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Esper and joint chiefs of staff chair general mark milley. Hello. Im honored to host this ve day commemorati commemoration. This day ended over five years of brutal fighting. President harry truman called it a solemn but glorious hour. Celebrations erupted all over the United States. Americans gathered together to express a range of emotions. Their euphoria that friends and family would be coming home and their grief for those who would never come home again. For a moment the world celebrated a hope of peace. I wish that franklin d. Roosevelt lived to see this day. [ gunfire ] general ieisenho...

In world war ii. Whoral mason was a veteran served in the european theater in George Pattons third army and went on to have a long career in the military. Several retiring, held highranking positions in the pentagon, including assistant deputy chief of all operations and special assistant to the deputy chief of logistics. So it is a very special night any time we have a mason lecture at the museum. Thanks to the generosity of general mason and his family, we are proud to host tonights by one, a Public Lecture of the worlds most distinguished holocaust scholars. Museum,to think, at the we tell ...

After pearl harbor and americas entrance into the war. Two days after the fifth army captured the eternal city, general dwight d. Eisenhowers forces hit the normandy beaches in a massive amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army, commanded by general alexander patch, landed in Southern France and pushed along the rome river valley. 10 days later, paris was liberated. In italy, the fifth army crossed the arno river and is swept on toward bellona. In the pacific, General Macarthurs forces invaded, putting t...

Narrator with the coming of spring 1944, the winter stalemate in italy was broken. Our forces resumed fighting their way up the west coast of the italian boot towards rome. Against bitter german opposition. [explosions] the british advanced up the east coast, in the face of equally bitter opposition. [explosions] in the pacific, troops of the First Calvary Division landed on los negros and another island to wipe out all japanese resistance and complete the occupation of the entire group of islands. [explosions and gunfire] we landed in large forces on the north coast of new guinea. General sti...

Pres. Trump i stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today the first lady and in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives so boldly and brilliantly we pledge and their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense mark esper. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general congressman andy harris, ...