General jack dailey, thank you for being with us. We have a busy night. We appreciate it. The individual who runs this facility, the most Popular Museum in the smithsonian. Thanks for your time. Could i put in a plug . Absolutely. At 8 30 tonight eastern daylight time, were going to have an Opening Ceremony for our new exhibit, the boeing milestones of flight hall, right next door to where we are now, and its open to the public. Were going to stay open all night. So, if you havent got anything else to do tonight, even if you do, come on down, because the weathers clearing here. Were going to do it outside. Were going to have a grand time. And cspan American History tv is carrying it live. Were going to show you around. Thanks again for being with us. Sure. Were going to show you around this terrific facility, this museum, and some of the artifacts, oneofakind items only here at the air and space museum. Behind me you see the wright each week american artifacts takes viewers around the
Participated in maneuvers and then moved to camp breckenridge kentucky. Brigadier general robert became the Division Commander of the 83rd and stay there throughout the war. Division sales on april 6, 1944 landed in liverpool and went to wales for training. On august 16 1944 they boarded a ship, this time to normandy and into action. The 83rd would ,eek contact with the enemy five different campaigns, and liberating numerous towns and villages. Tom, the Brittany Campaign also surrendered at the citadel torturous and on september 16 saw the only surrender over german Major General with 20,000 enlisted officers to u. S. Troops. From there they went to the bulge with russia fort the Rhineland Campaign was in the canal area in the towns of ofvil stores devilsdorf. Central campaign general eisenhowers final offensive to cross the first goal to destroy the german army group, which helped in such critical and industrial areas. The 83rd would be crucial in the race to erect the truman bridge a
Generations and minority groups. The emerging civil war blog hosted this event. It is about an hour and a half. We have a number of speakers tomorrow to speak about those specific legacies. Tonight its a night for you to ask your questions. What did the war mean . How do we still remember it . How is it still with us . Im going to toss out a couple of questions to our panel, let them answer, and then we will start taking questions from you in the audience to feed off some of the comments. Let me introduce our panelists tonight. Starting on the left of the table, chris white, a former historian with the national battlefield, a licensed battlefield guide at gettysburg. You can probably drop him on any field and he will tell you this regiment was right here and the shoe size of the colonel. [laughter] chris is also the emeritus editor of the emerging civil war book series. Please welcome chris white. To the right of him is a man that needs no introduction because ive introduced him once a
Sergeant hall as a gift. This program runs 20 minutes. Good morning. The 83rd Infantry Division was initially activated on september 1917 and went overseas in june 1918, supplying over 195 officers. It was named the ohio based on the insignia that includes the name of ohio, the home state of division neighbors. It was activated in october 1919. The 83rd reactivated in 1942 in indiana under the command of general frank millburn. The Thunderbolt Division became that after a Division Wide contest. The 83rd participated in a maneuver and moved to kentucky. One general millburn went on to a core command, the Brigadier General became the commander and stayed there. The division sailed from new york in 1944 and went to wales for training. On 16 june, 1944, they boarded another ship to normandy and into action, landing at omaha beach. From that day, the 83rd will see 270 days of contact with the enemy and five different campaigns, liberating numerous towns and villages. The normandy campaign,
My mother would be pleased and would continue to thank you from heaven. Just a look at the lucky life tom brokaw has led a fortunate life with a brilliant journalism career culminating as anchor of nbc news and bestselling author. You were living a glorious life. Tom given where i started in life, workingclass family weve moved around a lot. We ended up in ebix broke a big stroke of good luck. It took us a while to get connected but it was a match made in heaven. It has been going on for 15 straight years now. Then i was able to work my way up through the various wrongs of broadcast journalism. They were looking for young reporters because network news blew up overnight. They had to get correspondence. I was in atlanta and in the middle of the civil rights. Suddenly nbc wants to take you and put you in los angeles. I arrived just in time to cover Ronald Reagan running for governor of california. I called that wave as well. Politics was always in my blood. I loved it so much. California