Toni thank you for joining us today. Im excited to talk about loyal forces. Lindsay barnes and i coauthored this book that was published in 2013. We did it after an exhibition on the larger topic of animals in war that we had at the museum. For the book, we narrow the focus just to talk about the u. S. Military and the use of animals throughout the war. I will talk about four main animals today and if we have some time, i will try to get in some other fun topics as well. We will talk about mules, dogs, pigeons and horses. We will go to the first slide on mules. Although they are often looked down upon because of their stubborn natures, the phrase tough as a government mule is one we are probably familiar with. They are hardworking and widely used in the military, both before world war ii and during the war. They really did prove vital in some areas. Why use mules . They have a sturdy nature and are very surefooted. They were vital on some of the rugged terrains that were impassable by
Americans still missing. Since moved into a new role as Research Historian where he spent the majority of his time helping family members discover their loved ones world war ii stories throughout our services. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome james dausey. [applause] thank you, pete. It is a great honor to be a part of this incredible conference. It is my third of these and a great delight to moderate a panel with such esteemed unfamiliar speakers. Twoink you know our speakers very well. I will keep the introductions brief for both of them. First, going in the order of presentation first, james , holland. Historian, writer, and broadcaster. We have seen him on countless tv shows and documentaries. Hes led many of our tours here at the museum. There are too many books i would take 10 minutes going through all of his books. Just to mention a few of them italys sorrow, a year of war, 194445, fortress malta, the battle of britain. Hes working through a threevolume new history of the Se
Jeff paul is near the damage. Hes surveying what is left. Jeff . Reporter yeah, gillian, hard to put into words, this region was already hard hit by flooding, and now it has been devastated by an apparent very powerful tornado. As i step out of the way here, you can see what it did, likely did to this this was a motel right here. You can see theres a sign that was up there, some cars that have been damaged, wood all over the place, twisted metal. As we push in a little further, this is the most powerful image weve seen out here so far. That is the second floor of a motel. And officials believe that this apparent tornado took that entire floor clear off of that motel as you take a look at it. The bottom floors right there, the windows are blown out, the doors are mostly gone. The top though, its just level. You can see right through it like it never existed. And beyond that, thats where that rv park is where officials believe two people were killed in this apparent tornado. Now, some of
In 1909 the City of Muskogee purchased forty acres of land on Agency Hill from the Creek Nation at a cost of $4,500. The land was overgrown with brambles and