Course Description

Instructor: COL (Ret) Lawrence Saul

This course will focus on how the USA built the US Army Air Force into a war winning combat force. Beginning with a small, immature organization, the US Army designs, builds, organizes, trains and deploys a potent, multi-faceted air force that devastated Nazi Germany. We will witness the struggles, on the ground and in the air, that shaped the USAAF into the war-winning organization that destroyed the Nazi military and devastated the economy and industry of Germany.

Two 3-hour sessions (20 and 27 October.  10:00 am - 1:00 pm)

Lawrence Saul Col Lawrence H. Saul served for a total of 37 years in the US Army, with more than 20 of those years overseas. His service included tours in Germany, Holland, Belgium, England, Kosovo and many other locations. He was one of the last veterans of the Vietnam War still serving on active duty when he retired in 2008. He has a BA in US History from Georgia State University and two Masters Degrees.