author of fighting for hope. the national world war ii museum in new orleans hosted this discussion and provided the video. greetings, everyone. i am senior director of programs at the national world war ii museum in new orleans and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to what promises to be a great program on the history of african-americans in combat in the united states from world war i to world war ii with everything in between and in the immediate post-world war ii years, and i am joined by three of our nation s preeminent scholars on this subject. whohost is dr. john morrow, is franklin professor of history at the university of georgia and is co-author with our second panelist, who is professor of harlem st nyu, of rattlers in the great war, which is a fantastic book about one of the great african-american units in the first world war were. our third panelist is robert jefferson junior, associate professor of history at the , andrsity of new mexico the author of fi
another defeat leaves them on the brink of the relegation zone. northampton hang on to return to the top of rugby union s premiership. and no jackpot for adrian lewis at the world darts championship, knocked out in the last 16. welcome along to the programme. it s not been much fun for england for most of the first test against south africa. half the squad have been hit by illness, a batting collapse in the first innings and not much for the bowlers to write home about this morning. but a fightback in the evening session has created a fascinating final couple of days in centurion, led by opener rory burns. adam wild reports. wherever england travel, their barmy army follows. on this centurion morning, what they found was frustration, the england squad ravaged by sickness, south africa unsympathetic, extending their lead further and further. archer eventually found a way through but it felt more like a blip. quintin de kock getting to grips with the best to grips with the best
more than 70 people are believed to have been killed in a car bomb attack in somalia many of the dead were students. campaigners call for a radical overhaul of britain s railways including majorfare reforms and an end to nightmare journeys . now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello. welcome along to the bbc sport centre. you re watching sportsday with me ben croucher. coming up: can england beat illness and all probability to pull off a record breaking victory in the first test against south africa? bournemouth wins are unlikely at the minute too. just one since the start of november now. all the day s premier league football to come. northampton saints return to the top of rugby union s premiership hanging on to win a thriller at franklin s gardens. and no jackpot for adrian lewis at the world darts championship, knocked out in the last 16. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m ben croucher. it s not been much fun for england for most of the first test against so
news. in iceland, three british tourists, including a child, have died after their vehicle crashed while crossing a bridge. four other passengers were critically hurt in the accident. according to local media, the crash happened on a bridge in a popular tourist area in the south east of the island, as our correspondent ben ando reports. the two families were in a toyota land cruiser, which crashed through railings and fell around 20 feet onto a dry riverbed below. first on the scene were the police and a local tour guide, who did all he could to help. i tried to talk a little bit to the driver to calm him down. he was trapped inside the car. i was trying to tell him to save his energy and try to be patient, we will try to get him out of there. it was a very difficult situation. two adults and the child died ar the scene, before others, including two children aged seven and nine, were airlifted to hospital in critical condition. it was immediately clear that this was a very se
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