Intense combat at the battle at reservoir where he was captured. Watch korean war oral histories tonight beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. My name is jared frederick. Im an instructor of history at penn state al tuna and also a reenactor with the living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event, it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. One can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods, ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation for what the greate
Penn state al tuna and also a reenactor with the living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event, it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. One can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods, ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation for what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who come visit this place, then we feel weve done a fairly good job. The unit we portray is the fourth Infantry Division. And its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in t
My name is jared frederick, i am an instructor of history at penn state, and i am a reenactor with the furious fourth World War Ii History group. We are here at the u. S. Army Heritage Education center in pennsylvania. It is a major complex on the Army Heritage trail. Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer. We thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. Us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. If we can impart even a small inkling of that to the passersby, then we feel like we have done a good job. The unit we portray is the Fourth Infantry Division. It is a unit overshadowed in the World War Ii History. It was one of the spearhead units involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first amphibious troops who were a
Furious fourth World War Ii History group. We are here at army had rich days at the u. S. Army heritage andrea and Education Center here in carlile, pennsylvania. At this event, its a major complex. We are here on the Heritage Army heritage trail. We can find reenacting historians from all different time periods from the 17th century up to the president. My group is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion which is taking place this summer. We found it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. Us putting on these uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. If we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and families who come visit this place, then we feel like weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the Fourth Infantry Division. Its a unit that is sometimes overshadowed in the realm of World War Ii History. Nonetheless, it was
Accounts can help galvanize the stories of world war ii for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons hopefully and have a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their compatriots have gone through. We know the gentleman gentleman sitting here before us, and the other infants, we have a short the other infants, we have a short time. It is amazing they are sitting here with us today. We also want to make sure everyone in the audience has a chance to participate and ask questions of their own that you will find valuable in your classrooms and for your students. When you ask them, i will probably step forward to make sure i can hear you properly, repeat the question so the audience can hear and the cspan audience can hear and our honorees in here as well. Lets introduce our panel. First to my left in a handsome red blazer [laughter] charles mcgee, one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer in the United States air force