July 18, 2018 - Mr. Frank Lavin

Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio when 4,500 miles away Japanese Zeros screamed over Pearl Harbor. Along with thousands of young men and women, Lavin responded by joining the U.S. Army as soon as he turned 18. His decision led him from Ohio to Europe with the 84th Infantry Division, through battle at the front lines, and finally to victory and Occupation. On Wednesday, July 18, 2018, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania hosted Carl Lavin’s son, Mr. Frank Lavin, as he gave a lecture based on his book, Home Front to Battlefront: An Ohio Teenager in World War II. Mr. Lavin told his father’s story, garnered from personal letters and recollections, interviews with Carl Lavin’s brothers in arms, and formal histories.

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