Good. Splendid. Perfect. New orleans. Morning to all of you. And welcome to the National World war two museum and, our new and lovely battle, barksdale Parade Ground on behalf the board of trustees of the National World war two museum. I want to thank you for honoring us with your presence here today. It is indeed a momentous day in the life of this great institution. With the opening of the liberation, we finally tell the full story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world, a story that now includes words, an understanding of the cost of victory and its meaning. Today, with the opening of this capstone pavilion and we bring to completion a journey that began 23 years ago, or as our founder nick mueller would more accurate aptly states. If you include its inception as a mere idea and ten years of planning, 33 years. But on june six, 2000, the 56 anniversary of the dday invasion, we gathered nearby to celebrate the opening of the National Dday museum and the beginnin
Good. Splendid. Perfect. New orleans. Morning to all of you. And welcome to the National World war two museum and, our new and lovely battle, barksdale Parade Ground on behalf the board of trustees of the National World war two museum. I want to thank you for honoring us with your presence here today. It is indeed a momentous day in the life of this great institution. With the opening of the liberation, we finally tell the full story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world, a story that now includes words, an understanding of the cost of victory and its meaning. Today, with the opening of this capstone pavilion and we bring to completion a journey that began 23 years ago, or as our founder nick mueller would more accurate aptly states. If you include its inception as a mere idea and ten years of planning, 33 years. But on june six, 2000, the 56 anniversary of the dday invasion, we gathered nearby to celebrate the opening of the National Dday museum and the beginnin
Good. Splendid. Perfect. New orleans. Morning to all of you. And welcome to the National World war two museum and, our new and lovely battle, barksdale Parade Ground on behalf the board of trustees of the National World war two museum. I want to thank you for honoring us with your presence here today. It is indeed a momentous day in the life of this great institution. With the opening of the liberation, we finally tell the full story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world, a story that now includes words, an understanding of the cost of victory and its meaning. Today, with the opening of this capstone pavilion and we bring to completion a journey that began 23 years ago, or as our founder nick mueller would more accurate aptly states. If you include its inception as a mere idea and ten years of planning, 33 years. But on june six, 2000, the 56 anniversary of the dday invasion, we gathered nearby to celebrate the opening of the National Dday museum and the beginnin
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So what were going to talk about is memories. For the most part. And and these are, as i said, the lighthearted side. And have some slides already ready up there to indicate the kind of the connectivity here. But between the story beginning with the Landing Craft and going to the present, but then im not sure where i point this. There you go. So thats the cover of the new book that mike just mentioned. And that ipiorial photographic essay with. A little slim slim history and its the next. This is the prequel. The sequel will be out in a couple of years. So and the story really has a couple of beginnings the first really goes back and i want spend a little bit of time with my friendship tephen e that has preceded the the epior the eureka moment. I would say, and goes back to 1971 whenst help as part of the Team Recruiting him to yknow, lsu in new orleans at that time and the second beginning is when he had that moment and 1at led to the idea for the dday museum and the lsu uno and uno a