Good evening everyone. Welcome to the National World war ii museum. All of those who you are sitting here and watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. And we feel your presence. I am doctor rob citino, the Senior Historian here at the museum. I am also the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the authors series. We always like to mention our sponsor. We bring this to you with the general support of the strike foundation. We could not do it without them. Many of you have been to our events before. You probably know we have a tradition here at the museum. May i ask, are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight. If you would please stand or wave and. Thank you. I have heard the president , ceo americas, and the current president say this many times. We built this museum for you, so thank you for coming to these events. Military veterans
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the National World War Ii Museum, all of those of you who are sitting here and those watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. And we feel your presence too. As many of you probably know im dr. Rob satino, the samuel and murray stone Senior Historian at the museum. And the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. And we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the Strake Foundation and couldnt do it without them. Thank you. Now many of you have been to our events before you foe we have a tradition at the museum. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand or wave too. Thanks, folks. [ applause ] you know ive heard the president and ceo emeritus appear others here say thank you for coming to the events. We
[applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. And this lecture series which is , about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which you know, needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with a
Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
Author series and we always like to mention our sponsor, we bring this to you with the generous sport of the Strake Foundation and couldnt do it without them so thank you. The many have been to the events we know we have a tradition at the mumz. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand and be wave. Two. [ applause ] thanks, folks. You know, ive heard the president and ceo nick mueller and Steven Watson say this many times we built this museum for you so thank you for coming to the events. Military veterans of any other era . If you would stand or wave and please we always know thats a a large number. I love the waves. People give different forms of waves. I like that one. Thank you so much. Now we would also like to acknowledge three special guests in the audience. A current board member robert prity. There he is. Robert, good to see you thank you for coming. And past Board Members debra lindsey. And dr. Mic