Different than duck hunting. So youve got to give the men practice. They would each get two flights before they were sent overseas as gunners but youd have women often flying these planes this is a shot of two women flying this b17 while it shoots at the target of the other plane. This is live ammunition, of course. It is no good to use fake. Live ammunition, color coded bullets. They did this with a wide variety of different planes. These women served as civilians until the 1970s when they started a Grass Roots Campaign to be recognized as veterans. Its an incredible campaign, and they finally were given veterans benefits. This is at the congress after they testified. This is 1977 when president carter finally recognized them as veterans in the United States. All of their papers are here if you want to serve as interns in the womens collection, we have that. And you can work with their papers directly. But again, we could have an entire semester on women in war and this is just a quic
And british forces. This is just over an hour. When we last met, you all declared independence. So that means we have to go to war. And so in order to do that, we need to refer to our troops, train them, drill them, arm them, all those sorts of good things. Before we do that, i want to talk just briefly about military history in general. Were going to set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks, its military history all full go. So heres the thing. Theres certain challenges that folks who study military history are going to encounter. Like what . What are things you can see them have problems running into . History being written by the witnesses. Yeah. I like to change it up and say to the winners goy to history because what they end up doing is they are the ones who are going to tell the story. Unless youre doing the civil war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of
History in general. Were going to set aside our political history for now. Next couple of weeks, its military history all full go. All right . So, heres the thing. There are certain challenges that folks who study military history are going to encounter. Like what . What are some of the things you can see military historian s having problems with . One or two. History being written by the witnesses. Yeah. I like to change it up and say to the winners goy to history because what they end up doing is theyre the ones who are going to tell the story, right . Of course, unless youre doing the civil war. But this is the way it usually works. So you usually get their perspective. All right. Were going to see that a lot in this war where youve got a lot of the patriots, a lot of American Revolution stuff. All right. One of the reasons i had you read the spring chapter was to get the british perspective because their version is just a little bit different. So what other challenges are you going
We set aside our political issues from. The next couple weeks his military history. Here is the thing. There are certain challenges they are going to encounter. What are some the things you can see them having problems with . What the end up doing, theyre the ones that miss out. Unless you are doing civil war. This is the way it usually works. Usually get their perspective. We will see that a lot in this world. You have a lot of the patriots stop. One the reasons i had to read the free chapter we see get the british perspective. The version is a little bit different. There was not a lot of certainty with whom one what battle. You run into some uncertainties. Again, lots of different perspectives. You may have some bias. They like to make themselves look good. You have to be really careful. You know you do not take everything that faced by. He also had to be careful with the military guys. Anything else . Also have issues with how theyre trying to reconstruct the battle. So much is goin
Mr. Banks without objection, so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing of the military personnel subcommittee. Todays hearing is focused on admissions, curriculum and diversity of thought at the military Service Academies. I want to thank our witnesses for being with us today. I hope this hearing provides an opportunity for our members to have a Productive Exchange with our witnesses and provide answers to their questions. First, let me say i believe our cadets and midshipmen are some of the best and brightest scholars and athletes our nation has to offer. Each year a small group of americans know their path wont be easy, that it demands sacrifice and hard work and in the end, nearly a decade or more of service to this great country. And that is why we are here today, to ensure that our cadets and mids are getting the first class education and the elite military training that they need. But i do have some concerns. All of the military Service Academies use race as selectio