Once in a while. R] [inaudible] okay. Testing, one, two. And he has written several wonderful books. In harms way about the singing of the indianapolis. Horse soldiers, about the first batch of american troops who went into afghanistan after 9 11 on horses. Soon to be a Motion Picture which we might talk about a little later. And his new book, the odyssey of echo company which is about a subject thats been part of my life as well, the vietnam war. So im delighted to have a conversation about that and also about writing tonight. So doug, why dont we start, just sort of with how this idea sort of washed over you in the first place, for this book. Thank you for the nice introduction. Thank you everyone for being here this evening. The idea for the the odyssey of echo company came to me in afghanistan, which would have been our most recent foray into counterinsurgency in the 21st century with vietnam obviously in thevi 20th. I was standing in a a helicopter trying to go to the Pakistani Bo
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Washington post, and many more. He is also cofounded the National Riders series which is a yearround book festival as well as the french street riders for Public High School students. We are very excited to be hosting this novelist today and it is my honor to introduce doug stand. [applause] thank you everyone. Thank you for the nice introduction. It is an honor to be here. We have some special guests and some special friends who have come to visit. This book has just come out and it has been a labor of love, beginning in 2005 when i was on the helicopter in afghanistan, researching my second book Horse Soldiers. I was trying to get to the pakistan border to a special forces camp, and there was a gentleman in the helicopter who seem to be a bit older than everyone else, Walking Around the area and we began to talk and we had a very pleasant conversation and finally the conversation turned to my first book, in harms way which is about uss indianapolis and the sinking of that ship in 194
Offensive. Thank you for hosting this fabulous book festival. I am happy to be participating in this. And delighted tonight to have a conversation with doug stanton. He was a Brilliant Writer and author and a fellow midwesterner to request lake michigan. Which if any of you that do not know, was the premier for the event in america. When they bring in people like atwood and people like me once in a while. [laughter] he has written several wonderful books, in harms way. About the indianapolis four soldiers, about the first batch of american troops in afghanistan after 9 11 on horses. And soon to be a motion picture, we might talk about a little bit later. And his new book, the odyssey of echo company. Which is not a subject that is part of my life as well, the vietnam war. Im delighted to have a conversation about that. Doug, when we start with how this idea sort of wash over you for this book. Thank you for the nice introduction. Thank you to everyone for being here this evening. The i
Conversation with doug stanton. He was a Brilliant Writer and author and a fellow midwesterner to request lake michigan. Which if any of you that do not know, was the premier for the event in america. When they bring in people like atwood and people like me once in a while. [laughter] he has written several wonderful books, in harms way. About the indianapolis four soldiers, about the first batch of american troops in afghanistan after 9 11 on horses. And soon to be a motion picture, we might talk about a little bit later. And his new book, the odyssey of echo company. Which is not a subject that is part of my life as well, the vietnam war. Im delighted to have a conversation about that. Doug, when we start with how this idea sort of wash over you for this book. Thank you for the nice introduction. Thank you to everyone for being here this evening. The idea for the odyssey of echo company came to me in afghanistan. Which would have been our most recent foray into counterinsurgency in t