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I was born and raised in the country. At the time of growing up, my father was in the dairy business. We were farm people and we lived in a farm community. We had 11 kids born to our family. Some of them back in the teens and when the flu hit in 1918, the epidemic came along, we lost most of them. But five of us survived. I wasnt born yet. I wasnt born until 1923. Of course the flu epidemic ended in 1919. We had no military influence in our community at all. There was no bases. People who went i...

Thank you, soldier. My prepared text today was to have been make thy name be remembered in all generations, but i think im going to depart from my prepared sermon. While i was listening to the sergeants solo, i kept looking up at our service flag. I was thinking of the men in service. I see some of them here this morning. Private roberts. Sergeant jackson. Lieutenant carter. And private parks, first class. First class is right. I was over at the uso the other night and i met somebody i hadnt see...

Exploration of the vietnam war, featuring interviews with american and vietnamese veterans and civilians with firsthand experience of the wars events as well as historic analysis. Its a fascinating collection of newly discovered and iconic original documents, photographs, film footage, and artifacts that illuminate 12 critical episodes in the war that divided the peoples of both the United States and vietnam. The visual imagery of remembering vietnam relies on the talents of the many photographe...

Test. Test test. Test test test. Much of that afternoon, i do not remember. Im positive that fear wiped a lot of that memory out. Im convinced of that. How did you handle the fear . It sayed with you all of the time i imagine. I dont think there was a time when there was not fear there. I cant answer that eblgs september to say that you come to the point that you believe you have a job to do for which youre trained. You have to do it for the people around you. For the other marines. They didnt h...

Mcgowan theater after today tonights program, National Archive staff and volunteers will present each of you with the vietnam veteran lapel pin. On the back of the pin is embossed a grateful nation thanks and honors you. The United States of american vietnam war commemoration is a National Initiative and the lapel pin is the nations lasting memento of thanks. Last veterans day, we opened our Current Special exhibition remembering vietnam in the lawrence f. Obrien gallery upstairs. If you havent ...

Accounts can help galvanize the stories of world war ii for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons hopefully and have a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their compatriots have gone through. We know the gentleman gentleman sitting here before us, and the other infants, we have a short the other infants, we have a short time. It is amazing they are sitting here with us today. We also want to make sure everyone in the audience...

Taking pictures and film of the pentagon and u. S. Congress. The work of these units frequently found its way into the u. S. Media at the time and have been used in many books and museum exhibits since then. Next, from the National Archives in washington, d. C. , five vietnam war veterans who served in the special Photographic Office share images and film while discussing their combat experiences in documenting the war. This is about 90 minutes. Now, ill ask all of the Vietnam Veterans or any Un...

Heros with, our veterans of world war ii. And we thank them for joining us this morning. My name is mike hydeck. Im honored to be here with friends of the world war ii memorial. And the foundation. Im the morning anchor at wusa channel 9 here in washington, d. C. And the goal of this discussion is to hopefully share some of their most personal stories from our greatest generation. The thought being their emotional firstperson accounts can help galvanize the stories of world war ii for you as tea...

The importance of the relationship between drugs and war of course, i know that the intensity of feelings in china about the century of humiliation that began with opium war t butt the same time its easy for a lot of people, including myself, to think of Something Like the opium ware as may be an anomaly or something very particular to a very particular time and place and i have to say im guilty of thinking about the opium war that way but great scholarship, truly great scholarship, like killer ...

Accurately trace my military odyssey, ive drawn from four sources one, my memory, two, my discharge papers, three, letters i sent to my parents when i was in europe, and, fortunately, my mother had saved my letters, and number four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment at second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york...