{"id":10709,"date":"2022-11-04T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:49:28","slug":"george-luz-jr-son-of-easy-company-member-highlights-week-of-veterans-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/04\/george-luz-jr-son-of-easy-company-member-highlights-week-of-veterans-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"George Luz Jr., son of Easy Company member, highlights week of Veterans Day celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10710\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10710\" class=\"wp-image-10710 size-fusion-400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-400x398.png\" alt=\"George Luz Jr.\" width=\"400\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-200x199.png 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-400x398.png 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr-600x597.png 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/11\/George-Luz-Jr.png 697w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Luz Jr. via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/luz.george\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nov. 4, 2022&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Center for Military and Veterans Services<\/a> at Missouri Western State University will host a series of events in honor of Veterans Day Nov. 7-11. A highlight of the week will be guest speaker George Luz Jr., whose father was a paratrooper with the unit featured in the HBO miniseries \u201cBand of Brothers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luz will present \u201cThrough My Father\u2019s Eyes,\u201d a presentation including photos, letters and insider stories about the men of Easy Company from a man who grew up with them. Historian Stephen E. Ambrose wrote about the company in \u201cBand of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler&#8217;s Eagle&#8217;s Nest.\u201d The book was later adapted into a miniseries for HBO by Tom Hanks, Erik Jendreson and Steven Spielberg. George Luz Sr. was portrayed by actor Rick Gomez in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luz will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Enright Community Room, Spratt Hall room 214. The talk is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other events throughout the week are open to the approximately 150 military-connected students on Missouri Western\u2019s campus this fall. They include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Military Benefits Series: Representatives from military resources answer questions about benefits.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday, Nov. 7: Missouri Veterans Commission, 4 p.m., Blum Student Union<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday, Nov. 8: Military One Source, 4 p.m., Blum Student Union<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Band of Brothers Watch Party, 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, Center for Military and Veterans Services, Eder 200<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Free movie screening of \u201cHacksaw Ridge,\u201d 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, Hoff Conference Room, Blum 218<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Veterans Day Trip to World War I Museum, 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11. The Center for Military and Veterans Services will be taking select students on a trip to the National World War I Museum in Kansas City.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, contact Chelsey Clark, director of military and veterans services, at 816-271-4111 or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:military@missouriwestern.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">military@missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 4, 2022&#8211;The Center for Military and Veterans Services at Missouri Western State University will host a series of events in honor of Veterans Day Nov. 7-11. 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