University. Received the he is Army Historical foundations distinguish writing award. He is also one of americas foremost experts on the First World War and he holds a doctorate from the Royal Military college of science. Discuss and later answer your questions about his new book, 47 days. Ler notes that mitch has become a preeminent world war i historian. Commenting on the book, waller has written with an absorbing narrative. 47 days brings to life that war is final and bloody offensive when general john blackjack pershing and more than one million americans and french soldiers broke the back of the mighty german army. Son. Se welcome mitch yockle good afternoon everybody. Im excited to see a nice crowd come out and here a talk on a subject that doesnt get a lot of attention in the United States. That is the United States effort in the First World War. We got into the war in april of 1917 as a partner to the allies. And slowly build our forces until it turned into the ofmactic battle
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] francis ise somewhere over the atlantic tonight, taking off from philadelphia at 8 00. Has his final day. Marci boarding his flight back to rome. Francis may almighty god bless you all. Threecitymentous trip to the united states. Celebrating mass with hundreds of thousands of overjoyed people , packing this philadelphia parkway. Hours toed in line for get through security checkpoints, just to catch a glimpse of the papal parade and hear his message echoing through the heart of this captivated city. Our father in heaven. Marci he started his final day meeting with victims of sexual abuse, promising accountability within the church. Pope francis god weeps. Abuse ofexual children. These cannot be maintained in secret. Marci the pope t demonstrating his passion for the disenfranchised, visiting a prison. Pope francis above all as your brother. And handsh
Pacific, hes finally telling his story. Crawling on our stoppics under barbed wire, ammunition flying over our heads. And i was pulling along and heard a bullet go by. I dug my head into the ground. He worked chemical war wear from 1942 to 1946. It wasnt until he heard about the library of congresss veterans history project that he decided he really wanted to share his thoughts and memories. I was worried to get in the military. I love the country. The project is an ambitious effort to record each veterans personal story. With this being the anniversary of the end of world war ii theres a campaign to preserve the stories of world war ii vets right here in the d. C. Area. They are calling it do your part. 6. 5 million stories of world war ii, all different. People doing different things, people doing interesting things. Its important we gather all those stories to tell the story of world war ii. A collection of nearly 100,000 stories, photographs, diaries and letters of the men and wome
Congress as they come together in the business of establishing righteous laws. We pray, lord, that your kingdom come, that you your will be done, as this place as it is in heaven. Only by your holy spirit can there be real unity. Real reconciliation, Real Solutions to the present issues that come through this house. Lord, your kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy. May your righteousness prevail. May your peace cover each member of the congress. Give them wisdom. May your joy be heard throughout the land. And may you bless the United States of america. N jesus name, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from michigan, mr. Kildee. Mr. Kildee i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisi