library foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming this evening. and i would like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. i would also like to acknowledge the support of our underwriters for the kennedy library forums, the lead sponsor bank of america, the institute, boston globe, infinity, our bookstore has copies of his books available for purchase. this year marks the centennial of john f kennedy s birth as we honor life and legacy during ken ential centennial year and we could not be pleased to honor tonight. i m honored to introduce today s participants in tonight s program. professor of history at bart college and author and editor of 11 books including mcmilan, eisenhower and the cold war and reagan and thatcher, the difficult relationship. i am also deliberated to introduce moderator, public service at new york university, award winning author, presidential historian and director of museum. please join me in welcoming richard and tim.
director of the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. on behalf of all of my library and foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming this evening, and i d like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. i would also like to acknowledge the support of our underwriters for the kennedy library forums. the lead sponsor is, bank of america, the lowell institute and our media sponsors, the boston globe, xfinity and wbur. richard aldous has kindly agreed to sign books after tonight s forlumbar. our bookstore has forum. our bookstore has copies available for purchase. this year marks the centennial of john f. can kennedy s birth. as we honor his life and legacy during this centennial year, we cannot be more pleased to explore the life and work of arthur. lettingier ger jr. in more detail tonight. i am delighted to introduce the participants in tonight s program. we are so pleased to welcome richard aldous, author of the new biography schles
. ndezvous with eagles he describes the soldiers day-to-day activity during wartime. the george bush residential library hosted this event are it it is about an hour. 1991, general. told troops as they went into battle, they must be aware of desert storm. among those this ploy deployed was g-day: rendezvous .ith eagle stephen wiehe he was placed on the front lines. his memoir g-day: rendezvous with eagles, describes the day to day activities of a desert storm soldier. it has been called one of the best first-person narratives of the gulf war. awards earned many including for army accommodation metals medals. wherees in austin, texas he is active in veterans affairs. he is joined tonight by his wife sue and his two children, kristin and cody. he has a deep love for country and family is an proud and is proud to serve. we are going to show a video to begin the program, and then stephen will come up to the podium. they will be a reception after willrogram and stephen lea
troops as they went into battle they must be the thunder and lightning of desert storm. among those deployed was sergeant stephen wiehe. as a forward observer, he was placed on the front lines for artillery and air support. his memoir, gday details the critical mission and movements of the first battalion of the historic 502nd infantry regiment. it has been called one of the best of the gulf war. stephen earned many awards for his service including four army commendation medals and deliberation of flight service medal. texas, whereustin, he is active in veterans affairs. he is joined tonight by his his twoe, and children. he is a deep love of country and family and is proud to serve with the screaming it goes. we are going to show a video at the beginning of the program, and then stephen will come up to the podium. there will be a reception after the program, and stephen will leave enough time at the end for questions. in the early morning hours of , saddam hussein not us
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