About her new book the great secret the classified world war ii disaster that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. I also want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight, alas its virtually but i will do my best. It is my first soon presentation so bear with me everyone. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking about now i shouldve had a lot of wind, but anyway here we go. Im going to start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. He once observed, may occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them picked themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel stuart alexander, the remarkable hero of my book, did not hurry off. In fact, he refuse to leave the scene of the military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to. He stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result he recognized the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors that might have lifesaving
Changed the course of world war ii. She will bespeaking tonight about her new book , the great secret, the classified world war ii that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you and i want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas, its virtually but im here at my desk. Myfirst zoom presentation so bear with me everyone. Im thinking right now i should have a little bit of wine but anyway here we go. Lets start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across it to most of them themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel Stuart Francis alexander, our hero is not long off. In fact, you refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even though churchill warned him to. He stayed and investigated and as a result he recognized a never before seen symptoms of dying sailors that might have lifesaving implications for others inthe future. This is the story of one intrep
Im delighted to welcome jennett conat who is an played author and the doctor of ryan con nat the director of the Manhattan Project, one of the best sellers. And the shell be speaking tonight about her new book the great secret the classified world war 2 that launched the war on cancer. I want to thank the museum for inviting me to be we youve. Alas its virtually. My first zoom presentation so bear with me. Ive had a lot of coffee and im thinking i should have had a lot of wine but here we go ill start off with a quote from winston churchill. He had way with words. He once observed men occasionally stomach pel across the truth stumble across the truth but most of them. Pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel Stewart Francis alexander, the remarkable hero of my become did not hurry off. In fact he refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even when churchill himself warned him to he stayed, he paid attention, he investigated, and as a result, h
Weekend coming up. New overnight, dozens of firefighters are battling flames at a place where they learn their craft, a Fire Training center in is an a fire would out in a building that houses offices and classrooms. Investigators are looking for what sparked the fire. We know parents all over are struggling to make school plans for the fall. Education is a critical part of building a better bay area. And this morning marin countys Public Health department is recommending that students stay home at least for the beginning part of the school year. Lets go to Amy Hollyfield who is live in san rafael. Reporter good morning. New guidelines were Just Announced out of this office last night. School administrators along with Health Officials here in marin county say kids should not plan to be in the classroom at the start of school. That just coming down last night. This was a pivot, it was looking like marin was going to have kids in the classroom, but parents were pushing back and formed a
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