Brookfield Historical Society Hosts Battle of Okinawa Lecture

Written by Gene Roberts

The Brookfield Historical Society will host a lecture and book signing by Roxbury author George Feifer on his publication Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb.

The event will rake place on Monday July 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Feifer of will give a lecture followed by a book signing. The program is sponsored by the Brookfield Historical Society and will be held at their Society Museum, located at 165 Whisconier Road, at the intersection of Routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield Center.

More people perished during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Mr. Feifer’s work is a stunning account of the last major campaign of World War II which was the largest military land,sea and air engagement in history.

A world renowned author, Feifer has received accolades from the likes of Studs Terkel, who wrote after reading the book, “Unless we know of Okinawa and its beleaguered people, we know precious little of World War II.” Stephen E. Ambrose author of the Citizen Soldier and Easy Company, the basis for the TV presentation A Band of Brothers, observed, “Feifer’s work is deeply moving, and a credit to journalism, history and the United States. It far surpasses most books about war.”

Admission is free and complimentary refreshments will be available following the presentation. For more information on this and other public presentations of the Brookfield Historical Society log onto www.brookfeldcthistory.org.