Set your DVRs: S&T history prof discusses D-Day on C-SPAN

Update: the interview with John McManus is now available in its entirety online.

We just got word that our resident World War II expert, John C. McManus, will be talking about D-Day Saturday morning on the C-SPAN program Washington Journal. Saturday marks the 65th anniversary of the Allied Forces' invasion of Normandy.

Mcmanus is scheduled to be interviewed on the program from 7:10-8:05 a.m. CDT on Saturday. Check your local listings to find C-SPAN on your local cable or satellite system.

McManus is a military historian and an associate professor of history at Missouri S&T. He is the author of several books about the United States' involvement in the European Theater of World War II, including a two-volume series on the American role in the Battle of Normandy. The first book, The Americans at D-Day: The American Experience at the Normandy Invasion, was released in June 2004, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The second book, The Americans at Normandy: The Summer of 1944, the American War from the Beaches to Falaise, was published in November 2004.

We'll try to post video of McManus' interview on this blog, once we find that C-SPAN provides it online.