a time. but connolly says, over a few years, n.e.c.c. went national. he told us that quantities of drugs increased by a factor of 1,000. we became a manufacturer overnight. so we were basically trying to have the best of both worlds trying to manufacture without the oversight of a manufacturer. and there was we all got. pelley: a month before the first steroid death, connolly says he warned his supervisor. something s going to happen. something s going to get missed and we re going to get shut down. pelley: what did you mean by that? that we were going to hurt a patient. we were just thinking hurt a patient. we weren t compounding anymore we were manufacturing. pelley: when you went to your supervisor and told him that, he said what? that s verbatim. he shrugged. that was his response for a lot of our questions or comments or concerns was a shrug. pelley: meaning? just do it. either he didn t care or he was powerless to change it. pelley: as joe conno
tell my idea to the president alone, or, if the president is not available, the secretary of war, maybe navy. in fact, louis winterbauer writes in and the navy says, thank you for suggesting your idea, however, we cannot judge it because you gave us no particulars. in fact, everyone wants to get in on the act. lincoln gets a letter from an unexpected source, a pastor from a baptist church in new hampshire, william sausen, who writes in saying, i have perfected an invention of the most marvelous destructive power that can immediately destroy the most powerful warships at a distance. you, sir, may smile at all this and suppose it is only the dream of an excited brain. but only a few days are needed to convince the world of its reality. the united states will be given the power to resist all the world s navy. and he also says, i am fully willing to do a test and then will sit back and wait for the offers to flood in. well, if shells and other machines couldn t destroy the merrim
rhodes weekend 150th edition. craig symonds taught war history for 30 years. he thought he was retired. then he went back. and he is teaching there again. and he is a native of anaheim, california. craig earned his b.a. as ucla and masters from university of florida where he studied under the late john kay mahan. in 1970s he was in the navy, navy officer and first ensign ever to lecture at the naval war college in new port, rhode island. after his naval service he remained at the war college as a civilian professor of strategy from 74 to 75. he s an award winning author of 12 books, maybe more by now, but who s counting, right? editor of several others. and has written over 100 articles in professional journals and popular magazines. from 2005 to 2007, he lived here too. he was the chief historian for the u.s.s. monitor center here at mariners museum and helped us get everything right. so if something you see is right out there and you love it. thank craig for it. because h
virginia. hosting a civil war navy conference in early march to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of hampton roads when, for the first time iron clads battled during the civil war. first, author and naval academy professor craig simons talks about the war along the coast. then the recovery and identification of human remains from the u.s.s. monitor, which faced off with the css virginia in 1862. this is about 90 minutes. well, it is my great pleasure to introduce our opening session here for the battle of hampton roads weekend, 150th edition. craig symonds is from the united states naval academy, where he taught u.s. history and civil war history for 30 years. he thought he was retired. then he went back. and he is teaching there again. and he is a native of anaheim, california. earned his b.a. at ucla, masters and ph.d.s from the university of florida where he studied under the late john k. mann. in 1970s he was in the navy, navy officer and first ensign ever to lec