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, nelson has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald and has covered some of the last 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 prai
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 lined military Academy Football team, but he injured a knee and cadet eisenhower saw his football career come to an end.
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. Please join me in giving a round of applause for james carl nelson. [applause] james is this thing on . Oh, good. I have my swag here. Thanks for coming. Im going to talk about the polar bears. Thats a lonely photo, isnt it . In theme with the 1919 piece
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 skirmish. That is what it was. If it had been bought fought in 1864, it may not even been named. In 1861. Ff was
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