening remarks Thursday morning moments after she had fallen on a broken sidewalk outside the Jefferson Building as she and Deputy Librar- Gail Fineberg ian Donald L. Scott were leaving the Library to go to the mall. LC veteran Sharon Schurtter manages a VHP volunteer tent, where interviewers picked up tape recorders, information packets and With a broken ankle too swollen for a cast, she was benched digital cameras. Here, VHP volunteers Ken Drexler, right, and, next for the duration of the VHP event she had headed since mid- to him, Mark Hall, are ready to begin collecting war stories. VHP WWII, Continues on page 6 6 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004

World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story” Michaela McNichol These Young Marines from Dayton, Del., pose during their assign- ment to the VHP pavilion, where they handed out water, fans and programs. Michaela McNichol Michaela McNichol A reporter interviews Oregon-born Jimmie Kanaya, who told VHP volunteers Jenel Farrell, left, and Margaret McGinnis inter- stories of serving in the Italian and French campaigns, surviving view Herbert Remer, a Navy veteran from New Rochelle, N.Y. cold and hunger in two German POW camps, and marching 380 Citing his serial number, Remer bet every other vet could remem- miles from Ofl ag 64 in Poland to Germany. The backdrop here is ber his number, too, then asked fi ve vets at random—and won. the VHP pavilion sign. He said he had never seen “the country as together as it was during the war.”

February. She spoke by phone to her pavilion staff up to 10 By mid-afternoon on Thursday, any glitches were unnotice- times a day, but her staff carried on smartly without her. “We able and the VHP Pavilion was buzzing with veterans who came had planned so carefully ahead of time that everyone on the afoot, with canes, walkers and wheelchairs, and the enthusiastic staff knew so well what their roles were that when one person VHP staffers and volunteers who helped them. “This is super, was gone, others could step in,” Lindsey said from home on beyond our wildest imagination,” said VHP volunteer coordina- Tuesday, June 1. tor Diane Kresh, surveying the scene. In particular, she praised her staff for their technical problem- While Young Marines in jungle suits passed out gallons of solving skills, which came into play Thursday morning when bottled water, purple cardboard fans and programs, purple- a promised Internet connection was unavailable for a bank of shirted staff and volunteers handed out brochures, answered laptop computers used for interviews. Until Verizon service was thousands of questions about the Veterans History Project and provided to the mall Thursday afternoon, stories were captured VHP events, and asked hundreds of questions to collect and in Microsoft Word for later conversion to the VHP’s Web site. capture veterans’ stories. Every hour, a Smithsonian technician JUNE 4, 2004 THE GAZETTE 7

World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story” checked stage podium microphones (“Check,” tap, “Check”) and helped steady hand-held mikes so aging speak- ers could project their voices over noisy conversations going on all around the tent. An Information Technology Services (ITS) crew fi lmed proceedings to feed the VHP Web site every day. Other techni- cians kept computers running. The crowds and ambient noise level increased over the next three days. Vet- erans with families in tow fl ocked to the pavilion, seeking someone to record their memories. They fi lled pavilion seats to hear the Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo Code Talkers, POWs, Army nurses and others who told their war stories on stage. At the conclusion of every program, fans mobbed their war heroes, seeking auto- graphs and photographs, sometimes even pushing their way into the curtained-off Michaela McNichol Joseph Doria, left, wandered the mall thanking every veteran he encountered for making “green room” until VHP event planner “this great country” safe for his family, whom he brought from the Philipppines for a “better Nancy Mitchell and her staff could shoo life” in the United States. Here he expresses his gratitude to Air Force veteran James them gently into a “media corner.” Dobson, who survived capture as a prisoner of war. VHP WWII, Continues on page 8 Michaela McNichol

John Melnick of Gaithersburg, Md., asked Michaela McNichol Army nurse Marian Elcano if she had Michaela McNichol Sisters Shannon and Carlie McLaughlin ever seen his mother, who was also an Bibi Lamborn of Bethesda, Md., in the VHP waited in their grandfather’s wheelchair Army nurse stationed in Rheims, France, pavilion wearing a tribute to her late father, while he tells his story to the VHP. Their in December 1944. A doctor, Melnick is William Fisher, a U.S. Army medic who grandpa’s name is Charles Joseph Szostak. trying to learn as much as he can about served in Germany with the 2nd Infantry his mother, who died when he was 14. Division (Indianheads), a liberating unit. 8 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004

World War II Veterans “Telling Their Story”

Laptop computers connect veterans and volunteer story-takers to the VHP Web site (www.loc.gov/folklife/vets), where they could enter their stories into a VHP database.

