so we re going to hear from patrick o donnell and learn the story of those eight bears. patrick o donnell is a critically acclaimed military historian and an expert expert on elite units. he is the author of 11 books and he is the recipient of several national awards. he served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of fallujah speaks often on espionage counter operations and counter insurgency. foras provided consulting the award-winning series band of brothers and just to read you a couple of snippets of reviews on this, his newest book, exhaustive research with fluid, mr. o donnell relates the history of the unknown soldier their part in world war i through the soldier s experience. and from usa today a gripping story from one of the best and most gripping stories. few authors have the same kind of enthusiasm that o donnell brings to this topic. ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome patrick o donnell to the stage. it is really quite an
there s the heavy guns. this is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. there were real guns in france and heavy artillery. one of the body bearers is represented there. the field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. these are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. in some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. as they moved up and provided close artillery support, that s the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. general pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. and i follow a chicagoan. a dough boy through the entire war. younger was part of the second infantry division. an elite unit within the american expedition theary forc and younger is there. he s a dough boy. a regular grunt. a sergeant that fights from battle
also the actions of individuals. a number testified to the great sacrifice, death and combat. the national cemetery in arlington, virginia is the resting place of more than 400,000 people, including nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers. in 1921, a single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who have died without being identified. the soldier of world war 1 was laid to rest with so many lemm ceremony attended by those of the highest ranks. on film documents the progress of that soldier s remains from france to the united states. and the newly built tomb of the unknown soldier. as the ceremonies at the u.s. capitol where the unknown lay, general pershing stood to fill the role of the nearest relative. along the way, eight men personally selected by general pershing accompanied the body of the unknown. so we ll hear from patrick o donnell and learn the story of those eight bearers and their hair rheroism on the battlefiel. he is an expert on elite units. author of 11 bo
three-day conference hosted by the national world war ii museum in new orleans. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. for those who did not attend yesterday evening s event or yesterday s wonderful symposium, n.am colonel pete crea i will be serving as your master tomorrownies today and , for the rest of the international conference. i would like to also welcome our on livestream and on c-span. the theme of yesterday s symposium was the two world wars. we wanted to start off this morning for our first full day with a bridge session of sorts. we have one slight little typo in your program. this is not about the unknown soldier of world war ii. this is about the unknown soldier of world war i. the tomb of the unknown soldier has come to symbolize the collective sacrifice of service members of the last century s wars. to tell us about the first unknown soldier is patrick o donnell, author of 11 books. as we were just talking about before i came up, he has collected hundreds, if
being identified. the soldier of world war i was laid to rest with a solemn ceremony attended by the highest ranks of military leaders. film documents the progress of the soldiers remains from france to the u.s. and the newly built him of the unknown soldier. the ceremony at the u.s. capitol where they lay. general pershing stood as the soldier s father to fill the role of a relative. along the way from france to a resting place, eight men selected by general purging accompanying the body of the unknown. we are going to hear from patrick o donnell and learn the story of those eight bearers and their heroism on the battlefield. patrick o donnell is a best-selling and critically acclaimed military historian and an expert on elite units. he is the author of 11 books. he is the recipient of several national awards. he served as a combat historian in a marine rifle platoon during the battle of the lucia and speaks on espionage special operations. he has provided historical s con