Colonel Edward Shames began in 1942. He was enlisted with the 101st airborne. He received a Battlefield Commission. He was transferred to easy company as a platoon commander. He has quite the sassy attitude. Are you ready for that . It is and gentlemen, i give you colonel edward shame. Colonel Edward Shames. [applause] colonel shames dont let this cane for you. My kitty cat did this to me about four months ago. Incidentally, all of you familiar with battlefield are you familiar with Battlefield Commissions . Probably not. People familiar with Battlefield Commissions wanted photo ops. They can put all the names in the cap. You picked one. And that was me. See, now you know. [laughter] colonel shames shames that was supposed to be funny. The American Army almost lost a year to reach hitlers eagles nest. After we landed in normandy. If you noticed your programs for todays lecture, youll knows that they gave me a second 30 minutes to go from normandy to the eagles nest. I asked for 10 minu
Jankowski. He specializes in modern european and french history, including the histories of modern warfare. In 2014 he won the world war i Historical Association tomlinson book award. Dr. Jankowski will discuss today. Paul will consider how this devastating battle has continued to survive in the publics collective memory. On the Centennial Anniversary of the battle in december, dr. Jankowskis talk is particularly timely. We are delighted that at the beginning of this symposium we would be introducing to you and invite you to warmly welcome Paul Jankowski to the museum and memorial. Thank you. Good morning, thank you very much. To comeeal pleasure , one ofthis fine museum the truly great world war i museums in the world. Its nice to see such an impressive during. Im not used to such gatherings, and the classes i teach on the subject. But so be it. About let me take this off for a minute. I want to talk about the various ofs in which the battle verdun has been rendered. It has generated
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