The following content was provided by Kris Moralez of Oceanside Public Library:
Oceanside Public Library hosted award-winning multimedia journalist and Marine Corps veteran Amy Forsythe to debut and discuss her book, Heroes Live Here: A Tribute to Camp Pendleton Marines Since 9/11, on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Heroes Live Here is a tribute to honor those Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton who served and sacrificed in wars since 9/11. In addition, following her three deployments to Afghanistan and two combat tours in Iraq, Forsythe curated an exhibit of her photography. This exhibit is being displayed in the Civic Center Library in downtown Oceanside for four weeks and has provided an opportunity for our community to reflect on the 20 years in which many of our Oceanside military members were deployed at least once to Afghanistan and/or Iraq. Amy also created a tri-fold handout to accompany the exhibit that includes a map of the monuments on Camp Pendleton and a brief description of each so that, if able, people could do a self-guided tour on Base.
Amy Forsythe is an award-winning multimedia journalist and military combat veteran with more than 28 years of experience in storytelling, communications and multimedia content creation. Amy deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Combat Correspondent and now continues to serve as a Public Affairs Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Her imagery and articles have been published on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, Newsweek Magazine, Soldier of Fortune Magazine, and many other news outlets.
[Libraries and Veterans Microgrant funds help cover the costs of speaker fees, invitational brochures (seen below), and for printing and display of the author's photography.]
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Other local news coverage:
KPBS San Diego website, May 31, 2022.
Coffee or Die magazine, May 31, 2022
The San Diego Union-Tribune website, May 11, 2022
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (LG-12-19-0114).
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