Marshall University’s Hedrick Outstanding Faculty Award winner, Dr. Phillip Rutherford, will give a presentation, “On Arms and Eggs: GI Egg Mania on the Battlefields of World War II,” on Thursday, Oct. 27, in Drinko Library on the university’s Huntington campus.
Rutherford, a professor in the university’s Department of History, said he hopes audiences will find his presentation entertaining and educational.
“For the past several years I have been researching food and American troops during World War II,” Rutherford said. “The sources I have explored suggest that GIs in the field were crazy about eggs. They were constantly on the look-out for them and were willing to spend a lot of money to get them. My talk will explore their egg cravings and attempt to answer the question ‘What was so special about eggs?’”
The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in Drinko Library’s room 402 with refreshments to follow. This event is sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning.