Sanibel library hosts WWII program, more By SPL - | Mar 10, 2021 SPL ARCHIVES Jeannie Clyde Riddle in 1920 on Sanibel. Locals and visitors can virtually attend World War II history programs with staffer Duane E. Shaffer of the Sanibel Public Library via Zoom. No in-person programs are scheduled. On March 17 at 10 a.m., he will present “1943 Operation Eiche (Oak).” Learn about the German paratroopers’ rescue of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from the Apennine Mountains in southern Italy in 1943. Visit www.sanlib.org and click on the link to login a few minutes beforehand to watch; no login registration is required. More details and login instructions are online, along with replays of Shaffer’s 2021 virtual programs.