Heaven, Hell or Hoboken: Port of Embarkation – Mark Van Ells

On May 7, 2017, our lecture series, “Heaven, Hell or Hoboken: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of World War I, featured Mark Van Ells, who is the author of America and World War I: A Traveler’s Guide (Interlink Books, 2014), as well as The Daily Life of an Ordinary American Soldier during World War II: The Letters of Wilbur C. Berget (Edwin Mellen, 2008). Van Ells is a Professor of History at Queensborough Community College.