Museum of the Civil War Soldier located near petersburg, virginia. He previously served as the first president of the association for the preservation of civil war sites from 1990 to 1994, an early version of what today we know as the American Battlefield trust. Hes also spent time as a historian including local fredericksburg in spotsylvania. Hes also served in other capacities. Dedicated researcher, a prolific writer, he has published more than 20 works on the civil war, on stonewall jackson, st. Petersburg, virginia, 1861 to 1865, and my favorite, the final battles of the petersburg campaign. His latest book, a campaign of giant is certainly a mustread a campaign of giants is certainly a must read for all civil war enthusiasts. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to do the maps for buck. I said, you know what . Youre doing good work and he gave me an opportunity to showcase that so that im most grateful. Will is certainly a historian that we all look up to but hes not just
[ explosion ] meanwhile iraqi forces make progress against isil, forcing them from the oil town of beiji. Flying into political storm, the russian president , Vladimir Putin arrives for the g20 summit, against a backdrop of conflict in ukraine, and warnings of a new cold war. And i have all of the days sport, including, ecuadoral guinea will host the african cup of nations. U. N. Investigators say the Islamic State of iraq and the levant, isil is committing war crimes on a huge scale across syria. Their report paints a bleak picture of life in isilcontrolled areas. Executions, amputations, and lashings in Public Places are pretty much a regular occurrence. Mutilated bodies have been put on public display, and left people, of course particularly the children, completely terrorized traumatized. And the u. N. Says they are targeting the children to try to foster a new generation of recruit. And girls are being forced into marriage with isil fighters. We are joined by one of the authors of
Of the world cup. Iraqs Prime Minister has been embarrassed on the battlefield by sunni rebels. Now, he is under increasing pressure in parliament. One of his predecessors has called on his supporters to boycott a crucial vote on july 1st on the formation of a new government. He says his National Coalition will take part only if certain conditions are met. Here is what was said about the decision. The National Coalition has decided not to attend the first session of parliament to distance ourselves from the consequences of the session unless the political powers put the road map to stop the security deterioration and save the country. Alawi is not the only senior politician lining up against him. Thats exposing deep political divisions in iraq. More from erbil in the kurdish north. He may be miles away from the battleground but in his own way, shake sheiksuleiman wages war. This sunni tribal leader is sending a clear message. There can be no political reconciliation in iraq until almal
Knife and saying that blancogarcia is remorseful. We are asking for something very simple. Ry we are asking you from the beginning to fix responsibility for the crime he did commit notm for the crime he didnt commit and later you will have an opportunity to weigh in on sentencing. Either way you will have that opportunity. He told you that this was a perfect storm of tragedy. And it was. D it it was a freak set of o circumstances. Now, the jury in this case has three choices firstdegree murder, seconddegree murder orm not guilty. Once there is some kind of a verdict here, if they find him i guilty there will be a penalty phase. Will . Paul wagner, thank you. We encourage to you stay with fox5 for continuing coverage of the vanessa pham murder trial oi air and online at myfoxdc. Com. We will tweet, too. Ee we will bringt, you updates from the crouse as soon as theythey happen. Investigators are lookinging into a Small Plane Crash in manassas. Skyfox over the scene after 9 30 this mornin
Behind him inside the kill zone. So, don held onto that grenade. And he pulled it close to his body. And he bentso over it. And then as one of the men said, all of a sudden, there was a boom. The blast threw the lead soldier up against a boulder, men were riddled with shrapnel, four were medevaced out. But everyone else survived. Don had absorbed the brunt of the explosion with his body. He saved the lives of those next to him and today, we are joined by two men who were with him on that patrol, Sergeant William hacker and specialist michael moline. For decades, dons family only knew that he was killed in action. They had heard that he had stepped on a landmine. All those years, his gold star family honored the memory of their son and brother, whose name is etched forever on that granite wall not far from here. Late in her life, dons mother, evelyn, finally learned the full story of her sons sacrifice. And she made it her mission to have dons actions properly recognized. Sadly, nearly