BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Library Market//iCal Export//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Lagvanec Lecture UID:20133 DTSTAMP:20260413T191200Z DTSTART:20260512T003000Z DTEND:20260512T013000Z LOCATION:4747 West Napoleon Ave, Metairie, LA 70001, United States ROOM: Jefferson Room DESCRIPTION:Cyril Lagvanec, PhD, the curator of the American-Italian Resea rch Library located on the second floor of the East Bank Regional Library, will give a lecture on two important naval incidents involving U.S. ships  at 7 p.m., Monday, May 11, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. N apoleon, Metairie. The USS Liberty Incident, June 1967The USS Liberty  incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship †“ a spy ship, the USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft  and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on June 8, 1967, during the Six Day War. The attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marine s, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship. Both the Israeli and United States governments condu cted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.The USS Pueblo In cident, January 1968 The USS Pueblo is a Banner-class technical research ship placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship  in 1967 by the United States Navy. The ship gathered intelligence and o ceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from No rth Korea. On January 23, 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by a No rth Korean vessel. Since 2013, the ship has been moored along the Pothong gang Canal in Pyongyang and is displayed as a museum ship at the Victoriou s War Museum. Pueblo is the only ship of the U.S. Navy still on the commis sioned roster and held captive.Cyril Lagvanec earned his undergraduate deg ree in history from Baylor University, his master’s degree in British an d European History from Tulane University, and his doctoral degree in Amer ican History from Texas A&M University. Through his long career, Dr. L agvanec has taught at Jesuit High School, Tulane, Loyola, Delgado, Southea stern Louisiana University in Hammond, East Carolina University, and Texas A&M. For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@ jefferson.lib.la.us.The Lagvanec Lecture usually occurs on the second Tues day of each month unless there is a conflict such as a holiday. Cyril Lagv anec earned his undergraduate degree in history from Baylor University, hi s master’s degree in British and European History from Tulane University , and his doctoral degree in American History from Texas A&M Universit y. Through his long career, Dr. Lagvanec has taught at Jesuit High School, Tulane, Loyola, Delgado, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Ea st Carolina University, and Texas A&M.  URL:https://calendar.jplibrary.net/event/lagvanec-lecture-20133 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR