Dr. Friedman thank you. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming. I became interested in newport i add been interested in newport for many years, but i had been doing some research on wargaming. I would not recommend that to anyone who does not have a lot of time and a good stomach. Lot. I dont think you would learn the same things if you dont go through them, frankly. What you learn is newport is not what you thought it was. We are inclined to think of the big schools as a way of educating officers. And newport, for most of the interwar period functioned just as much as a kind of lab for the navy. Also there was an aspect of a seminar you had highranking officers, already a highranking who went there. There was one case i had, i think there were several, where there was a rear admiral. This was a guy from the fleet, have a lot of experience with aircraft. He was a very senior person. I dont think he was alone. So, when you look at the gaming, for a significant part of that period
Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Again, this year, we are deeply honored to have the william m. Wood Foundation House our conference sponsored. We think the conference and its trustees for enabling us to take a careful look and reflect on the meaning of historically significant deeds and actions. We also extend a special midshipman welcome for all those at the academy. If you look throughout the academy yard and look at the history reflected in the plaques and monuments, you cannot help but be impressed with the fact that this place and those who have gone before us have been the true practitioners of important naval history. We also welcome the rotc students today from the George Washington university consortium. Thank you for joining us. And the students from the Severn School who have joined us today. Each year, the Naval
Day on the cspan networks. Holiday festivities start at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan with the lighting of the National Christmas tree, followed by the White House Christmas decorations with first lighting of the capitol christmas tree. After 12 30 p. M. , celebrity activists talk about their causes. At 8 00, samuel alito, and former Florida Governor jeb bush. On will bill of rights and founding fathers. And venture into the art of good writing, with steve pinker. At 12 30, see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore seeks the history of wonder woman. Pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. On cspan3 at 8 00 a. M. Eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with cspan footage with president george bush and bob dole and speeches from john kennedy and ron reagan. First lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times they lived. At 10 00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats this Christmas Day
That photograph a lump immortalized with his own son did when he wrote the number one New York Times bestseller and so you know from his bestseller you know his father. You also know from the movie that was based on that number one bestseller in the movie flags of our fathers that Stephen Spielberg and clint eastward Clint Eastwood did. When do you might not know is 29 years after iwo jima his father approved james going to a university in tokyo the home of the previous enemy. I think thats an inspiring story. Since then James Bradley has written flyboys. A few nofly boys, another bestseller. He has written the imperial cruise and this is his fourth book the china mirage so please welcome James Bradley. [applause] thank you. [applause] hello dallas. Dallas, businessmen and dallas was key to beginning flags of our fathers off the ground in the first place. My dad raised the flag on iwo jima but he never talked about it. He would always change the subject. He died in 1994 and we found a
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