Directory. It contains the information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies and state governors. Order your copy online today at cspan store. Org. Army heritage days is held in may at u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobbyists conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about the military, from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was the dday 7 55th anniversary. Next we go to a camp to learn about the 517th parachute Regimental Combat Team, u. S. Soldiers who fought in the Maritime Alps of france during the autumn of 1944. Good morning. My name is matt holmgren. I am part of a Group Representing f company of the 517th parachute infantry regiment that was part of a unit called the 517th prct which was short for parachute Regimental Combat Team. It was a world war ii unit that fought in italy and the hulken forest it was a small irunit, numbered about 2500 men thr
Army heritage days is an annual event held in may at Army Education center in carlyle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of hobbyists conduct dd talk to the public about the military from the American Revolution to the war on terror. The theme this year was dday 75th anniversary. Next on american artifacts we visit a living history camp to learn about the experiences of the armys 517th parachute Regimental Combat Team. U. S. Soldiers who fought in the Maritime Alps of france 75 years ago during the autumn of 1944. Good morning. I am part of a Group Representing f company of the 517th parachute regiment part of the unit called the 517th prct short for parachute Regimental Combat Team. It is a largely forgotten, over shadowed unit of the war because it was a smaller unit, numbered about 2500 men throughout the war. It was comprised of three smaller units, the 517th parachute frant regiment, the 596th airborne engineer company and the 460th parachute Field Artillery battalion so those three units to
Our final panel today will examine how China Growing military presence and influence in south or Southeast Asia and africa Furthers Development of expeditionary abilities. We will start with greg pulley, he is the rector of Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and at the center of Strategic International studies. He oversees research on u. S. Foreign policy in the asiapacific with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. He is the author of the South China Seas and focus clarifying the limits of maritime dispute. Coauthor of multiple other works. He will focus on chinas activities in south, Southeast Asia. Next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it [inaudible] Research Associated at the African Center for strategic studies at the National Defense university. He is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the African Security issues. His forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of
We are thrilled this evening to welcome the programs founder, dan pedderson. He went on to become the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the navys legendary Top Gun Program at navy air station in march 1969. He served in combat during the vietnam war with the flying crews. He retired as a captain having accumulated 6,100 flight hours and 1,005 carrier landings. For those of you who know his story from the 1986 movie top gun, you will be happy to know that he is producing a sequel which is scheduled to be released in 2020. Peddersons book is available for purchase and signing following this conversation. And here to keep the conversation moving is larry burke, cure ator of u. S. Naval aviation at the national air and space museum. So now please welcome dan pedderson and larry burke. You ready to go . Im going to take about ten minutes to just set the stage here for larry and i to go back and forth in final preparation for the questions coming from you. The assumption is
Announcer , the u. S. Office of war information newsreel shows the liberation of paris but allied forces 75 years ago in august, 1944. Narrator the heart of european civilization is beating strong again. Paris is free. 4 years of courage of hope have been answered, and a tide of jubilation has burst forth. The people, always great performers in historys drama, rose to meet their liberators. Was more, france held high her head. Unswerving victory march proudly along the something is a elysees. The sons in theschamps in the weeks preceding, the nazis had paid a frightful price. It had become a vast slaughterhouse of German Military power. 40 days of attacks by the allied forces had torn the best of hitlers arm to shreds. Nothing emerged but days of wounded prisoners. First to the appeared singly, then in small groups. They found themselves in a prison camp of their own making, one attended by frenchman. One intended for french m en. Some are stunned and bewildered. A 13yearold boy has be