[no audio] kayleigh hello, everyone. Is another historic day at the white house. I have ambassador rick grenell, National Security advisor robert obrien, and Senior Advisor jared kushner, to talk to you about history made at the white house today and then they will take a few questions. Robert it was a great morning in the oval office. Through theogether, hard work of great diplomats, led by rick grenell of the serbiants direction, and kosovo have normalized economic relationships. This serbiakosovo conflict has gone on for decades. They have been unable to move onward for many years, and the president some time ago decided we knighted we needed to try something new, break the deadlock and move forward with the Peace Process with serbia and kosovo. To have the Prime Minister of kosovo and president of serbia and the oval office was something, given the history of those two countries at the history of the United States with respect to serbia and the conflict in the balkans, is remarkabl
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
Im senior director of research and history here at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. Were standing in the road to berlin, permanent gallery exhibits which opened in december 2014 after several years of development. Our mission here at the National World War Ii Museum is to tell the American Experience in world war ii, why it was fought, how it was won and what it means today. The building were in tells the war part of the story, how it was won. So here we are in the first gallery of the road to berlin and behind me, youll see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, the lineup, if you will, of the two sides that are going to engage in this great struggle. When our visitors arrive in this gallery, we believe that they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the streets in our museum. So with the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements
Part program, we travel to new orleans to visit the National World war ii museums road to berlin exhibit. This Program Continues the story of the American Experience in the european theater beginning with the june 6th, 1944, d day invasion. Within the first hour, the shoreline is littered with men and Wounded Soldiers and the debris of were actually in the normandie landings gallery, d day at normandie. A very special gallery for us here because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National D Day museum by a congressional charter. We were charged with telling the story of the entire American Experience in world war ii while it was fought, thou how it was and what it means today. So in this gallery, we get to the big moment where the United States and her allies had to win this particular day, d day, june 6th, 1944. Behind me is our film narrated by tom brokaw which gives our visitors the overarching story of d day at normandie. But next to me over here on the left
That all roads lead to rome. If that is true, the United States army had taken the longest and toughest road. Arriving on the fourth of june, 1944, two years and six months after pearl harbor americas entrance into the war. Two days after general mark pratss fifth army captured the eternal city, dwight d. Eisenhowers envision forces hit the normandie beaches in a massive am amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army commanded by general Alexander Patch landed in Southern France and pushed northward along the roanne river valley. Ten days later, paris is liberated. The army clipped on. In the pacific. General macarthurs forces invaded the island in a giant amphibious lead that put them within 300 miles of the philippines. The general was making progress in berma with his mixed command of hand picked american infantrymen and british and chinese units. The tide of war was turning against the aggressor