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In honor of Memorial Day, Redlands’ A.K. Smiley Public Library offers a presentation on four Redlanders who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, in the library’s Assembly Room.
Mark C. Radeleff, who has been a volunteer researcher in the library’s Division of Special Collections for more than 20 years, will present “Four Sailors and the Battle of Makassar Strait, 1942.” He will tell the story of four boyhood friends who joined the Navy to escape the Great Depression, examining their lives and military careers before, during and after World War II, according to a news release.
Radeleff will discuss the two ships on which the four men served, three on the light cruiser USS Marblehead and one on the destroyer USS Stewart, both of which served with the Asiatic Fleet.
Radeleff conducts research on documents and artifacts of the library’s Division of Special Collections to provide background of the who, what and why of the people they relate to.
He is a retired U.S. Marine and systems engineer and is treasurer of the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table, according to the news release.
The program is free and open to the public.
The A.K. Smiley Public Library is at 125 W. Vine St., Redlands. For information, call 909-798-7565.
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