Even more significant is the manual that was used for martial, us army 1928, with all of his notes on the and any of the marginalia that he would have as well. So you really begin to see how would think, use the law. Its significant to understand person. So were delighted to have this. Ich collection next, i think, as i said, the f. Assination of john kennedy. You can see the size of this here. Ular volume right it really starts with the assassination and goes all the through it. Well marked. Theres a whole file thats here with regard to the used. Ce that was mavs thats mainly were taken, oswalt standing with the officers. Regard to Richard Nixon and bringing down the , jaworski makes some observations on Richard Nixons memoirs. Ill read this excerpt. Overall nixons book, in the treatment of watergate, a master piece of evasion, selfserving declarations, a distortion of erroneous conclusion conclusions. There is a legal term which best his version and he has quotes around it avoidance.
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No relation. They are really amazing folks and the leading effort and community leading effort behind moving voices and behind this evening tonight. It is amazing to have worked with them the last few weeks in putting together this event. Dee dee is a daughter of street a nam war refugees. Shes an attorney. She is also an alum. And this makes me really, really proud. She will enter the army j. A. G. For this friday. This is really her last big event in civilian life. [ applause ]. And she will ship out to forth benning on friday. So that is it. Goodbye to civilian life here for a while. And u of l alum and masters from kent school of social work. And she came as a refugee as well with her family in 1994. So without further ado, please welcome our two moderators. And im looking forward to an exciting evening. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is dede and my colleague is tao. We are not related. Its just a common last name. We are both with moving voices. Moving voices, its our mission to br
And how many of the u. S. Navy crew reunited with the refugees years later. With him is captain paul jacobs, commander of the the ukk kirk during the rescue. From the memorial in washington, d. C. , this is one hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im mark weber, curator of the United States Navy Memorial. Today, were pleased to have jan k. Herman here to discuss his new Naval Institute book, lucky few, the fall of saigon and the rescue mission of the uss kirk. Mr. Herman served as historian of the Navy Medicine department and special assistance to the Surgeon General for 33 years. Hes keeping busy in retirements as evidenced by this book. He has written numerous articles and books, including battle station sick bay, medicine and the korean war, and navy history in vietnam. Hes also produced documentary videos on medicine, including an internationallyacclaimed video on the lucky few. Join me in welcoming jan herman to the Navy Memorial. [ applause ] thank you, mark. I appreciate