A Soldier's Eye: Europe 1944 | ||
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Irving Shapiro was born in New York City in 1918 and currently lives in Queensbury, New York. After earning science degrees and a Ph.D. in psychology, he has worked in education and communications in public health and medical settings. He was inducted into the Army in 1942 and ended his four-year military career in the Medical Administrative Corps as a first lieutenant. In Normandy, during the first six months following the June 1944 Allied invasion of France - the period during which he shot most of this unique photographic memoir - he was a Litter-Bearer Platoon Leader in a medical battalion. He was later attached to a general hospital during a period of battles in Germany and near Belgium. Shapiro's decorations include a Purple Heart and a European Theatre Ribbon with Four Battle Stars. Shapiro's photographs have appeared in a variety of commercial and educational publications, as well as in various photography exhibitions. WORLD WAR II FILM SERIES Thursday, October 21, 7 PM: CASABLANCA with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman (1942, 102 min.) with discussion led by Prof. Brad Beckman, English Dept. Thursday, October 28, 6 PM: GENERAL DELLA ROVERE with Vittorio de Sica (1959, 130 min.) with discussion led by Prof. David Baum, History Dept. Thursday, November 4, 6 PM: STALINGRAD [DOGS DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?] with Joachim Hansen (1958, 97 min.) with discussion led by Prof. Wilfried Wilms, Modern Languages Dept. Thursday, November 11, 6 PM: SAHARA with Humphrey Bogart (1943, 97 min.) with discussion led by Prof. John Cramsie, History Dept. | ||
