Vietnam. The twopart battle took place 1965. Ovember 14 to 18, it was thanksgiving day at home when Americans First read about the battle, which was a turning week of sorts, with single casualty numbers exceeding those of the worst week of the korean war. Americans had to face the facts that we really were engaged in a war. Today, we have veterans of the battle of the ia drang valley it wastalking about what like on the front lines. Mr. Vince cantu was drafted in 1963 and became a u. S. Army private in the First Battalion of the seventh cavalry. His battalion was charged with a new type of air warfare that they called air mobile. Colonel Bruce Crandall is a helicopters,or and and has led more than 900, insions during two tours vietnam. He was drafted into the army in 1953, and in early 1965, he joined the dominican republican republic as a liaison for the air corps and later commanded Division Battalion in vietnam. He has received many awards, including the bronze star medal, the flyin
Kate masur is an associate professor of history at northwestern. They have been looking at ways to incorporate the history of reconstruction into the National Park Service Sites and they will report what the National Park service is doing. Will do, etc. And then, Jennifer Taylor is a phd candidate in history right here at the university of South Carolina who helped to develop very impressive exhibitions and tours at the Woodrow Wilson family home here in columbia which focuses heavily on the , reconstruction era when he lived in columbia. Let me just begin just by saying my involvement in this little part of reconstruction history goes back to the year 2000 when totally out of the blue i received a phone call from the secretary of the interior, Bruce Babbitt, who said, professor, i have just read your book on reconstruction. I said, that surprises me. I hope he was not insulted. I did not really think that cabinet members had a lot of time to spend reading long history books. Now heari
Associate professor of history at the university of california, davis. Kate masur is a is a professor of history at northwestern. Have been looking at ways to incorporate the history of reconstruction into the National Park Service Sites and they will report what the National Park service is doing. Is ahen, Jennifer Taylor phd candidate right here at the university of South Carolina who helped to develop very impressive exhibitions and tours of the Woodrow Wilson family home, which focuses heavily on the reconstruction era when he lived in columbia. Just by sayingin this littlent in part of reconstruction history whenback to the year 2000 i received a phone call from the secretary of the interior, bruce professor, isaid, have just read your book on reconstruction. I said, that surprises me. I hope he was not insulted. That cap really think and a members had a lot of time to spend reading long history books. Know there are some who do have a strong sense of history. Invited me to washin
Cspan 3 he was 20 years younger than john adams and 14 years younger than jefferson. He was 44 at the time of the election. He could think that maybe there was another opportunity. Thank you. [applause] you are watching American History tv, 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on a stand three. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and keep up with the latest history news. Announcer a panel of historians talk about efforts to include the history of reconstruction, they describe work by the National Park service and recently published books as a larger effort to start a National Conversation on the events and effects of the reconstruction era. The university of south carolinas History Center and Historic Columbia posted this event. This afternoon, our panel is about interpreting reconstruction, challenges and opportunities. Just to briefly say who the panelists are, Michael Allen , who will be the first speaker is a Community Partnership specialist wi