I museum. And i also was one of the consultants on the vietnam exhibit that began at the New York Historical society and has traveled here. And it was a real pleasure to work on that. And i hope that you all get a chance to see it. Its an interesting exhibit. Today im going to talk a bit about my current research, which as camille said is how the u. S. Army as an institution was trying to manage a crisis that its leaders perceived during the war in vietnam, a crisis around race. And as i imagine almost all of you know the u. S. War in vietnam was the first major conflict at the United States fought from the beginning with an integrated armed force, with racially integrated armed force. And for much of that war that process was treated as a Great Success and in combat it almost was without exception was. But by the end of the 1960s army leaders were talking about the war within the war and trying to figure out how to manage a racial crisis that they saw as starting to tear the army apar
And fought in the same Army Infantry unit. In our year of war, Daniel Bolger recounts their journeys from Middle America to vietnam at the right of the war and home again. As we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. The author, daniel p. Bolger, served in the u. S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq. Earning five bronze star medals. One for valor and the combat action badge. He is a contributing editor for Army Magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagle has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u. S. Senator from his home state nebraska. During the the vietnam war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantryman badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at oma
Hagel. Both volunteered to go to war and fought in the same infantry unit. Daniel bolger recounts their journeys from Middle America to vietnam at the height of the war, and home again. As we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. The author, Daniel Bolger served in the u. S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq, earning five bronze star medals. Fors a contributing editor Army Magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 20 13th 2015, and before that a u. S. Senator from nebraska. During the vietnam war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantry man badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a Congressional Staff assistant, cofound
General in afghanistan and iraq. He is the trumpeting editor for military magazine and he teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagel has long served our country. He was secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 a before then, u. S. Senator from nebraska. During the event of war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantry man badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a Congressional Staff assistant, cofounded vanguard cellular, and begin the president and chief executive officer of the uso. He is the author of america, our next chapter. Tom hagel was born and raised in nebraska as well. In combat he earned three purple hearts, the bronze star with a v for valor in the combat infantryman branch badge. He graduated from the university of nebraska omaha and the university of Nebraska School of law. After working as a public defender he taught law at Temple University and jo
That. So its a long essay. Its pretty funny, actually. A lot of what happened is just hilarious and unplanned. Your whole life youre not just an author. You have some other things as well. Yes, i am a tv host and i host a show that airs every sunday morning. Parents of Young Children may know you from a different genre. Strangely enough i have had the joy of working for veggie tales as a writer. I wrote half of the hamlet all my parity and im the voice on the video. Also i wrote some books for veggie tales. I have written 30 Children Books over the years and other genre that i was expecting to skip that god had other plans. I love writing for children. Its one of the most fun things you can do. Some of my heroes have been childrens books writers. C. S. Lewis wrote childrens books and i really do enjoy it. My childrens books are usually also for adults. I hope theres a sophistication and a wit that some of the best childrens writing and mind aspires to have that so ive done a lot of chi