VHP volunteer Sabrina Thomas records one more veteran’s wartime memories in the VHP pavilion. As word spread among veterans on the mall, they fl ocked to the pavilion to give their stories. Michaela McNichol Michaela McNichol

reporter, interviewing vets and explaining the project. The program aired later that day on PBS stations. One story—captured on audio tape by VHP senior program offi cer Sarah Rouse and videotaped by ITS multimedia coordi- nator Jim Cannady for the VHP Web site—was that of veteran Howard Belton Greene, of Tryon, N.C., whose D-Day feat s Michaela McNichol paralleled those of Capt. Miller (Tom Hanks) in the Spielberg Diane Kresh, director of the VHP volunteer effort, and student Charlie Pfeifer, right, St. Andrews Episcopal School, interview fi lm “Saving Private Ryan.” Robert Flores, left, and Arturo Camacho as NPR reporter Alison Kresh observed that story telling and recording seemed to McAdams captures the story for broadcast on May 28. be cathartic for the veterans and rewarding for the volunteers. That was the experience of one volunteer team, writer-editor Reporters, photographers and camera crews—from CNN Susan Reyburn and researcher Anjelina Keating, who are and CBS to Channel 1 in Russia and Spiegel Online in Germany, working on a World War II reference book for LC’s Publishing from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washing- Offi ce. They interviewed six subjects in four hours and talked ton Post to the Lancaster (Pa.) Evening News and Milwaukee to two others who declined interviews, preferring to preserve Journal Sentinel—came in search of stories and pictures. By their privacy. Sunday night, 69 media representatives had signed in with VHP “Most of them were a little reluctant, saying they didn’t really publicist Anneliesa Clump Behrend. do anything special and didn’t deserve to be interviewed,” “People love to tell stories and hear stories,” said Kresh, Keating recalled. The pair discovered that a question about director of the VHP volunteer effort. “These [stories] are their subjects’ responsibilities and duties during the war was running the whole gamut of emotions. The staff is loving it, “enough to trigger big stories and very telling small details,” and the press is looking for ‘the hats” and recording not only Reyburn said. veterans’ stories, but the stories of the stories.” Kresh and a Both interviewers said they were struck by the modesty team of student volunteers spent Friday morning with a NPR of those they questioned. “Almost to a man, they said they JUNE 4, 2004 THE GAZETTE 9 were only doing their jobs,” Reyburn him and exploded. One time his ship was us profusely.” said. “But what jobs for 19-year-olds—lib- torpedoed, and its compartments were “It was an incredibly rewarding expe- erating concentration camps, fueling fi lling with water as it limped to port. rience to hear from the vets themselves, planes under fi re, landing on Okinawa. “We heard from every veteran we and it’s very satisfying to know that When I thought about the summer jobs talked to that they were lucky,” Keat- what they had to say is on record now,” my friends and I had at that age, it was ing said. “I was surprised that so many Reyburn said. “One vet told us that this hard to believe what they were asked to people we interviewed started crying. I weekend was one of the biggest events do—and did do.” wasn’t quite prepared for how emotional of his life, and for us to have been minor One Navy vet said he didn’t have any even such a short interview would be.” participants in it made the day all the stories to tell, but it turned out he had Both said they enjoyed this project. more poignant.” survived a number of close calls while “I would absolutely participate in some- The Veterans History Project is located serving on a destroyer and doing convoy thing like this again,” Keating said. “I in the American Folklife Center of the duty in the Battle of the Atlantic. This feel privileged to have been part of this Library of Congress and was one of several man watched helplessly while a crew- experience. I thought the VHP did an participants in the National World War II mate was swept overboard in 100-foot excellent job with organizing this proj- Reunion produced by the Smithsonian waves during a storm. He said another ect and getting remarkable stories that Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage crewmate probably died when the ship’s would have been lost otherwise. Many and the American Battle Monuments Com- depth charges rolled into a rough sea after family members of the veterans thanked mission. ❑

