By american forces, the record hasnt always been that good. My guest today flew into the middle of the My Lai Massacre in vietnam in 1968 and stopped the wholesale slaughter of vietnamese civilians. It was more than 30 years before anybody even bothered to say thank you. Has the us military now learned the lessons it should have done from vietnam . Hugh thompson, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you very much. When you hear allegations of brutality by us troops in iraq, failure to respect the Geneva Conventions, what goes through your mind . Bad leadership. The past and my situation goes through it and wondering, has nothing been learned . How Something Like this could happen in the present that seems to have happened. I dont know to what degree because i dont have the facts, but it shouldnt have happened. In 1991, commanders were told when they went for desert storm, no my lais. Thats what i heard general schwartzkopfs Marching Orders were to his officers. That made me feel
By american forces, the record hasnt always been that good. My guest today flew into the middle of the My Lai Massacre in vietnam in 1968 and stopped the wholesale slaughter of vietnamese civilians. It was more than 30 years before anybody even bothered to say thank you. Has the us military now learned the lessons it should have done from vietnam . Hugh thompson, a very warm welcome to the programme. Thank you very much. When you hear allegations of brutality by us troops in iraq, failure to respect the Geneva Conventions, what goes through your mind . Bad leadership. The past and my situation goes through it and wondering, has nothing been learned . How Something Like this could happen in the present that seems to have happened. I dont know to what degree because i dont have the facts, but it shouldnt have happened. In 1991, commanders were told when they went for desert storm, no my lais. Thats what i heard general schwartzkopfs Marching Orders were to his officers. That made me feel
No question that on both fronts there were some pretty horrific battles. Yes, sir. Playing into macarthur with the savior complex, i shall return as opposed to week, was there any discussion . Theres a whole army behind us, who are you . I think that goes to the core of douglas macarthur. There was a suggestion, after he said eyes shall return, there was a suggestion by fdr and marshall, wouldnt it be great if we could say we shall return. Thats you sounds a lot more collaborative, but again, thats not macarthurs personality. To his credit, he took it personally that he would go back and do it. It was a personal charge to him. To your point earlier, about operations and things, you have to remember that mcarthurs father in the civil war which is where i begin the the book, because i think its instructive and a lot of people have written about it but its instructive that his father really leads this great charge up Missionary Ridge during the civil war and it may not have been the great
He has previously written the admiral, which was the winner of the Samuel Eliot Morrison award in naval literature. His commentaries appeared in the new york times, Washington Post and wall street journal and other places. So without continuing for too long we are all here to hear walter borneman. [applause] thank you so much. Its wonderful to be here in hyde park, and i indeed going to talk about macarthur, macarthur at war world war ii in the pacific but a really thought i wanted to bring this because of our historic venue. A little bit more about the relationship between Douglas Macarthur and Franklin Roosevelt. And permit me if you will to actually start with someone else, admiral william leahy. Now, you roosevelt scholars in the room know him as roosevelt chief of staff. His wartime counselor, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and really a de facto National Security advisor long before that position was set up. And four years ago when it published admirals which you mentioned
First, i would to talk about the museum overall. Visitors a 8 million year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, brother. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the right brothers did. Ight only the smithsonian can tell the story. Me,e, you see the behind you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls wrightlight orville takes flight. The first time. At the end of the day, after four flights, oracle orville and wilbur alternate. 30 Miles Per