Author Event | Kim Clarke: The Last Full Measure: An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II

Name: Author Event | Kim Clarke: The Last Full Measure: An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II
Start: 2026-10-29T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-29T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Downtown Library

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October 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT to October 29, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT

At Downtown Library, 343 S Fifth Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

For many American families, World War II did not end in 1945. More than 171,000 families waited up to five years for the remains of loved ones to be recovered from battlefields and temporary cemeteries and brought home. Kim Clarke, author of The Last Full Measure: An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II, explores this little-known postwar effort.

Downtown Library: 4th Floor Program Room

Adult / Teen

For many American families, World War II did not end in 1945.

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