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Serving as a cameraman for the marine corps. He captured footage of the battle of tarawa that helped marines win an Academy Award for best documentary short in 1945. The World War Ii Museum spoke with mr. Hatch for its oral history collection. This is the first of a twopart interview. Norman one day i was doing press releases and i got i went up into the head on the third floor. I am standing there. Commandantn but the in civilian clothes. He looks at me and says you are marine, arent you . I sa...

Return to the pitch, but the fans will have to watch from home. Plus, Donald Trumps flipflop. The u. S. President while expect plans to wind down the countries Coronavirus Task force, just days after signaling that the task force upon days were numbered. Doctors and nurses in the colombian capital of bogota are already risking their lives to save others. Now they tell dw news they are facing a new challenge, abuse and discrimination. Plus, more than five years after a german pilot killed 150 peo...

Gettysburg won the james j. Roberts award for best civil war book that year and his book on confederate goliath earned the prestigious award on Civil War History given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. Lets give rod gragg a warm welcome. [applause] thank you. Pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned that i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. And i appreciate th...

Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thats from the marine corps archives. And signed in big letters, harry truman. The key west conference pulled it all back. There was a picture of truman with a rifle with the marines looking around. Pull the trigger. And then theres one of the most probably the most critical document in marine corps history. Thats an apology by the president of the United States to the marine corps for his remarks. Now where have you ever seen Something...

A gentleman for whom i have tremendous respect in the field of military history more widely. We share a great interest in the First World War and have both done work in that era. His work is not at all limited can see war i as you today, but to world war ii and other conflicts in American Military history. The militarynth museum and library a joint awarded him the Military Museum and Library Literature award for Lifetime Achievement in military writing. I cannot think of anybody who deserves it ...

Battlefield, hope well cultural park, Rock Creek Park, et cetera, et cetera. Steve is an expert in civil war err with military occupation, operational command, fortifications, of course, in the western theater. He authored articles in the American Civil War and the defenses of washington. And he holds a masters degree in American History from the middle Tennessee State university. I will go off script one second, steve has done more to bring attention to the civil war defenses of washington than...

Two historians talk about world war ii in a program titled supremacy of the skies. Donald miller discusses the Strategic Bombing of germany, followed by conrad crane who focuses on air power during the dday invasion of normandy. This is part of the world war ii annual conference. Our final panel, for what has been a great day and is only going to get better, is supremacy in the skies, allied air domination in europe. Panel, i have to say i feel a certain sigh of relief i am no longer the only wo...

Now, we have to start with the two leading protagonists at the battle of Missionary Ridge in chattanooga. Of course, Ulysses Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant actually. Was a rising star as a general. Had not really lost a battle yet during the war, and eventually he goes on to further greatness. On the other side you have braxton bragg. Although the story might be a little bit apocryphal, apparently as lieutenant in, during the seminole wars, he became the acting commissary officer. The story is he wr...

The director of command school, scott green is here tonight scott can you wave your arm . Thank you 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 the beginning of my tenure almost 15 years ago. Its been our great series and the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president someone can identify with that. To go to...

California utility pg e said to be close to finalizing terms for a 13. 5 billion dollar payout to victims of wildfires sparked by defective equipment. Youre told it would pay half in cash and the rest in stock in the reorganized company, although no final agreements have been reached. Pg e shares rallied strongly on the news but are still down more than 50 this year. The owners of the new york mets are in talks to sell up to 80 of the major league franchise. Were told a deal would be valued at 2...