Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects, ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii, soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions, and this impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british to helping them win world war ii. We have to give either equal credit to our allies. Some would say we couldnt have done it by ourselves. The point is people ask me why do i do this impression . And i think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. Okay . If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviet
We have to give equal credit to our allies. The point is that people ask me why do i do this impression. And i think because we need to tell the story about the Eastern Front. If you dont understand what happened on the Eastern Front you, dont understand world war ii. For example what i normally do is on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine. Its dated may of 1944. It has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. Dday. And the relationship of the soviet contribution was that as of that date, when you liberate the ukraine, you push the germans out of the country. So by that point in time, one month before dday, we had been occupying 65 maybe of the best german troops fighting us. If we hadnt done that, if we had failed in moscow, or solid ground, all of those troops could well have been under normandy beaches. The story that has to be told is that thats a significant contribution to winning the war. It needs to be explained to us as americans. Because
Next, on american artifacts, we visit a exhibit on world war ii, soviet soldiers. My name is craig hall, basically i consider myself a amateur military historian i do various impressions. This impression here today, is to represent the contribution of the soviet union, as an ally of the americans and british. To helping them win world war ii. We have to give you the people credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves the point is, people ask me why do i do this impression, i think because the reason is we need to tell the story about the eastern. The Eastern Front if you do not understand what happened there you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution in that war. For example, what i normally do is on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine, dated may 1944. The first article and it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is of course one month
Basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is and people asked me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had dday. And the point the relationship of the soviet contribut
Years. The u. S. Has been without a defense secretary all year since the departure of former defense chief jim mattis in december. This is live coverage on cspan 3. Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy to start on time. We will be doing that. Good morning. Today were considering the nomination of dr. Mark espy to be secretary of defense. We thank you all for being here today. We anticipate during your opening remarks, dr. Espy, that you will introduce any members of your family who are here and other support groups. It is standard we do have the eight required questions you will have to respond to audibly so we can get that in the record. Have you adhered to ethical regarding conflicts of interest. Yes, sir. Have you taken any actions which would prepare to presume the outcome of the confirmation process . No, sir. Exercising legislative and oversight responsibility makes it important that this committee, its subcommittees and other appropriate committees of congre