EMPIRE JAVELIN: PHILIP KAY-BUJAK
Empire Javelin, an American built LSI (Landing Ship, Infantry) in Royal Navy service, played an important role on D-Day. She carried A Company 116th RCT (the famous ‘Bedford Boys’) across the Channel and her landing craft put them ashore on Dog Green sector as part of the initial assault or ‘suicide wave’, onto Omaha Beach. In telling her story, Philip Kay-Bujak does justice to the contribution of the Royal Navy at Omaha Beach, which has been underestimated in the past.
Philip Kay-Bujak is a former GSA Headmaster and Associate of The Royal Historical Society. He taught English European History for over twenty years and was a public school headmaster. He was and is a Koestler Literary Award winner. Other publications include articles on education and British history and books on local history, Scottish art and the Great War.
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Philip-Kay-Bujak/a/5868
Sat 21 Sep 10.45am - 11.30am
Flavel Auditorium
Tickets £10
There will be a book signing in the Library after the talk
