WOLFEBORO — Wright Museum Executive Director Peggy Hennelly-Maniates will be presenting a lecture entitled A Hero of Two Nations on Tuesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. This is the fourth program of the Wright Museum’s 2024 Education Series.
Learn the story of a young paratrooper who is the only known American soldier to have served in combat with both the U.S. Army and the Soviet Red Army in World War II. He took part in Mission Albany, the airborne landings of the 101st Airborne Division on June 5-6, 1944, as a member of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He was captured by the Germans and sent east as a prisoner of war.
After three unsuccessful attempts, Joseph Beyrle escaped from the German Stalag III-C in January 1945 and joined a Soviet tank battalion under the command of Aleksandra Samusenko. Wounded, he was evacuated and eventually made his way to the United States in April 1945.
For more information, visit wrightmuseum.org/lecture-series or call 603-569-1212.
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