Events to honor Veterans Day

WashU’s campus will host prominent speakers during two events in honor of Veterans Day this year.

Thursday, November, 10
Olin Veterans Association welcomes speaker Lt. Col. Gregory P. Gordon
When: 5:30-7:45 p.m.
Where: Frick Forum, Knight Hall and Bauer Hall

Friday, November, 11
WUVets welcomes Sen. Claire McCaskill, St. Louis County Associate Circuit Judge Judy Draper and Missouri state Sen. Jill Schupp, who will discuss the Missouri Veterans History Project, a nonprofit she founded to record and share the personal stories of the state’s veterans. There will also be a panel of combat veterans (see below).
When: 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Law School

Speakers include David Birge, who served in World War II as a Marine; Donald Graveman, who served in World War II and Korea as an Army officer; Jack Zerr, who served in Vietnam as a fighter pilot and Navy admiral; George Grimm who served in Afghanistan as a Marine sergeant; and David Spurling who served in Afghanistan as a staff sergeant.

Also on the panel are Marine veterans Rudy Reyes and Josh Person, whose lives were chronicled “Generation Kill,” the award-winning book and HBO miniseries.

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