Under the states control or starve the dire conditions are believed to be the reason why many have left despite human Rights Groups saying some of those who have gone are being detained and ill treated. We have been able to document the detention of at least 37. 00 men who left to government controlled areas these people were arrested and taken to intelligence branches in damascus and holmes also they are forcing men to join the army in a month or 2 it was agreed that they would be given 6 months. Many syrians and want safe passage to opposition controlled areas in the north and if they cant get it they want regular food and medical aid the u. N. Says it cannot make any promises as it is an observer in the repatriation process and doesnt have an restricted access to return knees so many who are staying say they have to as they are left with no choice so whether beirut one of the Worlds Largest retailer says it will stop selling for handguns and military style weapons across the United
Its spectacular. Its my real pleasure to introduce the next speaker. He is somebody you already know. You have heard him speak somewhere or on tv. He was born and raised in fredericksburg. He spent his career interpreting and preserving American Military history with the National Park service, the new york state government, Rensselaer County historical society, the Civil War Preservation trust, kentucky state parks and the u. S. Army. Do you think he is qualified to speak . He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present. He has published two books with the history press, the civil war at perryville and the Tullahoma Campaigns, and contributing to the emerging civil war bulldog and studied the 19411942 campaign released in late 2016. In september 2016, the u. S. Army published his volumes on the 1862 virginia campaigns as part of its series on the civil war. Last year at this event on friday night, i bought this book and by satur
I am part of a group or presenting the parachute infantry regiment. For parachute regimental combat. It is a world war ii unit that fought in italy, Southern France. Forgotten unit. It was a small unit. It was comprised of three smaller units. And andairborne company the 460th. Does three units maybe Regimental Combat Team. Wouldgher army command attack units where they were needed as they were needed. We are representing them during their time in the autumn of 1944. That was in the south of france in the everywhere they were cast with protecting the right flank. The envision of summer invasion of Southern France. Was overshadowed by the famous normandie operation. This is the hammer and the end though. Due to lack of Landing Craft and aircraft, they were not able to have both operations at the same time. Normandie was an even more important operation. This was delayed until 1944. Began to come in off the beach. They were prepared for an enemy onslaught. Soldierngle german appeared. No
Author series and we always like to mention our sponsor, we bring this to you with the generous sport of the Strake Foundation and couldnt do it without them so thank you. The many have been to the events we know we have a tradition at the mumz. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand and be wave. Two. [ applause ] thanks, folks. You know, ive heard the president and ceo nick mueller and Steven Watson say this many times we built this museum for you so thank you for coming to the events. Military veterans of any other era . If you would stand or wave and please we always know thats a a large number. I love the waves. People give different forms of waves. I like that one. Thank you so much. Now we would also like to acknowledge three special guests in the audience. A current board member robert prity. There he is. Robert, good to see you thank you for coming. And past Board Members debra lindsey. And dr. Mic
The u. K. Is reportedly considering using drones in the gulf region the area has already seen multiple drone attacks in recent weeks so how will these Unmanned Aircraft shape future conflicts and are they legal this is insight. Hello and welcome to the program im fully back to the use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has changed the way militaries around the world conducts the operations the United States and others have said they prefer them to sending in jets or using other weapons now with the crisis in the gulf the u. K. Is reportedly considering using drones in the region they would help with surveillance as british warships escort oil tankers store the strait of hormuz which began after iran sees a british flag tanker last month we have a lot to get into with our guests in just a moment but 1st alex got topless has more on why many. Drones were initially designed for surveillance but within a few years theyve gone from being an experimental Assassination Program to an integr