Craig my name is craig hall. I basically consider myself an amateur military historian. I do various impressions. This impression here today is to represent the contribution of the soviet union as an ally of the americans and the british, to helping them win world war ii. We have to give equal credit to our allies. Some would say, we couldnt have done it by ourselves, but the point is people ask me why do i do this impression. I think because the reason is that we need to tell the story about the eastern front. If you dont understand what happened on the eastern front, you dont understand world war ii. The soviets made a significant contribution to winning that war. Now, for example, what i normally do is, on my display on the table over here, i have a National Geographic magazine dated may, 1944. The first article in it has to do with the liberation of the ukraine. The point being, the significance of that is that, of course, one month later, we had dday. And the point the relationshi
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For a memorial day ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the United States, donald j. Trump, and the first lady, melania trump. Pres. Trump thank you. I stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today, the first lady and i laid a wreath in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives so boldly and brilliantly defend we pledge and their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense mark esper. Secretary of the interior david bernhardt, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley, congressman andy harris, and a number of Service Members and veterans of the armed forces. The dignity, daring, and devotion of the American Military is unrivaled anywhere in history and anywhere in the world. In recent mon
Right shoulder. Arms. [band playing] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the United States, donald j. Trump, and the first lady, melania trump. [band playing] order. [band playing] pres. Trump thank you. I stand before you at this noble fortress of american liberty to pay tribute to the immortal souls who fought and died to keep us free. Earlier today, the first lady and i laid a wreath in their sacred honor at Arlington National cemetery. Now we come together to salute the flag they gave their lives to so boldly and brilliantly defend. And we pledge in their Cherished Memories that this majestic flag will proudly fly forever. We are joined for todays ceremony by secretary of defense, mark esper. Secretary of the interior, david bernhardt. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark milley. Congressman, andy harris, and a number of servicemembers and veterans of the armed forces. The dignity and devotion of the American Military is unrivaled anywhere in hi