Participated in the saigon evacuation, flying the last 11 marines off the roof of the American Embassy on the morning of april 30, 1979 which this evening we will hear more about. He is a graduate of the Army War College in carlisle, pennsylvania. He later served as the marine corps chair on the faculty of the Naval War College Teaching National military strategy. He moved to kansas city in 1993 and was assigned as the Commanding Officer and later ps in 1996. M the cor please join me in welcoming colonel Thomas Holden to the stage. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. To talk to you tonight about some of my experiences and as i start i want first to say that i want to speak on behalf of of all of the marine pilots that were involved in operation evacuatedind when we the marines. 77 helicopters took to the air and accomplish that mission and we had great marine corps pilots making that happen. Unfortunately, like a lot of operations, it did not go with
Despite investing almost 200,000 in the films, they were never released, but instead sent to a warehouse in maryland. Up next on American History tvs real america, three short training films that were recently rediscovered and digitized by the National Archives. The pilot district project, the development of community control, is a 15 minute film featuring 32yearold marion barry. Who later became mayor of the district of columbia. Mr. Barry this is a peoples movement. Old people, young people, they all live in the district. It is not fair for the citizens to be left out of the picture. Down and out place. People be hitting people in the head. Mr. Barry i dont think anywhere in america people can take this. What do you think about the police . They aint nothing but pigs, man. They pick me up just because i wasnt in school and shit like that. I said, what you going to do to me . He said, i take you to the pig pen. I said, no, you aint. You got to take me to my aunts. He said, all right,
In 1968 following then saturation of Martin Luther king jr. And subsequent riots, the office of Economic Opportunity which created a pilot district project as a model to help improve poor relations between the police and community. According to the National Archives, the are they commissioned a series of documentary and training films to record the implementation of the projects, hoping they could be shown and use as a model for other cities. Despite investing almost 200,000 dollars in the films, they were never released, but instead worsened to a warehouse in maryland. Up next on american three short pilot District Training films that are recently rediscovered and digitized by the National Archives. The pilot district project, the development of Community Control is a 15 minute fall featuring 32 year old activist marion barry, who later became mayor of the district of columbia. Hold people, young people, poor people all of whom live in the Third District. And it is not fair for the ci
Distinguished career she has brought her wideranging intelligence and feel for storytelling to some of her countrys leading intellectual and cultural institutions. She has served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, columnist for Financial Times and bloomberg news, she has taught economic history at the stern school of business. Now in addition to her prolific book writing, amity serves as a president ial scholar for kings college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation, and in a big coup for us at michigan chairs the whole Selection Committee for the Manhattan Institute high outcries. An award she herself has won. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination quite as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dramatic and turbulent moments. The assassinations of the kennedys and Martin Luther king jr. The march on washington and antiwar protests. Neil armstrong on the moon and fighting in vietnam. Amitys
This is an average small town, population about 10,000. Pleasant homes, some industry, main street. One of the 10,000 in habitants is anne wheeler. 14 years old. This is roger cartwright. He is 14 years old. There is a lot of things we can tell you about anne and roger. Where they live and who their parents are and what subjects they like at school . One thing we dont have to tell you is it is plain as day and they are fit. Nothing remarkable about that. For most young people these days good health is something taken for granted. Well, have you ever stopped the think why these young people like most of us dont have to worry about their health . Why is that so . Take this glass of water for instance. What does a glass of water have to do with annes health . It is quite simple really. When water falls from the sky as rain, it may be pure and fit to drink. But as it runs towards the sea, water may become polluted because Industrial Wastes are discharged in it. Also because of the waste co