The Norton Institute for Continuing Education (NICE) announces its??final open??lecture of the 2015 – 2016 academic year. This presentation will be held at Wheaton?? (Norton, MA) College’s Hindle Auditorium, Rear of??Campus, ??26 East Main Street, Norton,?? MA,??and??is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. ????????????????????????????????????????????????
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The WW II Prisoner of War Experience at Camp Myles Standish
??By Dr. William Hanna
??Wednesday, June 1, 2016
10:00 ??? 11:30 am??????????????????????????????????
Wheaton College, Hindle Auditorium Science Center??
In his presentation, Dr. Hanna will share his latest research on the massive military site that was Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, MA. Located at the site of Dever School on Bay Street, more than 1,500,000 American soldiers passed through the camp during World War II on their way to Europe, and thousands of German and Italian soldiers were detained at the camp.
The material in Hanna???s presentation will be all new research. While many local authors have written about Camp Myles Standish, little research has been done on the experiences of the prisoners at the camp. ???The prisoner of war aspect has been less well-investigated, so I???m going to try to take care of that,??? said Dr. Hanna.??
Dr. William Hanna is a local historian, former Taunton High School teacher and author of ???A History of Taunton, Massachusetts.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
NICE, a non-profit affiliate of the Road Scholar??(formerly named Elderhostel) Institute Network??and a collaborative effort of Wheaton College and Epoch Assisted Living of Norton, provides non-credit nominally-priced college-level liberal arts courses and free lectures for over-55 year-olds living primarily in the Norton, Attleboro, Mansfield, Sharon, Foxboro, Taunton, Stoughton, Easton, and Canton areas.