At this time dr. Timothy orr willd rour sessions, a of professor of history at Old Dominion University specializing in American Military history and the hicks of the civil war. Hes written on union mobilization and the lives of union soldiers. His research focuses on partisan conflict in the army of the potomac and also, a diverse set of interests, u. S. Naval dive bombing during the battle of midwayment he teaches American History, virginia history and the history of the civil war and reconstruction. Dr. Timothy orr. [ applause ] on september 13, 1917 a soldier received the iron cross second class. One of 5. 1 medals aacgwt by the german army. He was not pleased. He first said the medal offed him a sense of compensation for services but the more he looked at it the more despicable the medal appeared. The day after he received it he wrote, when i was left alone for a few minutes with the cross i had different thoughts from he focused on the colors and said he began to5pz imagine th nig
Hell share his work on ark kolg in 1914 and 1915. Please welcome andrew robbershaw. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for the invitation for the memorial. Thank you very much for turning out today. I hope to make this interesting. I want to look at a number of oh oh things. I want to look at a new discipline out of battlefield archaeology of the First World War and justify why we do it and look at case studies. Case studies relating the to individuals found on projects starting really in 2005, coming through at the last few years. Before i start, because this is a serious subject, i just want to start with a joke. Its the british way. I was asked to give a talk to the society of genealogists. They take themselves terribly seriously. Thats why im a member of family historians. Pi daughter is adopted, you see. The story i told them was based on that given in the 1920s or 30s by a british comedian called max miller. Max said when he was about 22 he went home, sough
Which came out in hard cover in 2008 and just released this year in paper back. He was given the prestigious honor of be ing named a fellow of the society of antiqaries in london. Hell share his work on ark kolg in 1914 and 9i1915. Please welcome andrew robbershaw. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for the invitation for the memorial. Thank you very much for turning out today. I hope to make this interesting. I want to look at a number of oh oh things. I want to look at a new discipline out of battlefield arking yolg of the First World War and justify why we do it and look at case studies. Case studies relating the to individuals found on projects starting really in 2005, coming through at the last few years. Before i start, because this is a serious subject, i just want to start with a joke. Its the british way. I was asked to give a talk to the society of genealogists. They take themselveses seriously. Thats why im a member of family historians. Pi daughter i
All things that were black but crusted in yellow. He wrote, it seemed like the cross were made of shell splinters, black blood congealed on a yellow dead face. Ban daniels crusted with pus, strangled cries of horse voices, gangrene flesh on a leg. The thought unsettled him. He was scheduled to return to the front the next day. He didnt want to see all those black and yellow sights again. Four days later he was killed. His opinion of the hollowness of glory well defined the ex peeshs of the great war. The symbol of the iron cross took on two meanings. One, the symbol of courage and fortitude. The other, the emblem of suffering and death. One was the vision of the strategist and politicians with the medal ought to symbolize. The other was a vision of the soldiers, those who remembered only the wars human cost. High minded ideals, love of country and patriotism were essential to the human character. How could such a transformation happen so quickly . I would contend that the sweeping forc