Col Jon Hoffman book discussion
Date and Time
Thursday Nov 2, 2017
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Thursday, November 2
2:00 p.m.
Location
Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club
30 Yacht Club Drive
Beaufort, SC 29907
Fees/Admission
Free to BCHS members, a suggested $5 donation for guests will be appreciated.
Memberships are available at the door.
Contact Information
Beaufort County Historical Society
Col Jon Hoffman book discussion
Description
Beaufort County Historical Society is pleased to remind you that Col Jon Hoffman will discuss his book Chesty: the Story of LtGen Lewis B Puller at Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club, Thursday, Nov. 2nd at 2 pm.
Mr. Hoffman assumed the duties of Chief Historian, U.S. Army Center of Military History on 22 August 2016. He was commissioned in the Marine Corps Reserve in December 1978 and served thirty years as an infantry officer and field historian, including seventeen years of active duty, retiring at the rank of colonel in 2008. Hoffman spent three years as a history instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, and two years as the deputy director and acting director of the Marine Corps History and Museums Division. His Marine Corps Reserve duty included tours as a field historian, an adjunct faculty member for the Marine Corps University, He served as the civilian deputy of the Marine history program from 2002 to 2005, then spent five years as head of the Contemporary Studies Branch at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. From 2010 to 2016, he was the Deputy Chief Historian for the Secretary of Defense Historical Office.
