My birthday is tens of september, 23. Where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Well you will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother is welsh. But my wife primarily didnt analysis of where we are we have a book of to a certain point. We cant go much much further. Were about to about 1760. I can show it to you before you leave. Sure. I was born on the farm my dad raised tobacco corn and cows. I was born there there were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i and one daughter that was younger than i. They are now all deceased now. Okay. And you are part of the chosen few association. Which means you are at the chosen reservoir in the korean war is that right . Thats correct. Were you part of the marine corps . Yes i was. That means you enlisted yourself. You are not drafted. That is correct. Then line where when di
Out of college and served as a staff Operations Officer at the counterterrorism center, where she was responsible for tracking down terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. She went on to become an fbi special agent at the l. A. Field office, where she specialized in chinese counterintelligence operations. Tracy lives with her husband and four and a halfyearold daughter in dallas, texas. This evening, tracy will discuss her memoir, the unexpected spy from the cia to the fbi, my secret life taking down some of the worlds most notorious terrorists. Tracy will be interviewed by our very own historian and curator, dr. Vince houghton. After their discussion, they will open the floor to audience questions and answers. Everyone will have an opportunity to ask their questions this evening. We are also going to ask that if you are trapped in the iddle of a row, please put your hand up and we will ensure you have a mic to answer uestions but there will be two mics on each side of the auditori
During these two years and its importance today . Julie yeah, so, the mexican expedition and the border needs to be understood in the context of the mexican revolution. That is a conflict begins in 1910 with the ouster of a longstanding dictator of mexico. He is ousted by a man named francisco madero. He himself is killed soon after, and after he is killed, several revolutionary factions emerge from that. One of the factions that emerges is a faction under a man that is called the constitutionalist. One of the people who is aligned with the constitutionalist is Francisco Pancho villa. Now, by 1914, the contitutionalists had become successful. They have largely managed to control a large part of the country. And at this point of success, pancho villa breaks with the constitutionalists. He is successful militarily against carranza for a long time, but during 1915 he actually has a series of military reverses against the current government. So he goes from having an army that is about 30,
Born. In may, 1950, the citizens of this young republic went to the polls again to exercise the democratic right, to choose their government under their democratic constitution. The as the citizens of korean republic voted at free elections, the north korean leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. Target, aas their partly mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peaceloving citizens of the republic of korea. The attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. Army rallied tog the defense of the republic, improvising quickly to meet the aggression, korean troops met at the 38th parallel. Armed with planes, trains, and guns, the Republic Army were illequipped to meet the onslaught. In the united states, an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council is called. Ambassador chang of the republic of korea hears the secretary general say the present situation is a serious one, and it is a threat to peace. , i consider it th
Somewhere beyond this bridge is the enemy. There have been steady aerial strikes. And heavy artillery barrages. But he is still along way from being defeated. He still has his will to fight. How can we weaken that will . How can we defeat it . By physical force, yes, thats the most effective way. But theres still another force applied in combat that we generally dont think of as a weapon of war. That weapon is words. Yes, in a situation like this, words are weapons. Now that the enemy has had a strong dose of our military power, the impact of words may provide the final persuasion. Words that go Something Like this. Soldiers of north korea, youre surrounded. Your comrades are dying. You will die next. There is just one hope. Leave your positions tonight. This is psychological warfare. Or at least its one phase. As a weapon of war, psychological warfares no novelty. It is as old as war itself, but the use of this force as an integral part of combat has now taken on new forms. And it wor