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You are looking at the u. S. Military academy at west point. This is the oldest continuous operated Military Point in United States. Welcome to war stories. Some of the greatest leaders to command on the battlefield walked these grounds as cadets. Generals grant and lee, eisenhower, patton and this man, general Douglas Macarthur. Few solders yb more admired or controversial. He was a military prodigy and a highly decorated soldier of three veteran american worse. He inspired great devotion of hi...

A million range and have fled to bangladesh since august but others havent survive the journey diplomatic editor james baines reports. They see men women and children fleeing bloodshed. And the torching of homes in myanmar they made it onto a boat taking them across the water to bangladesh only for the vessel to sink this tragedy the Un Security Council was told a result of a massive flow of people over hoffa million in about a month the situation is spittles into the worlds fastest developing r...

What year did he die . Third grade. No, my father, im sorry. He left in the third grade. He died my second year as police officer. He came to my graduation. It was one of the happiest days. He told me he loved me. He told me that day. Whats the difference feeling for you, if the guy sitting here is black versus a white guy . It doesnt matter. See i dont base the things on race. Unless it is obvious to me. Im comfortable in any setting. I have white, spanish and black friends. When people show me...

Wrote this month we are showing book tv programs during the week in primetime. If you are not the mayor with our weekend features, but tv on cspan ten to takes are signature programs are indepth, like three or look at one others look, with questions from viewers, via phone, email via phone, email and social media. In depth errors the first into afterwards as a oneonone conversation of an author of a newly released Nonfiction Book and the interviewer who is either a journalist, Public Public poli...

This week on q a, author and Hudson Institute sr. Fellow, author herman, mr. Herman discusses his book, Douglas Macarthur, american warrior. Author herman, what made Douglas Mcarthur so controversial. A number of things. I think theyre aspect there aspect of his personality, the aspect of his politics and then there is also simply the what can i say the business of a man, here is someone who is a major american figure 41 and a halfcentury someone who commanded american troops in action and helpe...

Eligible population, dont even meet the basic requirements to get into todays army. 99 of todays recruits have a High School Diploma or equivalent. An era where 79 of High School Students graduate. Thats 21 times lower rate of dropouts than the national average. Overall, todays recruits are healthier, more physically fit than the vast majority of peers and must adhere to zero tolerance policy on drugs and criminal issues. It is actually statistically easy tosh gier to get into coll enlist, not b...

Burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the smithsonian associated. Our live coverage starts at 6 45 p. M. Eastern. And more next saturday, august 23rd as we take you live for a Panel Discussion on the events of 200 years ago. Thats live at 1 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Next on the civil war, author cethen levin discussed the role of the u. S. Colored troops in the civil wars battle of th...

Not particularly. Of course, as meade calls the court of inquiry, hes decided whos going to be on the court, and theyre all people who dont like burnside, from the battle of fredericksburg in 1862 and the mud march in 1863, so they already have a negative opinion of burnside. Hes the civil wars worst general. And meades recorder is one of his own Inspector General from his staff. So none of them are going to say, meade, youre to blame, or grant, youre to blame. They heap the blame on burnside an...

Cohesion of a battlefront is lost on both sides, north and south. And so its unclear how many people are stuck in the crater. Theyre stuck in there well enough for one survivor to say that the men who were dead couldnt fall and the living were squirming beneath their feet and blood is running into the tops of their shoes. So i dont know how many that is, but most people on the outside trying to move forward but the problem is they didnt know that these honeycombed bombproofs were behind the batt...

Watching recalled, they made two attacks and they fell like autumn leaves. The georgians leave us some of our best accounts of their anger at the sight of armed black men, such as james verderi of the 48th georgia infantry sharing with his dear sister the day after the battle, the prisoners came leaping over our breastworks by 50 but our men took none, for they, he underlined this part, were niggers. Burnsides ninth army corps. As fast as they came over, the bayonet was plunged through their hea...