U. S. And japanese navies. Leading off is a review of the war in pacific prior to june 1942 then new information about the japanese at the battle. This is live coverage on cspan3. We are pleased and very very proud to be hosting it. I would like to thank our partners that helped put this together. The Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation and world war i and world war ii come mem ri commemoration. We couldnt have done it without you. [ cheers and applause ] now, before we get going i do have housekeeping items to pass along. First of all, turn off or silence your cell phones. Keep your programs. We have something of a limited supply of those and please wear your fwbadges throughout the da. Keep in mind we are on cspan so during the q and a use the microphone deployed here on the square. At this time i would like to bring forward my counter part john pentanjelo who will make some remarks, john. [ applause ] thanks, chris. Good morning and welcome. The Hampton Roads naval hue see yum
And hank kudzik, also a navy veteran, make up the panel. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here today. Thank you, wes, and jim, and the American Veterans center. Ive been here all day yesterday. I was at the Wounded Warrior experience. Its tremendous to read about history. As we heard from general richie yesterday, its more important that were hearing it from those that participated in history. And we get to hear it from some phenomenal and amazing men and women that weve heard from the last couple of days. The mofford marines, i never heard that story before but ill be reading more, how can you not be interested after that . What i thought i would do is just give you a brief overview on the battle of midway. But really keep my portion short, because i think we all want to hear from these three gentlemen that were there. And the can offer much more information than what i can give you. But i will say, in the last five to ten years, were very fortunate, some fantastic books have be
We are people who are real. We have dealt with this and written about it. Again, i want to thank politics and prose and cspan for thinking enough of this series to continue to cover it. You dont get these kinds of people in this kind of room without this kind of coverage but i want to thank you all for being here tonight for our fifth installment. I want you to feel free, feel welcome, feel at home. Come to the microphone, ask a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer. Without further ado i want to introduce this great panel. We will get into bullet points on their career and into the discussion. I want to start off with someone who i have such respect for and admiration and love for. Doctor Mary Frances Berry, former head of the u. S. Civil rights commission. She has a list of things she has done. She has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. The list goes on and on. Awe o she is author of the book 5 and a pork chop sandwich and the corruption of democra
Warning to thank politics and prose and cspan for thinking inform of the series to cover. You dont gate these kind of people in this kind of room without getting the kind of coverage. Want to thank you for being here tonight for our fifth installment. I want you to feel free. Feel welcome, feel at home. Come to the microphone, ask a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to, without further adieu, introduce this great, great panel. Were going to do some work from their career, and well get into the discussion, and i will start off with someone who i have such respect for, such admiration, such love for, dr. Mary Frances Berry. She has a list of things she has done. She has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. The list goes on and on. She is also the author of the book, five dollars and a pork chop, from which and the corruption corruption in democracy. She has a new book coming out, history teaches us to [applause] next to dr. Mary francesbe
It is great to have such a large for there on this day election, as we are all sort of anxiously awaiting what happens. It is a genuine pleasure for me to be able to introduce amanda to you. Director ofssociate the National History center. I have worked with her for the past 2. 5 years. I could sing your praises ad. Auseam she is indispensable to the operations and success of the center over the years. For someone who is so young, she had an interesting and varied career. Before she became an historian, she was a pastry chef and worked at a prominent restaurant and got her phd at the university of michigan and a postdoc at yale. At the same time, she has continued her interest in food history. She has taught historical cooking classes. She has a blog called just desserts. She has herto that, mainstay as a historian, her work on the origins of humanitarianism and that has led to the book from empire to the American Revolution and origins of humanitarianism which was published by Oxford