I am an associate professor of history here the naval academy. My field of research is japanese history, but what i specifically write about is Japanese Military medicine and the experiences of japanese Wounded Soldiers and disabled veterans. Our panel today has two papers about medicine, another paper about experiences of African Americans in naval affairs, and the panels title is from the , africanamericans, disabled soldiers, and combat medical care. We have three presenters today, our first presentation will be christopher, who is giving a presentation titled no arms, no problem, the surprising and somewhat scandalous life of a disabled 19thcentury soldier a sailor. Emeritus andfessor since 2012 has been a scholar in residence at the Newberry Library located in chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including a naval biography, which first appeared in 1972, a gentlemanly and honorable profession, the creation of the u. S. Naval officer for, which was sailored in 1991, and
Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with
And how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. Emond. He retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. Most of it in contract Technology Transfer and project management at nasa. He is a member of the Maritime Committee with the Maryland Historical society. He is a collector of historical artifacts from the American Revolution and civil war. Including several civil war soldiers letters which he will refer to in this presentation. A program that will be approximately one hour long. We will take questions and answer
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Daschle hammond likened the season in which people knew for the hippie or stereotypes about to be, but i really wanted with season of the witch to tell the history of the city as Daschle Hammond might have written it, with the same sense of the citys toughness, of its mystery and of its kind of rugged atmosphere. Many people forget that San Francisco before the 50s era was a tough Irish Catholic, Italian Catholic town, very traditional in many ways and the first wave of hippies who came to this city really have the drawbridge pulled up on them. Many of the kids couldnt get treatment when they had drug drop bombs and other medical problems. They were given the Cold Shoulder by the city and city officials. The cops were after them. So that was only the beginning of what became the first first culture wore a pink right here in San Francisco. Americas first culture war was a civil war within San Francisco itself between these new social forces that began squeezing in the 1960s and 1970s wi