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The changes clarify information that Infrastructure Unit Heads. would be released upon request to an affected individual, language regarding representation, and the time frame for All of the current LCRs are posted on the OGC website at www. an individual to request a review by the Director of Security. loc.gov/staff/ogc. 10 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004 Notable Events Lanxin Xiang to Give the Institut universitaire de hautes Bernice Johnson Reagon distinguished professor of history Views of China and études internationales in Geneva, Brings “Freedom Songs” at American University and is a Switzerland. To Coolidge June 8 former curator at the Smithsonian Democracy Institution. Specializing in A noted authority on the changing Lanxin Xiang, the author of Bernice Johnson Reagon and African American oral and relationship between China and the numerous books about Chinese guest artist Toshi Reagon will sing performance traditions, Reagon West, Xiang wrote his most recent domestic and international affairs “freedom songs” at a free concert has conceived and consulted on book, “The Origins of the Boxer in the Cold War and post-Cold War event at noon on Tuesday,Tuesday, June numerous landmark media projects, War,” with Curzon Press in 2002. periods, in a Library lecture on 8, in the Coolidge Auditorium in including the Smithsonian Peabody Other published works include June 9 will take issue with common the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Award-winning series “Wade “Mao’s Generals” (University Press assumptions about the need to Building. in the Water: African American of America, 1998) and “Recasting democratize China. Songs of the Freedom Singers Sacred Music Traditions,” the the Imperial Far East” (M.E. Xiang was appointed in September and the music of the civil rights award-winning “Eyes on the Sharpe, 1995). 2003 as the third Henry Alfred movement will highlight this Prize” series, the Emmy award- Kissinger Scholar in Foreign In addition to pursuing his stirring one-hour concert. winning “We Shall Overcome,” research project titled “The Idea Policy and International Relations Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ph.D., and “Roots of Resistance: A Story of Democracy and Sino-U.S. at the John W. Kluge Center at the was a founding member of the of the Underground Railroad,” Relations” during his tenure at Library. He will give his lecture, Student Nonviolent Coordinating all produced for PBS. Her many the Library, Xiang participated “The Ideological Context of U.S.- Committee Freedom Singers, a publications include “We’ll in various scholarly conferences China Relations,” at 6:30 p.m. folk group that grew out of the Understand It Better Bye and Bye: and organized a symposium “Why on Wednesday, June 9, in the civil rights movement and aimed Pioneering African-American China Needs Democracy” in May Mumford Room, LM 649. to educate audiences about civil Gospel Composers” and “Voices of 2004. He will argue that, in American rights through song. She adapted the Civil Rights Movement: Black policy circles, the ideological the powerful forms of African American Freedom Songs 1960- context of Sino-U.S. relations is American spirituals and folk music 1965.” Reagon recently retired, after 30 years, from performing usually identifi ed as democracy LCPA BOOK CLUB to give voice to the civil rights with Sweet Honey in the Rock, versus communist despotism. In LCPA Book Club will meet at 1 struggle and later battle against all this construct, there is no question p.m., Thursday, June 17, in LM types of oppression. the internationally renowned and Grammy award-winning a cappella that China is on the wrong moral 107-109. The June selection is A multiple award-winning ensemble she founded in 1973.! side. Proponents of this policy “Death of Vishu,” musician and scholar, Reagon is a argue that a peaceful China must by Manil Suri. be a democratic China. Xiang’s presentation will take issue with these assumptions about the need to LCPA Veterans GW Mammovan To Visit LC democratize China. Forum Library staff members may have mammograms at the GW Mam- Xiang earned his doctorate from Gary Solis, former JAG and movan, which will be parked on the Independence Avenue side of author of “Son Thang: an the Paul Nitze School of Advanced American War Crime,” will the Adams Building on June 15. International Studies at Johns speak about military courts- Appointments may be made between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Hopkins University in 1990. He martial. LCPA Veterans by calling 202-741-3020. is the author of numerous articles Forum, Noon - 1 p.m., Thursday, June 10, West Women between the ages of 35 and 39 are eligible for one mam- and books on both 20th-century Dining Room. Book signing mogram; those 40 and older may have a mammogram no more often and contemporary Chinese follows. than once every 12 months. history and on Chinese domestic They are ineligible for a GW Mammovan screening if they have a and international affairs in the history of breast cancer, a lump or other symptom of breast cancer, Cold War and post-Cold War breast implants, or have given birth or breast fed within the last periods. Before his appointment CPR/AED Classes as Kissinger Scholar at the 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on six months. June 9, 16, 23, 30; July 14, 28 The GW Mammovan is accredited by the American College of Library, Xiang was professor of Call Health Services at 7-8035 to register. international history and politics at Radiology and is certifi ed by the FDA