He rejoined his division after recovering and taking part in the battle of the bulge. He later served in the liberated camps at therition end of the war. Ins interview was conducted 2012 for its oral history collection. World war ii museum. 23, 2012 and i ,m here today in norwich vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. To theaised their, went town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. Dartmouth i entered and once myof 1940 freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Ritain was in bad shape looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted
Good morning. Happy sunday. Thank you for being here. The numbers are still going up. As weve discussed. We watched the other countries trajectory and trying to turn the trajectory. As of now the numbers are continuing to increase. Hard toare working very do is to keep the rate of increase of the spread of the disease to a level that we can manage in our hospital system. We have 53,000 hospital beds available. Now the curve suggests we could need 110,000 hospital beds and that is an obvious problem and thats what we are dealing with. You have the nations role in the situation. You also have the states role. Call anwhat they Emergency Management situation and there are rules for Emergency Management. Who does what. The state governments, local governments manage an emergency unless the emergency overwhelms the capacity of the local government. And then the higher level of government takes over. That happens even on the state level. The city will be in charge. Accounting will be in charg
Said the government including nationalize medical supply acquisitions and temporary hospitals should be billed to the army corps of engineers and fema. Hospitals to be built by the army corps of engineers and fema. Trying to determine the trajectory. As of now, the numbers are continuing to increase. To keep theng hard rate of increase of the spread of the disease to a level we can manage it in our hospital system. We have 53,000 hospital beds available. Right now, the curve suggests we could need 110,000 hospital beds and that is an obvious problem. That is what we are dealing with. You have the nations role in the situation and you have the states role. This is what they call an Emergency Management situation. Emergencyrules for management. State governments, local governments manage an emergency unless the emergency overwhelms the capacity of the government. The higher level of government takes over. That happens even on the state level. A city will be in charge. A county will be in
Introduce our last speaker for the afternoon. He is the director of the Texas Military forces museum. And an adjunct professor of history at Austin Community college. He is an author and a contributor to essential civil war curriculum. His last work as a trilogy covering the civil war in virginia from gettysburg and includes meade and lee, which is due for publication next year. Lets give him a welcome. [applause] thank you. It is a real pleasure to be here. It is always fun to stand in a group of people that have the same passion. You dont get looked at as strangely when you talk to other people. I am going to break precedent today and have a powerpoint demonstration. I am doing that for several reasons. Pamplin spent a lot of money to put this system in. You will not have to get a new puppy at the end of my presentation. I became interested in the story of what happens in the Virginia Theater after the battle of gettysburg following a conversation i had with one of my favorite profes
Ms. Bashford, you have the con. Before we get started, apparently, in order to speak, you need to hit request, and when youre done, hit the part that says speak. In any event, mr. Sullivan, thank you and good morning. I want to welcome the members and everybody in attendance today on valentines day to the 16th Public Meeting of Defense Advisory Committee on the investigation, prosecution and defense of sexes yule assault Sexual Assault in the armed forces. Were going to given by taking attendance. General anderson. [roll call] judge bris boy and judge walton could not be in attendance today, but with 11 members present, we have a quorum. Created by the secretary of defense in 2016 in accordance with the ndaa for fiscal year 2016. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on the investigation, prosecution and defense of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. em if. We will hear from two retired army judges, a retired navy