it was 1945. the war was over. slowly, painfully, life came back to the ruins of europe. the war was over. but there was no peace. despair crouched over the continent. hopelessness circled europe like a bird of prey. why? what were the forces? what were the issues in a war that turned nations into rubble heaps and populations into beggars? the people wanted the answers. they wanted to know what happened and why. in the palace of justice in nuremberg, the people of the world came together, for there, that the international military tribunal to judge the chief nazi war criminals. justice robert h. jackson, the chief american prosecutor, makes the opening statement for the prosecution. the privilege of opening the first trial in history the privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. the wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastat
In two months, the construction of our building will be complete. For now, we are glad to be over here at the other croft auditorium to discuss this book fdr goes to war. Makeg time ago, i want to Old High School in may. Kentucky, and in my senior year, the high coed of school newspaper, the cardinal. Classmates, anita prince, got married to burton folsum, she got to history degrees and that got two history degrees she got two history degrees. Her coauthor and has been is burton folsum, jr. , who holds a phd from the university of pittsburgh. Pittsburgh last follows saw something i had never heard of, which i am surprised at the cathedral of learning, which is the second tallest University Building in the world, the tallest one, as you might guess is in moscow. Building things bigger was doing something better, but this is a 42 story building. The first few floors are built like a gothic cathedral. It is an amazing thing. A few are ever in pittsburgh, go if yound some time are ever in
Im oliver north and welcome to war stories. Were here at the National Museum in texas. This exhibit memorializes one of the bloodiest campaigns of world war ii. Guadalcanal. He saw guadalcanal as a crucial stepping stone on the road to tokyo from august 1942 until february 1943, guadalcanal became better known as the gettysburg of the pacific. As youll see, mistakes were made on both sides, and what became the Longest Campaign of the second world war. The bloody fighting cost the lives of some 7,000 americans and over 30,000 japanese. Tonight youll hear from the heroes who fought from the air, on the ground, and the seas around this sweltering green hell. Joe was the farm boy from sioux falls, iowa, who dreamed of becoming the next charles lindburg. I want to go to war. I said ill do anything. I want to do anything to get in a fighter. John was a long way from columbus, ohio, and hiss fathers saloon. It was hell, and it was spotted with screams, hollering, both japanese and marines. Mi
Good evening everybody. It is my pleasure to be the moderator tonight for professor Kermit Roosevelt. As you probably know, he is the greatgreatgrandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Roy we discussed beforehand whether there is a shorter word than greatgreatgrandson in english, but apparently there is not. So, that is so we are stuck with. The honor of having him here though, is much more founded in his skill in both his legal backgrounds and in his writing ability, he has produced several books on constitutional law, u. S. G served as a clerk to Supreme Court under Justice David souter. He has written both novels and books on law. Will be at least some discussion about his latest allegiance. It is about the incarceration of the japanese during the second world war. That is enough for me. Me introduce reverser investor Kermit Roosevelt to you. [applause] prof. Roosevelt iii thank you for that introduction. Thank you all for coming, it is a will pleasure to be here. Im going to talk about the
Books on law. Tonight, there will be at least some discussion about his latest novel, entitled allegiance. It is about the incarceration of the japanese during the second world war. That is enough for me. Let me introduce professor Kermit Roosevelt to you. [applause] prof. Roosevelt iii thank you for that introduction. Thank you all for coming, it is a will pleasure to be here. Im going to talk about the significance of Theodore Roosevelts vision of the constitution and it will connect to some larger ideas about who we are, and we want to be. The constitution is our central organizing document. We had no official religion, the constitution, in fact, says that we cant. But we give the constitution the same kind of veneration that some societies get their sacred texts. It is our loyalty to the constitution, are legions, that makes us american. We are not a nation held together by race, or religion. We really are constituted as a people by those 4400 words. And so, when we talk about the