Wings of the Hornet — From History Research to a Published Book

Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Cupertino Library — Community Room 201, 2nd floor, near the Quiet Study Room. Check in at the Adult Reference Desk.

A free two-hour workshop with the twelve student authors of Wings of the Hornet: where history actually lives, how to read a primary source, and how notes become a chapter. Then you write a short passage yourself.

Free · no ticket · open to the public

What we will cover

• Where history actually lives — archives, logbooks, photographs and oral history, including the vast amount never digitized
• How to read a primary source: what it tells you, what it implies, and what it quietly leaves out
• How notes become a chapter — structure, narrative and citation
• A short writing exercise from a real USS Hornet document, read together in the room

Led by the twelve student authors — Bryan Ma, Kellyn Hu, Angela Tang, Alexandra Liu, Annie Wang, Selena Zhang, Roland Wang, Jiayu Gu, Shawn Zeng, Irene Lin, Elaine Zhao and Michael Tang — with George Retelas, Historic Advisor and Editor at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum.

Wings of the Hornet: The Airmen and Aircraft of CV-8 and CV-12 in the Pacific War was researched aboard the museum ship and publishes in April 2027.

CompassPoint Mentorship · 501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN #46-2389059 · Catherine Liu, (408) 478-0683, catliu@cpmentorship.org