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And as a matter of fact, that notion was still alive when i entered the army and when general mccaffery entered the army less than 20 years later. that is not the case now. >> and now, may i, and no, and you brought up the united states, but talk about all of europe. all of europe touched by world war ii and not a european household from east to west that was not touched and the lacking, and then you look at the new generation of the european leaders and are you concerned that there is not enough memory of the history, and whether it is putin or elon? >> well i was on a fact-finding mission fr...

And this is something that if you had to look at any leader in any country, you want a huge knowledge of h history and not because i as a historian am saying it but it goes right back to the founders in our country. the founders felt that one of the weaknesses in the monarchies is that the leaders discarded the history, and they felt that if the lead citizens knew those things, that we would make better decision, and if americans 200 years hence knew how tough it was to win the independence of the revolutionary war, we would be more e reluctant to do sthings that are divisive in our own day. >...

Families, and the impact on the communities. and what impact does our history have. just to echo general mccaffery said, the understanding of the history is crucial. and our partners need to understand the history. when think of all of my time in the schools of the military personnel will go through, both to enlisted and the officers these are very international schools. i remember that, you know we had classmates inside of our schools who were french and german and saudi. and making sure that as a larger international collective that we understand the international nature of our protection an...

Collective mission, and greater sense of belonging. >> general mccaffery and we were having the earlier discussion about look world war ii, and look at us now, because it is a collective celebration, and we have had the veterans here talk about the friendships they have made across the atlantic. the bonds they have created and look ag looking at the today the world leaders gathering and i ask you, 50 years from now, will we have moments like this when it comes to the 21st century wars winding down today? >> well, probably not. and by the way to remind our viewer viewers, 6,500 wounded or kille...