Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome. One of the countrys most noted, perhaps, maybe say noted for the wrong reasons. For generations the name Benedict Arnold has almost universally illicited a one elicited a oneword descriptor traitor. Today were here to hear the rest the story. The program would not exist today without the extreme generosity so were delighted they join us tonight as it give us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation of all they have done with our program. Not just for tonight in particular, but everyone. Please stand. [ applause ] todays speaker earned her degree from in comparative history. She is published widely including essays in the wall street journal, financial times, usa today and other news groups. Ladies and gentlemen, its a pleasure to welcome to the podium, j. Joyce. Dr. Joyce. Thank you very much. A pleasure to be here. I want to thank the professor and the sponsors for inviting me. Its a real treat for me to be able to talk about this subject
Perhaps, maybe say noted for the wrong reasons. For generations the name Benedict Arnold has almost universally illicited a one elicited a oneword descriptor traitor. Today were here to hear the rest the story. The program would not exist today without the extreme generosity so were delighted they join us tonight as it give us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation of all they have done with our program. Not just for tonight in particular, but everyone. Please stand. [ applause ] todays speaker earned her degree from in comparative history. She is published widely including essays in the wall street journal, financial times, usa today and other news groups. Ladies and gentlemen, its a pleasure to welcome to the podium, j. Joyce. Dr. Joyce. Thank you very much. A pleasure to be here. I want to thank the professor and the sponsors for inviting me. Its a real treat for me to be able to talk about this subject. The state of the union at Benedict Arnolds time was not good. [ laugh
This is secretary mitchell get that for Global Public Affairs Bureau we are very honored to have them here today special welcome to our commissioners Advisory Commission Public Diplomacy, vice chairman bill hill today as we know under the auspices of the Advisory Commission called a Public Meeting to look at the question of the gpa, the newly formed gpa and where it fits in the state department the vision for Public Diplomacy in the 21st century it is my honor to open this event before i turn the mic over to my colleagues for comments i just want to tell you a little bit how things gonna go today were gonna hear some brief comments we have speakers and they will speak at the end of the presentation will be happy to take a questions and comments. Please hold questions or comments until they have been as the presentation. For the moderated to a sergeant will be a microphone please speak into the microphone when you ask you questions because this whole event not only your remarks but also
All didly 14 when you the miracle back in 1969. I tried to get here and follow in your footsteps as quickly as we could. We have a panel that will talk about lunar module landing operations. The panel here is jack knight, bob nance, hal loden, and bill reeves. Instead of me going on about them i will ask them to identify themselves, say a little bit about what they did and then open it for questions. My name is john charles. I am the science in fast scientist in residence at space center houston. I would like to turn the microphone over to mr. Knight. To talk about what you did here for apollo 11, what brought you here in the first place and your recollection of that important day. Jack i was the son of an air force family. We were in various bases around the world. I went to the Georgia Institute of technology and graduated in 1965. I came directly to the manned space flight center, in particular the apollo systems group. At the time i arrived, apollo had been a program in work, but w
P. M. And the astronauts did not walk until later. , next on American History tv four former apollo era flight controllers this bus the lunar operations. Ng this panel was part of an event hosted by Space Center Houston to mark apollo 11s 50th anniversary. Good morning everybody and welcome to the 50th anniversary of the apollo moon landing. I will say that periodically throughout the day so that people will applaud. You can here that atmosphere is charged and the dingling in the background. Usare honored to have with today a panel of important engineers. 14 when you were in the miracle in 1969. I tried to get here as quickly as i could. We have a panel that will talk about lunar module landing operations. Knight,l here is jack bob metz, hal loden, and bill reeves. Instead of me going on about them i will ask them to identify themselves, say a little bit about what they did and then open it for questions. My name is john charles. I would like to turn the microphone over to mr. Knight.