WVU to welcome former POW to campus, mark Pearl Harbor Day this week

WVU will welcome West Virginia native and former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch to campus Tuesday (Dec. 3) and honor the lives lost in the attacks on Pearl Harbor during a ceremony at Oglebay Plaza Friday (Dec. 6) (WVU Photo/Brian Persinger)

WHAT: The West Virginia University Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs will host Jessica Lynch, a former prisoner of war, and observe the anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor during separate events on the Morgantown Campus.

WHEN and WHERE:

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Jessica Lynch, a Wirt County native, will speak about her capture in Iraq and subsequent rescue in 2003.

6:30-8 p.m.
Mountainlair, Gluck Theater, Room 114

Friday, Dec. 6

The annual Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony will honor the lives lost on Dec. 7, 1941.

10 a.m.
USS West Virginia mast and bell, Oglebay Hall, Downtown area of campus

NOTES: The public is invited to attend both events.

The Lynch presentation is hosted by the Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs and REACH Student Success with sponsorship from Azimuth Inc.

The Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony will include a 21-gun salute with three volleys being fired by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 548 and Post 9916. The keynote speaker is Maj. George Davis, retired and former Military Intelligence/Aviation Officer in the U.S. Army. He is also the commander for Chapter 45 of the Disabled American Veterans in North Central West Virginia.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Penny Lipscomb
Director
WVU Center for Veteran, Military and Family Programs
304-293-8825; [email protected]

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