The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the very beginning, it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No man had more pride in his troops and no general was more revered by his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division during world war ii. We had a marvelous kind of spirit in our division. I think it was due in great part to the training we got from general new garden it was our general Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One was that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttons. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them then unbuttoned and thought they looked like slobs
Weekend on cspan three. Next, a panel of photo historians looks at the u. S. Army signal corps with a focus on images captured by photographers. The National Archives and the u. S. Army center of history covers to this event. The Army Signal Corps photographic collection is one of the largest in the branch. Roughly one million images covering world war i through 1981 ronald a military activities during war and on the home front. As we will examine tonight, the aftermath of war. In this tribute, we remember and honor the soldier photographers who, through their images, or a witness of postwar destruction. Welcome the Strategic Communications officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. He retired from the army reserve and 2017. He had the rank of colonel and 35 years of military service. He deployed three times and commanded the American Forces network in a rock and baghdad plus direct Media Operations and assisted spokesman for commissions at guantanamo bay, cuba and was the
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Follow us on twitter. Announcer military assistance command in vietnam were often small groups of u. S. Army teams does assigned to small areas supported only by South Vietnamese forces. Two recently had a reunion in charleston, south carolina. Up next, drawing upon their own experiences, two Vietnam Veterans get talk about efforts to assist agricultural rita veldman. Officials felt this would draw local support to u. S. Backed forces command away from the communist north. All right, that is a hard act to follow. Im going to be more academic, maybe. Only have the one and . Lide lets see if i can make this thing work. Lets review a little bit of the basic geography. Some of us may have forgotten. That is smack them in the delta. The mequon river, the mainstem of the north, the other river on the south. Headquarters to the delta south. There. Tioned up where the position was was about there. Four districts. , around the city. Wide base area, which was the security problem. Thecenterpiece
My privilege to welcome you today on this Beautiful Day for the 2019 founding debate. Todays discussion is made possible by a generous gift in honor of the late jim reiss, former president and c. E. O. Of mount vernon. We hold the debates each fall to mark the opening of the fred w. Smith National Library for the study of George Washington. Now, six years old, the Washington Library has flourished and become an internationally recognized place for thoughtful scholarship and debate. Since mount vernon does not accept any state or federal funds, were profoundly grateful to the foundation and other patriotic americans who make it possible for us to keep mount vernon open 365 days a year. Please join me in thanking joy and dr. Dennis franks who are with us here today. applause i would also like to acknowledge several other guests. John kelly, United States marine corps retired and his wife karen. United states army retired and his wife holly, rear admiral peter retired United States navy a