I museum. And i also was one of the consultants on the vietnam exhibit that began at the New York Historical society and has traveled here. And it was a real pleasure to work on that. And i hope that you all get a chance to see it. Its an interesting exhibit. Today im going to talk a bit about my current research, which as camille said is how the u. S. Army as an institution was trying to manage a crisis that its leaders perceived during the war in vietnam, a crisis around race. And as i imagine almost all of you know the u. S. War in vietnam was the first major conflict at the United States fought from the beginning with an integrated armed force, with racially integrated armed force. And for much of that war that process was treated as a Great Success and in combat it almost was without exception was. But by the end of the 1960s army leaders were talking about the war within the war and trying to figure out how to manage a racial crisis that they saw as starting to tear the army apar
Experiences with the sixth Armored Division in european theater, including fighting in the battle of the bulge. Mr. Slater served as an aide and shared stories about patton. The National World War Ii Museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection. 2009. Is august 5, thomas with the National World War Ii Museum. Today i am with Esther Benjamin schleider. For the record, please state your full name. Olafchleider benjamin schleider. Were reborn . Mr. Schleider texas. When were you born . One of the things i remember is, my grandfather, who was a very successful is businessman, was nra, theppy with the National Coverage at recovery act. He had a lot of choice words to say about that. I also remember, we had some tom operations in addition the business my father was in. To,we had to kill cattle for some reason, it was part of the program. And it was very distressing to my family to have cattle killed. We tried to process as much of the meat as possible. And preserve
A recent review in the philadelphia enquirer says this exhibition has love, death, and psychodrama. It goes on to examine a wealthy irish noble man who is part kickens with a spritz of Yankee Doodle into there is no doubt that his story from his traumatic head wound, to the demise at the hand of his own tenants is a cracking good tale, but it is more than love, death, and psychodrama. We see the entanglements of the 18th century and the global interconnectedness of the American Revolution. We find a story at the age of revolutions and also a story of today. A story of who we are and how we got here, and what the past means to us as a people or as nations. But we also find a detective story. A decades long mystery that started with two regullatively obscure paintings that had 22 works of art. One of the greatest mysteries of the past year, and my job brings me many, many joys on a regular basis, but one of the greatest has been watching this exhibition evolve and witnessing matts excite
The american war and most recently coedited. It is in the back. A beautiful book. His sense of the photograph. This is absolute treasury. With that, i would like to welcome gary gallagher. Thank you, we are on a very tight schedule. Just keep that in mind. I am delighted to be back for this years signature conference. I will start by saying thank you to carry and list for inviting me. He sees all the details seamlessly and with amazing good humor. I really appreciate that. Is also fun to see so many friends here. It is like a homecoming. That is very nice. Being is also reminded. I have been at the library for seven months. Getting off the plane reminded me that here in the east, you have what may be called weather. My feet are back on the ground. My job is to present an overview of theaters during the civil war. I have 30 minutes to accomplish that. Then 10 minutes for lectures. We will each reinforce those time constraints as we go along. I have divided knowledge into two parts. The
In its s. Spaces says it will take its case to the United Nations. Instead he former top generals among dozens sentenced to life in prison for their role in the failed two of twenty sixteen most of the individuals with. All the offices. And chinas presidency jim paying meets north Korean Leader kim jong lin during the First Chinese state visit to pyongyang in fourteen years. Economy. And north ways you can program on the agenda. We begin with another incident between iran and the United States irans revolutionary guards shot down a u. S. Surveillance drone on thursday in the first direct confrontation between iran and the american minute tree since the u. S. Pulled out of the International Nuclear cold. Tehran insists the joint was in its s. Space and says it will take its case to the United Nations but the us as the droid was in international airspace. Donald trump says he believes the iranians made a mistake. I made a big mistake this drone was in International Waters clearly we have