And that suggests titling it manpower and morale after tet rather than in vietnam, that something changed. After the 1968 tet offensive, the media documented a growing crisis, frequent stories of malaise, challenges to authority and reports of scandals and atrocities, the most infamous of which was the mai lai massacre. And internal military documents tell much the same story. So in thinking about what happened after the tet offensive, we are thinking about we suggested that things were different before 1968. As we Start Talking about post tet, i thought it would give you i thought i would give you a really quick picture of pretet. The most common claim that originated within the military and circulated through the press is that in vietnam the United States had fielded the besttrained, bestequipped, bestdisciplined force in its history, a force of very high morale. Here is general westmoreland speaking in 1966, their performance is exceeding my expectations. I have the journalist peter
Mildred bliss, who was a great friend of hers. She could let her hair down a bit and explain all the things that were going on in her life. But i think the garden notebook, which is a very important document, takes us through all the things she went through and her spot on comments about maintenance, design flaws. From the beginning, she have this incredible i think that was the most important thing that she brought to her Landscape Design career. That gavecial context her clients, but she would have been nowhere even with both clients she did not have that incredible insight into design and criticism. When i was looking at the program, when they first presented it to me, i had to learn about a little bit of the history. I did not want people to think we had the Beatrix Farrand garden all the way up which was then removed for the Justice Kennedy guarded. Just close, i will give you a little capsule of what happened between the two of them. Because actually, in the 1920s, and this is ve
I may say, of the extent to which that history is being taught in our schools and colleges. Particularly in our schools. The ignorance of the history of our country and particularly of its military history is being widely ignored and thats got to be fixed. And one of the best people to fix it, of course, is our speaker this morning, alex kershaw. We feel in this 75th year of the anniversary of dday, particularly close to what we call the greatest generation, on memorial day we honored americans who had paid the supreme sacrifice in all of our wars. But weve always felt a particular closeness to what we call the greatest generation many of whom are slowly passing from the scene. Steven ambrose, biographer said the quality of character that we impute to them is one which has grown increasingly rare in our culture. Namely, modesty. More than one of these gentlemen is said to me that when people thank him for his service, he is embarrassed. He thanks them for their thanks. But what else wo
Good morning. It is a pleasure and an honor to welcome all of you here for our presentation this morning by alex kershaw. My name is side bunting c y bunting. I work at the world war ii memorial and have the continuous honor and privilege of being from thatmany heroes period in our history and to thosee their families and interested in learning that andory more thoroughly making up the deficiencies, i may say, of the extent to which that history is being taught in our schools and colleges, particularly in our schools. The ignorance of the history of our country, and particularly of its military history, is being being ignored it is widely ignored and that has got to be fixed. One of the best people to fix it, of course, is our speaker this morning, alex kershaw. We feel in the 75th year of the anniversary of dday, particularly close to what we call the greatest generation. On memorial day, we honored who have paid the supreme sacrifice and all of our wars, but we have always felt a par
Military affairs in United States military history. Hes also a fellow Department History alum from west point. And you know among others some comrades here. So joining him on this panel are two heavy hitters as well. Dr. John morrow you saw yesterday the Museum President ial counselor the franklin professor and chair of the History Department the university of georgia. Go dogs. Hes back and and joining him is associate professor of history at the university of new mexico, dr. Robert jefferson. To really lead us through this important topic. So on that adrian continued mission, right . Thank you. Appreciate that. Synonym to be its him. We are great. Thanks. Its an honor to be here. This is my third visit to the museum and every time i come its its grown. Its its mission has expanded. Its an exciting place and i i appreciate seeing that my father served in World War Two huey went ashore at normandy on the 14th day of the of the invasion and they served there for the rest of the war. My m