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Symposium. Okay. Im very pleased to introduce our last speaker for the afternoon. Jeffrey william hunt is the director of the texas museum in mayberry and adjunct professor at Austin Community college where hes taught since 19 8, got bless you. Mr. Hunt is an author of the last battle of the civil war and a contributor to the central war. American civil war. His last work is from the final stage of the Gettysburg Campaign to 1863 and the final volume is due for publication coming out next year. ...

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. Ok...

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 her...

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 contrib...

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 d...

Apparently from one of my neighbors, and said that debbie, you need to go home, somebody wants to buy your used car. I thought, who wants to buy a car in the dark . [laughter] anyway. So we went in the house, i didnt see any car outside, and when we got into the house there was a knock on the door, and as soon as i saw the shoulder bars, 4,new, and that was october 1969. You can watch this, and other American History programs, on our website where all of our videos are archived. Thats www. Cspan...

The theme this year was the 75th anniversary of dday. Next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. Craig my name is craig hall. I 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 o...

Boy, 18,small town 19yearold from montana, survived the war effort and came lost two thirds of his squadron, and came back to a cattle ranch in montana. He had this amazing name that totally fit what we were doing. It shows that we are interested in honoring the world war ii history, so we are to make some history with it. We spruced up the nose art a little bit. We are happy to share some of that history with the rest of the state and anybody around the world who would like to listen. So this a...

The russian region of bavaria and the caisson. The red army is advancing in the east. It occupied prussia , dying silesia, saxony and surrounded berlin , crushing the remnants of the army of the third reich , the formations of the First Ukrainian front were rapidly moving towards the center of germany. Marshal ivan konev and the twelfth group of the Us Army General omar in accordance with the agreements of the leaders of the antihitler coalition soviet and american troops were to meet at the tur...

Tried to get ahead by diminishing those around him. This is part of pamplin historical part symposium called looking at generals we love to hate looking at Controversial Military leaders of the skwar civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary, to the day, that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france. During world war i. [ applause ] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. John j. Hennessey is a public historian and author, currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpreta...