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This program was part of the 2019 National World war i museum and memorial symposium. Lora next, talking a little bit about stuff going on in russia. Again, i feel like everything is relevant in the world today that connects back to world war i. Our next speaker is james carl nelson. He is the author of four books about the American Experience in world war i. The remains of company d, five lieutenants, i will hold. He is the winner of the colonel Joseph Alexander award for biography from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the polar bear expedition the heroes of americas forgotten invasion of russia, 1918 to 1919, which you will be learning more about in his lecture today. A graduate in journalism from the university of minnesota, nelso ....
Elected office an american can attain. Inwas born in this house texas in 1890. Rearedabilene, kansas, in this white frame building. His boyhood room is today much as he left it. Dwights High School Memories could be those of 100 million other americans. After hisin abilene graduation in 1909, he took a job as night foreman, fire stroker, and handyman in the bell springs creamery, still standing, where his father worked. Paulding ice was one of the heavy chores that kept dwight busy as he waited for his appointment to the United States military academy at west point. At the academy, cadet eisenhower drilled in the quadrangle, worshiped at the chapel, and pledged his attention to duty, service to country in the service of the school. At the inauguration of president 1913,w wilson in eisenhower marched proudly with his fellow cadets in the inaugural parade. Up with thee lin ....
About the American Experience in world war i. , fivemains of company d lieutenants, i will hold. He is the winner of the colonel Joseph Alexander award for biography from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the polar bear expedition the heroes of americas forgotten invasion of russia, 1918 to 1919, which you will be learning more about in his lecture today. A graduate in journalism from the university of minnesota, nelson has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald of the lastred some three decades major stories, so he can expand even further on that concept. He is an active member of the western Front Association and currently lives in eden prairie, minnesota, where he is working on his fifth book of world war i nonfiction. Pl ....
Considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets market welcome james morgan. Mr. Morgan good morning, everyone. I will be moving around. We are good on sound back there . All, our topic, our theme really is a small battles and big results. Balls bluff meets those criteria. Very small battle. 1700 men on each side. The numbers were almost dead even. Tomakes it really amusing read the officers after action reports because on both sides they insist that they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. Numbers were dead even. At every point of contact during the day as the numbers are increasing up to the ultimate 1700, at every point of contact the numbers are fairly close. Small battle. Wasral Charles Stone who the Union Division commander after the war wrote to one of the first historian chroniclers of the war. He said balls bluff was like an unremarkable morning sk ....
Boston now on the brink of its snowiest winter ever with another storm in the forecast today monday, march 2, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday why dont we start out saying hello to the folks in boston on the verge of a championship season. All the wrong reasons. Oh, man. Thats boston. Snow piled high. Here we have new york city. Were famous for this. Dirt slurpee slush all over the st we have in one day yesterday we got more snow for the month of march by over an inch. And more on the way. Al, thanks. Lets start with our top story. Alleged threats by isis against twitters cofounder jack dorsey and the company employees. Keir simmons has the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. May be twitter employees hearing this frightening news this morning, the message allegedly threatens retali ....