We were charted in 1923 by congress. And given at that time the mission of establishing monuments throughout the American Battlefields of europe, after the great war to commemorate and honor the service and achievements from American Armed forces in world war i. Our first chairman was general john, who had of course been commander of the Expeditionary Forces of the war. Interestingly, one of his early assistants on the commission was a guy named dwight eisenhower, who did a lot of the who helped to write our guide to American Battlefield and that work prove to be abused him in world war ii. Then of course the next person is george marshall, who has world war i connections. So the commission erupted alternately eat i believe memorials across france. And then in 1933, we also designed the chapel that were established at the permanent american cemeteries in europe. A 1933, president roosevelt chance for those cemeteries to us. So our brand now if you will are our cemeteries. Most people a
Youre watching on youtube or you are watching on Facebook Live, we hope that you are encouraged to ask questions and unlike being here in the auditorium, you can actually ask them during our presentation and once dr. Babb wraps up well ask him those. So, hope you are feeling creative tonight. It is now my pleasure to officially introduce dr. Geoff babb. Dr. Joseph g. D. Babb is a special forces Lieutenant Colonel currently serving as associate professor of history at the yooush army command and general staff college. Dr. Babb served as a China Foreign officer where he studied in hong kong and beijing and in washington, d. C. At the Defense Intelligence agency and on the joint staff. He has written on the american militarys role in china in volumes one and two through the join enter agency and multiagencye i lens. Perspective on the operationaly environment and most recently wrote a chapter on the korea war in weaving the tangled web military deception and largescale combat operations.
Video. Edwin, matt, thank you both so much for joining us for this lunch and learn conversation about world war i memorials and what is happening right now in kansas city and whats happening in washington, d. C. Yeah, great. Thanks, lora. Great to be with you. Good to see you, edwin. Good to see you, matt, as always. Edwin, i mentioned that you are working for the abmc. Can you tell us more about the work of that particular commission . Certainly. And abmc is our mission is almost as old as yours. We were chartered in 1923 by congress and given, at that time, the mission of establishing monuments throughout the American Battlefields of europe, after the great war, to commemorate and honor the service and achievements of American Armed forces in world war i. Our first chairman was general john pershing, commander of the Expeditionary Forces in the war. Interestingly, one of his early assistants on the commission was a fellow named dwight eisenhower, who helped write our guide to America
The museum hosted this discussion and provided the video. Edwin, matt, thanks for joining us for this lunch and learn conversation about world war i memorials and whats happening right now in kansas city and whats happening in washington, d. C. Yeah, great. Thanks, laura. Great to be with you. Good to see you, edwin. Good to see you, matt, as always. Edwin, i mentioned that you are working for the abmc. Could you tell us more about the work of that particular commission . Certainly. And abmc is our mission is almost as old as yours. We were chartered in 1923 by congress and given at that time the mission of establishing monuments throughout the American Battlefields of europe after the great war to commemorate and honor the service and achievements of American Armed forces in world war i. Our first chairman was general John Pershing who had been, of course, commander of the American Expeditionary forces in the war. Interestingly, one of his early assistants on the commission was a fell
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