MIDDLEBORO — Author John Happ will speak about his book, “The Navigation Case: Training, Flying and Fighting the 1942 to 1945 New Guinea War’’ at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 at the Middleboro Public Library, 102 North Main St.

Happ will tell the story of how an aged leather briefcase was discovered when his family house was cleaned out and sold. Happ’s father had meticulously collected his military documents, private letters, and souvenirs, and packed them away in his pilot’s navigation case. 

Happ never knew his father had been a combat pilot as he never spoke about the war. Happ will talk about the discovery of his father’s papers as well as the startling, yet undocumented, histories found within. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session and a book signing.

Happ is a contributing author to the Journal of the American Revolution, and has written for the WWI website the 75th Artillery C.A.C.

 The program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested, but not required.

For more information or to register, call the library at (508) 946-2470 or e-mail lfox@sailsinc.org.