Worship. Clearly he sometimes felt sensitive about the way in which he was viewed even then. Ways even someer scores with other generals who wore blue in such an artful way that a lot of people take his memoirs at face value instead of thatrative presentation emphasizes some things and things,discuss other such as the rumors of grants drinking. Even if he bought a farm next to where budweiser clydesdales are now housed in st. Louis. He entertained visits from confederate officers including buckner who surrendered to him in 1862. Now he welcomed buckner and messages from other confederates. Foralked about the need harmony and peace even as he reminded people because of the war had been slavery and justice had to be done to the black man. Several of those confederates acted as pallbearers after his death in 1885. Understoodgrant could not define the american civil wars ending at appomattox. That was one stage in a longer struggle. Although there had been achievements and successes there
Him them. The fastestgrowing age segment in this countrys people over the age of 85. The second is people over the age of 100. When these programs for put in place, Life Expectancy was 67 or 68. Not only are the more people in the system, but they are living longer. We have to be able to look at these programs and make meaningful adjustments that will allowing people to live with dignity at a much longer time. Eastern onht at 8 00 cspans q a. On lectures in history, university of southern mississippi professor andrew wiest and john young teach a class about the vietnam war, focusing on the mekong delta. Professor andrew wiest talks about the area and john young talks about what it was Like Fighting there. The class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Andrew you guys know that we are talking about the vietnam war. Specifically, we will talk about the war in 1967. Andrew and even more specific, we will be talking about the mekong delta. 1967 was the year when the general had his chance for
You forgot how pretty he looked, and in the commander and chief advisor to the military, as well. The chief aspect of the strategy that most americans know about was surge and destroy, it is sending out u. S. Forces into the lands of vietnam to pin down and destroy the enemy forces, being the North Vietnamese or the viet cong. The first main battle of the vietnam war was in the last lecture, about the battles fought in november of 1965. And it was indicated that we had technological advances that would enable us to achieve some startling victories. First off, the helicopter which is one of these images of the vietnam war, it provided us with a maneuverability. Anywhere the viet cong were found, we could hunt them down. Once we lost them in the battle, we had the technological advances to destroy them, airpower and artillery, usually used around the countryside. And it had worked so well in 1965, you remember we were talking about that, that battle involved at the most one u. S. Battali
Were all fakes, painted by a struggling artist in his garage in queens. The fraud might still be going on if were not for an art historian named jack flam, who was the first person to uncover the scheme and blow the whistle to the government. When you found out that all these paintings were forged by one guy working in queens, what did you think . I was amazed. I was truly amazed. The guy really knew what he was doing. Sharyn alfonsi scientists from the u. S. And mexico recently surveyed the gulf to count the last vaquitas still in existence. Its not easy, because their numbers are dwindling and the animals are notoriously shy and elusive. Thats one reason why most people have never heard of a vaquita okay, theyre right here ten o clock alfonsi and fewer have seen one. We didnt expect to see any, either. Whats your best guess . How many vaquita are left . I think theres certainly fewer than 100. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im anderson cooper. Im bill whitaker. Im Sharyn Alfonsi. I
Struggling artist in his garage in queens. The fraud might still be going on if were not for an art historian named jack flam, who was the first person to uncover the scheme and blow the whistle to the government. When you found out that all these paintings were forged by one guy working in queens, what did you think . I was amazed. I was truly amazed. The guy really knew what he was doing. Sharyn alfonsi scientists from the u. S. And mexico recently surveyed the gulf to count the last vaquitas still in existence. Its not easy, because their numbers are dwindling and the animals are notoriously shy and elusive. Thats one reason why most people have never heard of a vaquita okay, theyre right here ten o clock alfonsi and fewer have seen one. We didnt expect to see any, either. Whats your best guess . How many vaquita are left . I think theres certainly fewer than 100. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im anderson cooper. Im bill whitaker. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im scott pelley. Those stories