This is a panel on the book civil war places. We have a couple copies up here that people will be thumbing through. And were going to have something very unusual for me, were going to have a screen behind us. He is smiling because i dont do anything this venturesome. To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn sta
To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going to give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn state university. Carol and i taught together there for a long time. Shes the author of a very important book on civil war memory, the military side of it. With a sword in one hand, the problem of military thought in the civil war north. And shes a coauthor with tom v
And use actual images so this is something of a departure for me. Here is how the structure is gonna work, im gonna give very brief introductions for the people sitting here at the table with me and i do all of them at once i will have each panel member talk about why they decided to be part of the project and why they selected the image they selected and they will talk a little about the image. Then we will see where the conversation goes after that so very briefly, let me introduce everybody i will start with Carol Reardon who was the professor of American History at penn state university, one of the important books on the military side of history, with a sword in one hand and germany and the other the problem of military thought in the civil war north and to field guide books of the battle of gettysburg and antietam. Next on the line is edward ayres who is a professor of humanities and president of the university of richmond. The most recent publication is a thin line of freedom and
And policy bill for 2020. Initial votes mid afternoon. Live coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend Asriel Mclain, capitol hill presbyterian church, shreveport, louisiana. The chaplain let us pray. O lord, in the name of jesus, we praise you for the liberties paid for by our sons and daughters who gave their last full measure of devotion. New orleans, gettysburg, normandy, iwo jima, vietnam and the middle east. Thank you for those who marched in places like selma and montgomery. Seeking to perfect our union. Now, lord, bless this the peoples house of which it is said here served the people govern. Bless, o lord, this body, leadership on both sides of the aisle whose composition mirrors the apples orchard the washington state, to the citrus groves of florida to the sun kissed beaches of california and to the beloved bayous of louisiana. Remember our staff, constituents back home as they function as servan
We aim to be the best of the best and we volunteered to be the best of the best. When you volunteered for rangers, what changed from your training as a regular army soldier . Aonard i have to go to ranger school, to begin with, that specialized in many things regular troops do not have to submit to. It is altogether different, a specialized field, a specialized mission, and you have to cope and train for that mission or whatever it may be. When did you actually Enter Service . June of at was in 1940 two. Right after pearl harbor. Your first combat action, was that in normandy . Leonard my first combat action, yes. About,dont you tell me from your training in the states , tell me about your trip over to england and the preparation you made for the normandy invasion. Lomell i have to tell you that from my point of view, because i dont think the troops of which i was a part of had any knowledge, advanced knowledge, that dday would be our first combat. ,e were ready for combat then but the