to perform screening mam- mograms. To be certifi ed by the FDA, the GW Mammovan must have met all of the requirements of the Mammography Quality Standards Want to improve your speaking, communication and leadership skills, meet new people, and Act (MQSA). HAVE FUN? Mammogram fi lms are compared with previous mammograms Come to an LC Toastmasters Meeting. to ensure stability in the breast tissue. This is a fundamental aspect of breast imaging. Please bring your last mammogram to your Toastmasters Schedule appointment, or you can have the facility that houses them mail All meetings are noon-1 p.m. them directly to the: George Washington Mobile Mammography June 10, LM 412; June 22, LM 139 Program, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite DC-123, Washington All welcome. For more information call Wynn at 7-2914. DC 20037, Attn: Renell. JUNE 4, 2004 THE GAZETTE 11 Notable Events Bernice Reagon’s daughter, Toshi Carol Jenkins To Discuss the Making of a Black American business college, as well as other Reagon, was infl uenced by her ‘Black Titan’ Millionaire,” at noon on Tuesday, successful enterprises. Gaston was mother’s music and eventually June 8, in the West Dining Room, also a philanthropist and political The Humanities and Social carved out a niche as a performer LM 621. contributor. He used his wealth to Sciences Division is sponsoring a in her own right. Born in Atlanta benefi t the powerless. lecture by Emmy Award-winning A.G. Gaston (1892-1996), the and raised in Washington, D.C., journalist and entrepreneur Carol grandson of slaves, was a notable Carol Jenkins and her co-author and she has worked with artists of Jenkins, who will discuss her book, businessmen of the 20th Century daughter, Elizabeth Gardner Hines, many styles, including Lenny “Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and and one of the wealthiest black are the niece and grandniece of Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Vernon men in America. When he died A.G. Gaston. Their book describes Reid and Chaka Kahn and made in 1996, his monetary worth was the extraordinary life of this appearances at the Lilith Festival, Cataloging Directorate more than $130 million dollars. He business pioneer and benefactor. Carnegie Hall and the Smithsonian built and controlled an empire that Folklife Festival. Reagon’s Lecture Series on Access to Digital Content included a federal savings and loan, previous albums include her an insurance company, a motel, a Lecture: “An Overview 1994 self-released debut, “The Electronic Resources Cataloging 101 of Patents,” by Esther Rejected Stone,” Smithsonian (various speakers) M. Kepplinger, deputy Folkways “Kindness” in 1997, and 1:30 - 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, commissioner for patent Coolidge Auditorium Briefi ng for LC Staff operations, United States the acclaimed 1999 release, “The    Attending ALA Annual Patent and Trademark Offi ce, Electronic Resources Righteous Ones.” Conference 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Cataloging: Training and Implementa- 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., Tuesday June 8, Mumford tion Planning (Jeff Heynen) Room, LM-649. Monday, June 21, Join Lc Cooking Club for the 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Sponsored by the Science, Wednesday, June 23, Dining Room A, 620 Dining Room A, LM-620 Technology and Business Division. Simply    StrawberryStrawberry Electronic Resources Cataloging Using Voyager (Panel of ER Donated Leave FestivalFestival Catalogers) Noon - 1 p.m., Tuesday, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., The following Library employees have satisfi ed the eligibility require- Thursday, July 29, Dining Room A, ments of Library of Congress Regulation (LCR) 2015-13 to receive leave June 15, LM 139 LM-620 donations from other staff members. Come share your homemade strawberry tarts, pies, strawberry Participants in the voluntary leave transfer program have exhausted jams and jellies, strawberry soups, other sources of leave during their medical emergencies and greatly strawberry cobbler, strawberry- appreciate leave donations. and-anything else recipe—in New Hebrew class Individuals wishing to receive leave or donate leave through this fact, anything with—simply The beginners’ Hebrew language program should contact Allen Hatcher at 7-8594. strawberries. table will start a new class for Prize for the best overall confection! those with no background at all in Phyllis L. Bradshaw Margie Jones Cheryl Maxwell Current members get in free Hebrew. If you are interested in Lucille Cook Sandra Johnson Virginia Parks Non-members may join at the door attending, contact Peter Kearney for $5. Contact [email protected] or Tanya Fletcher Robin Lancaster Glenda Richardson 7-4443. at 7-4326 or [email protected].” Patricia Grant Valerie Miles-Washington Bonnie Roberts Vanessa Guess Laura Monagle Metrochek Distribution 2004 Schedule LCPA Reference Forum and the DCLA Reference Interest Group Makeup June 9 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - LM 640, are co-sponsoring: Classroom E Virtual Reference—Where We Are! Quarterly July 14 (A-M) 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. - LM G-45 9:45 - 11 a.m., Thursday, June 10, LM 139 July 15 (N-Z) (next to snackbar) Featuring speakers: Marilyn Parr, Library of Congress; Avril Cunningham, Gelman Library, George Washington University; Suzanne Carbone, Makeup July 28 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - Dining Room A Montgomery County Public Library Makeup August 11 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - LM 640,

