So were going to hear from Patrick Odonnell and learn the story of those eight bears. Patrick odonnell is a critically acclaimed military historian and an expert expert on elite units. He is the author of 11 books and he is the recipient of several national awards. He served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of fallujah speaks often on espionage counter operations and counter insurgency. Foras provided consulting the awardwinning series band of brothers and just to read you a couple of snippets of reviews on this, his newest book, Exhaustive Research with fluid, mr. Odonnell relates the history of the unknown soldier their part in world war i through the soldiers experience. And from usa today a gripping story from one of the best and most gripping stories. Few authors have the same kind of enthusiasm that odonnell brings to this topic. Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome Patrick Odonnell to the stage. It is really quite an honor to be introduce
Arizona, i am Deborah Peters and my cohost is the Pulitzer Prize winning and distinguished Foreign Correspondent and columnt for the Washington Post and i am happy to say my friend james hoagland. Good to be here. Im delightedou could join us. I offered this evening, our copies are somewhere, the ckiest the luckiest man life with john mccain. I can say truthfully that we were fascinated with i i didnt expect to read every word, once i started i couldnt put it down. Thank you. Senator mccain in 2005, i am blanking, you did 7 books. Character assassination. We sold thousands of copies of it and his office staff. We find is a little strange. After spending time with him. Before i turn this over to jim, the mccain familys mississippi group. I assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona and illinois. I didnt recognize john mccain how he was perceived as a carpetbagger. I asked john grisham, in mississippi, i read a little bit and i will read it again to get her reaction, the
We have it signed here but his book is the luckiest n, light with john mccain and jim and i have been fascinated with it. I didnt expect to read every word as my reading list is so vast and once i started i couldnt put it down. Its kind of you tosay, thank you. You worked with senator mccain in 2005 and i am blanketing, i know you did seven books, do you remember which was the 2005 one . It could have been a book on character assassination. We sold thousands of copies and one to the senator and i believe we ran low on signed copies. I find this a little strange to be talking about him without him after spending time with him. The other thing id like to say before i turn this over to jim was that i was really surprised that the mccain family listened to deep roots. I just assumed he had western roots. Im a carpetbagger in arizona. But i didnt recognize that john mccain was perceived as something of a carpetbagger when he ran for office but i asked johngrisham when we did an event , of c
Theres the heavy guns. This is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. There were real guns in france and heavy artillery. One of the body bearers is represented there. The field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. These are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. In some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. As they moved up and provided close artillery support, thats the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. General pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. Then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. And i follow a chicagoan. A dough boy through the entire war. Younger was part of the second infantry division. An elite unit within the American Expedition theary forc and younger is there. Hes a dough boy. A regular grunt. A sergeant that fights from battle to battle. Hes wounded