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
Good morning, everyone. I am the csc a director, the associate director, and it is my pleasure to introduce to you john marszalek. John marszalek is the distinguished professor at Mississippi State university, where he taught courses on the civil war, jacksonian america, and race relations. He earned his phd at notre dame and joined the faculty at Mississippi State in 1973. During his time at Mississippi State, he also served as the director and mentor of distinguished scholars and as the executive director and managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association. Grant papers are now housed at Mississippi State university. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books and 250 articles. Thats impressive. Including his important work, sherman. A finalist for the lincoln prize. Dr. Marszalek received the Richard Wright literary award for Lifetime Achievement from a mississippi author and the Historical Society presented him the highest award for National Distinction in history. H
Good morning, everyone. I am the csc a director, the associate director, and it is my pleasure to introduce to you john marszalek. John marszalek is the distinguished professor at Mississippi State university, where he taught courses on the civil war, jacksonian america, and race relations. He earned his phd at notre dame and joined the faculty at Mississippi State in 1973. During his time at Mississippi State, he also served as the director and mentor of distinguished scholars and as the executive director and managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association. Grant papers are now housed at Mississippi State university. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books and 250 articles. Thats impressive. Including his important work, sherman. A finalist for the lincoln prize. Dr. Marszalek received the Richard Wright literary award for Lifetime Achievement from a mississippi author and the Historical Society presented him the highest award for National Distinction in history. H
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[inaudible conversations] afternoon thank you for joining us siam the Museum Historic curator we have the special treat today we could put this together very quickly we appreciate you coming down we cannot miss