Operation Underworld: How the Mob Helped Protect America During World War II
Date: December 3, 2026
Time: 7 to 8 p.m. Book Signing to Follow
Cost: Free for Museum Members or with Museum Admission
World War II was not just fought on the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific. It was fought on American shores as well, with the help of civilians, including some of history’s most notorious mobsters. Sara Vladic, author of The Dangerous Shore, tells the incredible true story of how the Navy teamed up with underworld kingpins Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Socks Lanza to help protect the docks of Manhattan and Brooklyn from enemy intruders.