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Lunchtime Lecture: “In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest War” with John Ennis

National Museum of the United States Navy Washington Navy Yard, Washington

They were walking to class on 9/11 when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were struck. These midshipmen were soon to graduate from the Naval Academy into a nation at war, the first officers to do so since Vietnam. Each story provides a glimpse into the lives of modern day Navy or Marine Corps officers