Classroom E The Near East Section of The African And Middle Eastern Division and Makeup September 8 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - Dining Room A Hebrew Language Table Invite You to a speech by Shalom Sabar Quarterly October 13 (A-M) 9 a.m. -3 p.m. - Mumford Room Primo Levi Fellow at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies October 14 (N-Z) 9 a.m. -3 p.m. - LM-139 University of Pennsylvania Professor at Hebrew Universityʼs Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies Makeup October 27 10 a.m.-3 p.m. - Mumford Room The Jewish and Comparative Folklore Program Makeup November 10 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - Dining Room A “The Jews of Kurdistan: History, Daily Life, Customs, Makeup December 8 10 a.m. -3 p.m. - Childbirth andand MMagic”agic” LM 640, Classroom E Noon, Monday, June 7, LJ-119 For information contact: Hirad Dinavari 7-4518 or [email protected] 12 THE GAZETTE JUNE 4, 2004

CALENDAR Friday, June 4 Book Talk: HSS presents lecture by Kissinger Scholar your speaking, communication Emmy Award-winning journalist Lanxin Xiang on “The and leadership skills, meet Aerobic Class: Beginner’s Carol Jenkins discussing her Ideological Context of the Sino- new people, and have fun? step. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness book, “Black Titan: A.G. Gaston U.S. Relationship.” 6:30 p.m., All welcome. Noon - 1 p.m., Center, LA-B36. and the Making of a Black Mumford Room, LM 642. LM412. Contact: Wynn, 7- Concert: Army Blues Band of American Millionaire.” Noon, Thursday, June 10 2914. the U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s West Dining Room, LM 621. Meeting: Focusing on Real Life Own). The Army Blues perform Lecture: “Virtual Reference— Concert: Issues (FRLI). Topic: “How well their own versions of the latest “Freedom Songs,” Where we are!” Marilyn Songs of the Freedom Singers Parr, Library of Congress; do you know yourself?” Noon and most innovative sounds - 1:30 p.m., LM 139. of contemporary composers. and the music of the civil rights Avril Cunningham, Gelman Noon, Coolidge Auditorium, movement. Bernice Johnson Library, George Washington LCPA Veterans Forum: Dr. free, no tickets required. Reagon and Toshi Reagon. University; Suzanne Carbone, Gary Solis, former JAG and Noon, Coolidge Auditorium. Montgomery County Public author of “Son Thang: an LCPA Event: Shakespeare Library. 9:45 - 11 a.m., LM American War Crime,” will in the Park: Shakespeare in Forum: LCPA What If...forum presents Nicholas Meyere 139. Co-sponsored by the speak about military courts- the Park/Shakespeare Free LCPA Reference Forum and martial. Book signing follows. For All. 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m., speaking on “Science Fiction as Art,”12:10 p.m., Dining the DCLA Reference Interest Noon - 1 p.m., West Dining Carter Barron Theatre, NW, Group. Room, LM 621. Washington, D.C. Contact: Room A. 7-7424. Performance: Educational Kluge Center: Kluge Scholar Wednesday, June 9 performance on Adams Plaza, Finis Dunaway speaks on Monday, June 7 an interactive exploration of the “The Mississippi River in the Training: CPR/AED class. 10 American Imagination.” 2:30 Research Orientation to festive seasonal celebrations a.m. - 3 p.m.. Contact: Health of Queen Elizabeth’s court. p.m., LJ 119. the Library: Obtain reader Services, 7-8035 to sign up. Audience and performers will identifi cation card in LM 140 parade up Second Street from Friday, June 11 prior to orientation session. Transit Fare Subsidy Program the Adams Plaza to the Folger 10:30 a.m. - noon and 6:30 (Metrochek Make Up Day): Aerobic Class: Beginner’s Library to present their “queen” - 8 p.m., LJ G-07. Sponsored For June only, Classroom E, 10 step. 11:45 a.m., LC Wellness with songs, dances and poetry by the Humanities and Social a.m. - 3 p.m. Center, LA-B36. of the time. Several area Sciences Division. