U.S. Navy Theme - January 2019

January 2019 at the American Corner Trieste is dedicated to the U.S. Navy.  Conference, Films and Readings.
All American Corner Events are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC. 

15/1 - 10 am - Film - John Paul Jones (1959) - in English (2 hours 6 min)
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero, and Father of the U.S. Navy, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.  Director: John Farrow, Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn


15/1 - 6 pm - Conference - John Paul Jones - with Guest Speaker Col. Walter Lipartiti (in Italian) and presentation of his book Una Tigre Sull'Oceano about the life of John Paul Jones, American patriot and hero in the U.S. Continental Navy.  Jones is considered one of the fathers of the U.S. Navy along with John Barry.

17/1, 10 am - Film - PT 109 (1963) 2 hours 20 min.
True Story - During WW2, Lieut. John F. Kennedy took command of PT 109 to fight the Japanese in the Solomon Islands.  He and the crew narrowly escaped becoming POWs.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin |

29/1, 10 am- Short Story Club - Excerpts from Once There was a War by John Steinbeck when he was an embedded war correspondent with the U.S. Navy for the New York Herald Tribune in December 1943 during the Allied Invasion of Sicily during WWII.