United states Navy Memorial. Today, were pleased to have jan k. Herman here to discuss his new Naval Institute book, lucky few, the fall of saigon and the rescue mission of the uss kirk. Mr. Herman served as historian of the Navy Medicine department and special assistance to the Surgeon General for 33 years. Hes keeping busy in retirements as evidenced by this book. He has written numerous articles and books, including battle station sick bay, medicine and the korean war, and navy history in vietnam. Hes also produced documentary videos on medicine, including an internationallyacclaimed video on the lucky few. Join me in welcoming jan herman to the Navy Memorial. [ applause ] thank you, mark. I appreciate that introduction. At first glance, the story that youre going to hear today about the uss kirk seems like a little story. It seems like an almost insignificant tale, at that. Thats at first glance. For 35 years, it remained unknown and untold. That may be for a simple reason. Its a v
Stephanie today, we are at special Collections Department at gonzaga university, looking at the tribunal for the far east or the tokyo war crimes, and these papers relate to the trial that went on against the 20 military people and the civilians who were responsible for the federal war, too. Who started world war ii. This military tribunal, it was established i have in 12 Different Countries and nine prosecuting attorneys from various countries that would put these individuals on trial. One of the key people on defense was a general, a general of the Imperial Army and prime minister, and he was the one responsible for the decision to bomb pearl harbor in 1941. So how come they had these papers . They were actually there at the trials. Graduate was there at these trials. He became ill and asked his friend to come to japan and help them out and cover for him while he was ill, so he stayed on. He was supposed to be on a couple of years but he stayed on for two years and helped with that.
Gone to university, looking at the tribunal for the far east or the tokyo war crimes, and these papers relate to the trial that went on against the 20 military people and the civilians who were responsible for the federal war, too. At this military tribunal, it was established i have in 12 Different Countries and nine prosecuting attorneys from various countries that would put these individuals on trial. One of the key people on defense was a general, a general of the Imperial Army and prime minister, and he was the one responsible for the decision to bomb pearl harbor in 1941. , so how come they had these papers . They were actually there at the trials. He became ill and asked his friend to come to japan and help them out and cover for him while he was ill, so he stayed on. He was supposed to be on a couple of beers that state or two years and helped with that. He brought these four boxes of materials back to the United States. One went to the National Archives and the other came to g
When you get to this point in the galleries, you then encounter the statue of king george iii. Momentg you back to that when the declaration was being read in new york in 1776. We have a sailor up there offering you a rope that hes throwing down to try to invite you to consider, but where would you have stood at this point in the story . Youve heard the loyalist critique. You have heard people trying to remain neutral. Youve heard from fervent revolutionaries. We want you to feel like that maybe you had a choice and the outcome was still quite uncertain. We have on display these large lumps here in the case on loan to us from the New York Historical society. Fragments of the original statue that stood there at the bowling green. It was composed of gilded lead about 4000 pounds of lead in , large sheets. That was broken apart into sheets and melted down into 42,000 musket balls, which were turned into ammunition for the Continental Army. Those musket balls were referred to in one newspa
For the next hour, an history tv exclusive, our cities tour visited spokane, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. Or six years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. Can watch more of our visits on cspan. Org slash citiestour. Thing about bing crosby, is legacy and memory was that he was well balanced. He was not needing for fame. Even seek it. It totally surprised him. In s often mentioned today general 20th century histories influenceshe calming on American History. He was the voice that people istened to in the 1930s on hard. When things were so that was bings role in american be sort of ind of he nextdoor neighbor, commonsensical approach to, you know, life and so forth. He modelled that. Goes back to his life neighborhood. Tomah, s born in to washington, on the west side of his state. His family f 3, moved to spokane. His dad took a position at a in spokane. Y they rented a house just a