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Ballroom Dance Club: 12:30 performers, Morris dancers - 1:30 p.m., Dining Room A, Tai Chi Class: Beginning level Shield Service Day: 10 a.m. and the Washington Revels LM 620. 1, 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness - 2 p.m., LM-647. will participate. 10:30 a.m. Center, LA-B36. Call S.W. Chen Tai Chi Class: Beginning level Sponsored by PSCD, Folger Ceremony: America’s Award at 7-3284. 2. 11:30 a.m., LC Wellness Theater and Smithsonian for Children and Young Adult Literature ceremony. Two Talk:“The Jews of Kurdistan: Center, LA-B36. Call S.W. Associates Discovery Theater, award winners, author Judith History, Daily Life, Customs, Chen at 7-3284. Aerobic Classes: High-Low. Ortiz Cofer and illustrator Childbirth and Magic” by Bloomsday Camerata: 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC Yuyi Morales, will make brief Shalom Sabar, University of Readings from “Ulysses.” Wellness Center, LA-B36. presentations and sign books Pennsylvania. Noon, LJ 119. Noon, Dewey Conference Contact JoAnn Thomas, after the program. 4 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Near East Room, LM 507. Contact: Joe 7-8637. Co-sponsored by Hispanic Section, the African and Middle Bartl, 7-0013. Meeting: LC Toastmasters Division and Center for the Eastern Division, and Hebrew Treasure Talk: Daun Van Ee meeting. Want to improve Book, Southeast Pavilion. Language Table. provides an in-depth look at the Tuesday, June 8 sixth section of the Churchill exhibit, “The Cold War and The Library of Congress is featuring materials drawn from the Emergency Training: Basic Long Sunset.” Noon, northwest Veterans History Project Collection - part of its American Quickmask (Issue) 10 - 11 Gallery of the Jefferson Folklife Center — in the “American Treasures” exhibition a.m., LM 654a/b. Sponsored Building. by the Offi ce of Security and in the Southwest Gallery of the Thomas Jefferson Building. The Forum: Emergency Preparedness in Bible Truth Forum. display is on view from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday, Coordination with the LCIU. Open to all every Wednesday. through Nov. 13. Noon - 1 p.m., LM-642. “From the Home Front and the Front Lines” will expose Aerobic Classes: High-Low. Sponsored by the Bible visitors to the personal experiences of veterans who fought in 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., LC Study Group, LCRA. Contact World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War Wellness Center, LA-B36. [email protected]. and the Persian Gulf War that are taken from fi rsthand accounts Contact JoAnn Thomas, 7-8637. Aerobic Class: Beginner’s documented in correspondence, photographs, diaries, bound Lecture: Esther Kepplinger, step. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness volumes and albums. Maps, fl ags and military papers are included deputy commissioner for Center, LA-B36. Contact JoAnn in the exhibit as well, which will also include two audiovisual patent operations, Patent and Thomas, 7-8637. stations. Trademark Offi ce, gives an overview of the Patent Offi ce Lecture: Electronic and discusses its procedures. Resources Cataloging 101 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., (various speakers). 1:30 - 3 ‘Census 2000 and the American FactFinder’ Mumford Room, LM 649. p.m., Coolidge Auditorium. A Demonstration by Andrea Sevetson Sponsored by the Science, Sponsored by the Cataloging 1 - 2 p.m., June 15, Dining Room A, LM 620 Technology and Business Directorate. Sponsored by the Science, Technology and Business Division” Division. Kluge Center: Concluding