So we can recognize you and thank you for your support of this great series. Thank you so much. Thank you once again, we extend our gratitude to the late Jerry Rosenblum, in whose memory. We are presenting the program and the hollywood versus history series. Its this uh, its its Jerry Rosenblum whos made this possible by a generous gift his estate tonight, military Historian Brian steed of, the Army Commanding general staff, college we have a special installment of the series its a little broader in scope looking at hollywood filmmaking during World War Two and its role in shaping nations response to and support of the war. Brian will, take a particularly close look at the best years of our lives, a seminal film released a year, the war that successfully departed from the flag waving norm. It earned eight Academy Awards, including oscar for best picture. Brian steed is an professor of military history at the commanded general staff college, where he since 2013 and was honored as a mili
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