[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im the ceo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. I will be your master of ceremonies today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to the gold starof family members we have with us here today. Fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and sons and daughters in touch. All of those who experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well of the sacrifices that our military families make. To those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers, they are the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and hats. Of the Vietnam Veter
Was a veterans day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in washington, d. C. Speakers included former defense secretary and vietnam veteran chuck hagel interior secretary ryan zinke and the designer of the memorial, maya lin. From the national mall, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Ill be your master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The others, fathers wives siblings spouses nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Those are the fo
Over congress, but he had democraticlost 47 seats in the house and two seats in the senate. This was a significant setback. Certainly damaging. L. B. J. s political popularity, pretty steadya decline across 1967. See importantly, what you across 1967 is a kind of breakup centrist coalition that on and beenepended one ofctively in 1964, the biggest landslides in american president ial history. By 196 , he could 1967, he ofld see that was a thing the past and the coalition was fracturing into any number of pieces. On American History t. V. , all weekend long, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. And for the next hour and a half, were going to focus on 1967. Ate of the war in to help us do that, our guests are professor lienhang nguyen. History professor at Columbia University and author book an International History of the war for peace in vietnam. Also, Mark Lawrence, professor of history at the university of texas at austin and author of the vietnam war, a history. Ternational wed al
National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [cap good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im jim knotts, the president and c. E. O. Of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and ill be our master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the to welcome you to the ceremony atans day the wall. Before we begin, i would like to recognize all of the gold star have with uss we here today. Wives,hers, fathers, siblings, spouses, nieces, andews, and the sons daughters. All those who have experienced knowoss of a loved one and all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still theirg for the return of loved ones, who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment the wall volunteers. Theyre the folks you see in the jackets. And the staff of the vietnam for all Memorial Fund they do year around to honor veterans and preserve the memorial. They truly pu
Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on american president ial history. Forward into 68, he could see that was a thing of the past. The coalition he had affectionately coupled together. All weekend long, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. We will focus on the state of the war in 1967. That, our guest is professor at Columbia University author of the book an International History of the war for peace in vietnam. Also, professor of history at the university of texas at austin. Author of the book, the vietnam war. For those of you in eastern and time zone, numbers to call and if you are a vietnam vet, or a protester from the era, real forward to