The Emerson Center Florida Humanities Series, in partnership with the Florida Humanities Council and sponsored in part by Marine Bank & Trust, continues on Thursday, January 23, “World War II U-boat Attack of Vero Beach” with Vero Beach author/journalist Rody Johnson.

During the early days of World War II, German U-boats crept along the U.S. east Coast off of Vero Beach. As a child, Johnson heard whispers about them and his father, Kit Johnson, a Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer, patrolled the coastline in his small fishing craft to search for and rescue the survivors of ships torpedoed by the Germans. Rody Johnson has written a touching remembrance to his father, the hero.

The Florida Humanities Series is presented by The Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vero Beach.  Four acclaimed speakers and performers will be presented free at the Center now through April 2014, with all presentations relating to Florida history and issues. Admission to each is complimentary and all performances will begin at 7 p.m. Continue reading…