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Changed the course of world war ii. She will bespeaking tonight about her new book , the great secret, the classified world war ii that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you and i want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas, its virtually but im here at my desk. Myfirst zoom presentation so bear with me everyone. Im thinking right now i should have a little bit of wine but anyway here we go. Lets start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across it to most of them themselves up and hurr...

Idea, into your bill, out of your bill, appreciate that. I am curious if there have been any hearings about that. Now and as you stated, it is out of the bill. Lets go forward. Have there been any hearings on this legislation at all . Know, there were no hearings on the postmaster generals actions were he did not perform any of us and told us he wasnt stopping. Our constituents were saying they were being hurt. Can i respond . I would like to say i will give you more. Congressman tom and moran and Susan Collins, all republicans sent their own letters expressing concerns with the postmaster gen...

With combatexperienced divisions in north africa, the junglecovered islands of the pacific, the aleutians, where they had wiped out the japanese on attu. Now, the bloodied veterans of the north African Campaign had landed on sicily in a drive for the italian mainland. Millions more were training in the united states. We were well on the road to the ultimate victory. [rousing music] in 1940, our army numbered a little more than a quarter of a million men. Three years later in 1943, it numbered almost 7 million and would continue to grow grow to 8 million. But numbers alone do not make an effici...

Hopping in the central solomons. But, the battle for nazi held italy was only beginning. On the 3rd of september, two british divisions crossed the straits of messina to land on the toe of the italian boot. Six days later, American Forces struck the beach at solar no, 30 miles south of naples. Four days after the landings, the enemy launched a strong counterattack pouring in some of its best troops. For a time, our foot hold was precarious. Supported by a concentration of combined firepower from aircraft, naval guns and artillery, the allies held the beach head. The heavy pounding by land sea ...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the National World War Ii Museum, all of those of you who are sitting here and those watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. And we feel your presence too. As many of you probably know im dr. Rob satino, the samuel and murray stone Senior Historian at the museum. And the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. And we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the Strake Foundation and c...