We a we all have big shoes to fill. Dramatic developments, a third night of protests turning violent in minneapolis, the largest precinct in that city overrun by protesters. Cameras capturing the dramatic and at times chaotic scene, hundreds of protesters clashing with police, met with rubber bullets and tear gas while calling for justice. All this comes after the death of george floyd, a black man who died after an encounter with police. Scenes of chaos unfolding in minneapolis tonight. Eerie images of the police presince in flames after proteste protesters ignited flames. Its the third night of protests over the death of george floyd following a police encounter. The National Guard activating more than 500 soldiers, called by minnesota governor tim walls. Apparent looting at this target store. Turns out, these guys are out here with machetes. Cops cant get in here. President trump weighing in late on twitter saying in part, i cant stand back and watch this happen to a Great American
26,000 american deaths. So there are more than 14,200 graves here, many of them who died in the meuseargonne area, but also some civilians and other soldiers brought from other areas . Yeah. But basically most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne, the final result which was dramatic for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Its almost a half percent of the soldiers that are still buried here in france in that cemetery. We have few civilians, maybe well see some of the graves later on. Especially nurses, people from the American Red Cross, from the ymca, some special graves we will see walking in the graveyard. The cemetery itself, graves that were consolidated from smaller cemeteries. So when soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region, and then the American Government had made the decision that they would allow families to repatriate their loved ones after the war. So about 60 to 70 of the famili
Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy. A place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approached this from a different place on the political spectrum. He was, in effect, making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. But something to say, that i shouldnt paraphrase it, but, you know, when you get sick, you want an uncommonly skillful doctor. When we go to war, we want an uncommonly able general. Yo
19 1918 armistice that ended world war i. Up next on american artifacts, historian Mitchell Yockelson and french battlefield guide Guillaume Moizan guide us to several key locations in northeastern france, including place wheres hearry truman, an others had life experiences. We have an unexploded 75 millimeter ar till rear shell on the floor of the Argonne Forest. This is about an hour. Were standing in front of the pennsylvania monument dead indicat dedicated in 1927 to honor the veterans of pennsylvania many of them in the 28th National Guard division that were directly involved with liberating the town that was in the 407 day meuse argonne operation that involved the doughboys. You grew up not far from him. Is it easy to say you explored these battlefields on many occasions as a young manned and today as a battlefield guide . Yes, indeed. I was born in the small town around 15 miles away from here. And i grew up close by the Argonne Forest, so always walking in the forest when i was