We have heard a rumor about the case where they have prosecuted the japanese for waterboarding. We sent a young marine captain out to go dig out the records. I dont think its seen been in six years at that point. It is a story you just described. Of the doolittle raid which was the most celebrated operation of world war ii. It was a story about torture and justice. And revenge. I felt sitting there. I was reading this episode from 1945 to 1946. The United States is prosecuting the japanese for doing all of the things we were doing in the war on terrorism i dont mean to be naive or it just kind of hit me in the chest. With 60 years of time. And im seeing right where im sitting at that very moment. There was a thing in the back of my mind that give context to all of the work that i ended up doing for a number of years after that. I decided. In 2014 to try to make a book about it. And thats how we got the book we have today. I had been talking to michelle now for guantanamo. 2007. One is
Pentagons military Commission Defense organization. The show lectures at clumpy law school and a fellow here in the center of National Security and i must mention is a fordham law grad. Karen rosenberg will talk about his book, his awardwinning Senior Reporter for the New York Times working in collaboration with a pulitzer center. [inaudible] she started with the miami herald or before that she recorded from the middle east and moved recently to the New York Times. She has won many awards including the Robert F Kennedy journalism award, and was part of the miami herald team that won the Pulitzer Prize of breaking news in 2001. So, when we tell you the format. Michelle and carol we will talk and then i will come back on and i will pose questions that have come from the audience and if you have any questions at all please feel free to put them in the chat or if you prefer q a then i will get to as many as i can do. Without further ado michelle, carol, take it away. Thank you so much. Tha
What was life like for you growing up . Yes, my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was just a baby. I was raised there, went to the town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. After that i entered dartmouth in the fall of 1940 and once my freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Britain was in bad shape. Looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted to volunteer or wait to be drafted. I decided i would volunteer, which amusingly enough give you a slightly Different Army serial number than if you were drafted. The west point officers, recent graduates from training but they were training us in officer candidate school. They tended to look with favor they didnt say that but it was apparent. I
World war ii museum. The date is may 23, 2012 and i am here today in norwich, vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. I was raised their, went to the town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. After that i entered dartmouth in the fall of 1940 and once my freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Britain was in bad shape. Looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted to volunteer or wait to be drafted. I decided i would volunteer, which amusingly enough give you a slightly Different Army serial number than if you were drafted. The we
He rejoined his division after recovering and taking part in the battle of the bulge. He later served in the liberated camps at therition end of the war. Ins interview was conducted 2012 for its oral history collection. World war ii museum. 23, 2012 and i ,m here today in norwich vermont. State your full name. Clinton i am clint gardner, clinton gardner. I was born in new york city, 1922. What was life like growing up . Clinton my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was a baby. To theaised their, went town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. Dartmouth i entered and once myof 1940 freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Ritain was in bad shape looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted