We were live earlier today from memorial inr norfolk, virginia. Next youll hear about the wartime role of the u. S. Navy, as well as archaeological work on the trenches of the western front area our symposium concludes with a panel on the war felt like his. The wars legacy. Good morning. How is everyone this fine morning area this fine morning . Welcome to the city of norfolk for those of you who have not been here before. It has been my honor and privilege to be the director here at the macarthur memorial right in the heart of downtown norfolk virginia. We were dedicated back in 1964. Our mission is to interpret the life and times of general Douglas Macarthur and in his words, look toward the future but do not neglect the past. That spirit we are gathered here today. For much of the world, the key events of general macarthurs life this is part of a coordinated strategy lasting from this year, 2014, all the way into 2019 area and stay tuned. Like this be more coming. We have two floors
[inaudible] youre watching American History tv. Like in the conversation us on facebook. In American Hats history tv, today were bringing you live coverage of world war one. Good morning everybody. To the macarthur memorial. For the last 14 months it has be the honor to director here at macarthur memorial. In a ld like to stand special welcome to our audience that is watching around the world in American History tv. In a mission 1964 use general macarthurs words to look for the future based on the past. That is why we are gathered here today. In many ways helped shape his future. Todays event will mark the of the first ial world war. Building next ial to us, the general is buried next to his wife. You can explore the museum while you are here. And this time i want to thank to put this helped symposium, without them we would not be here today. The city of norfolk, southern bank, hampton rd. , museum. You to all partners. [applause] before we get going. First of all, please silence your
Went in we had full dna analysis and facial reconstruction. Were 16 sailors lost. Who they could of been, who our were associated with external identify them. We have some butterfields even here in the us waters. Many people are unaware that there are two world wars. And who uick background i am. In the us territorial waters. Normally based on ecosystem. National sanction for wales. We have recently Found Associated aircraft. Bay freshwater, that protects about 300 rakes associated with lake shipping. We have these two sites that we focus on marine archaeology. Sites have y of the some shipwrecks. We have a program called the Maritime Heritage program. Focus on up and only ecological resources or the are historically significant. To give you a background on why we do this can work. To look into Ed Butterfield battlefield archaeology. These are considered foreign wars. When we think of sites associated with those, with think of france. We ever, in world war ii have pearl harbor. For the
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Joint pacific account and command of hawaii to try and identify those remains. Full dna analysis. We did facial reconstruction through Louisiana State university. We knew there were 16 sailors lost so we knew generally out of a pool of 16 people who they could have been. We knew who they were associated with and we still couldnt identify these remains. It is just really incredible, important work that youre doing. So very impressive. Im going to talk about the much lesser known battlefield, some of the battlefields that are right here in u. S. Waters. Many people are unaware that there are two world wars that came to the coast of the United States through the battle in the atlantic. Just a quick bit of background on who i am and why we do this kind of work. I work for the office of National Marine sanctuaries. Part of the National Oceanic and atmospheric association. It is similar in ethos to the National Park service. We have 14 sites around the country in u. S. Territorial waters. Fo