[inaudible conversation] folks, lets get going this morning and please remember if you would to put your phones on do not ring so that were not interrupted during our speakers presentations. My name is ray a pennington, ipg military history at norwich and im very happy to introduce a couple friends of mine this morning. Is Jennifer Keane whose professor of history and state of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. And as you can tell, shes a specialist in the American Military experience in world war i. She is an awardwinning scholar, her books include the great war and remaking of america. And United States in the First World War. Shes also the author of dozens of articles and chapters in and has written and contributed to textbooks and reference works, or encyclopedia of war in American Society one the Research Society for military historys best military history reference book. One of the many articles one Jack Miller Center prize for the best milita