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Physical standards. Held at the university of kansas. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. We will begin or second session on the problem of morale and in order to mix up the format a little bit, we are having this time a series of short presentations, short talks by three participants. And then they will pullover chairs and sit in front to ask them questions. Our third participant jacquelyn rip who is an associate professor tried to leave from harrisburg yesterday morning on a 7 00 a. M. Flight and it turned out the earliest she would be able to come in because of a problem with the plane wa...

Morning and on a 7 am flight. It turned out that the earliest she would be able to get in because of a problem with planes was 2 am yesterday. She is not here with us and we have instead a graduate student here at ku on military history to read her paper. The questions will only be to the other adjustments. Marjorie will not answer questions. Although im sure she would do a lovely job. So the speakers today on our second session, we began with William Donnelly Senior Historian at the u. S. Army center of military history. And followed by eric flynn the director of the lewis army museum. And fi...

Story of a chaplain, writing home several weeks after the invasion. A quaint harbor in rural england. July 1944. Dear howard. We are back in home fort now. Today saw the beginning of the greatest crusade in history. The freeing of an enslaved europe. Thousands of Young Americans help open the road to liberation. Every hour, more are returning ad,m the normandy beachhe many on stretchers. Its hard to forget that. It even harder to forget the others who will never come back to us. Weeks ago, we were all here together, working and waiting. It seems almost like yesterday. If only you could have se...

England, july 1944. [typewriter keys clacking] dear howard, we are back in realport now for our first rest since dday, the day the bestern beginning of the crusade in history. Thousands of Young Americans helped open that road to liberation. Every hour, more are returning from the normandy beachhead, many of them on stretchers. Some are shipmates of the coast guardsmen in this barracks. Its hard to forget that. Its even harder to forget the others who will never come back to us. Weeks ago, we were all here together, working and waiting. It seems almost like yesterday. If only you could have se...

Want to welcome you to the Richard Nixon president ial library on this very wet day. Today, thank you. Today, 50 years after the end of combat operations by American Forces in vietnam, we recognize Vietnam Veterans in the service they provided to our country. In uniform in the 1960s and 70s, and then after coming home as members of their community who went on to be forces for good. He. And it is newly, we remember and pay tribute today to those who never came home, or remain missing in action. Youll see throughout todays program, traditional elements of military ceremony, represented by differ...