aboard the uss west virginia and fired anti aircraft guns at the attackers, though he had never been trained on the weapons. as a result, this grandson of slaves became the first african american awarded a navy cross. next on american history tv, to scholars talk about dorie miller s story and explore how the memory of his heroics have evolved over the years. the national world war ii museum in new orleans hosted this event and provided the video. robert citino here from the national world war ii museum. i m actually in my study and this is a clever simulation of one of our galleries, the evil jima gallery. as all of our guests know, whenever anniversaries come up, we at the museum think very long and hard and pretty deeply about how we want to commemorate the various events of the calendar year. december is always a big time around here at the museum because it s the anniversary of pearl harbor. it s also the anniversary of the largest battle ever fought in history the uni
good evening everyone. welcome to the national world war ii museum. all of those who you are sitting here and watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. and we feel your presence. i am doctor rob citino, the senior historian here at the museum. i am also the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. tonight is the latest installment of our meet the authors series. we always like to mention our sponsor. we bring this to you with the general support of the strike foundation. we could not do it without them. many of you have been to our events before. you probably know we have a tradition here at the museum. may i ask, are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight. if you would please stand or wave and. thank you. i have heard the president, ceo americas, and the current president say this many times. we built this museum for you, so thank you for coming to these events. military
good evening, everyone. welcome to the national world war ii museum, all of those of you who are sitting here and those watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. and we feel your presence too. as many of you probably know i m dr. rob satino, the samuel and murray stone senior historian at the museum. and the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. and we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the strake foundation and couldn t do it without them. thank you. now many of you have been to our events before you foe we have a tradition at the museum. may i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight? if you would please stand or wave too. thanks, folks. [ applause ] you know i ve heard the president and ceo emeritus appear others here say thank you for coming
hamilton talks about the last book in his trilogy. war and peace covers the fdr planning in d-day until his death in 1945. national world war ii museum in new orleans hosted this event. good evening, everyone. welcome to the national world war ii museum what and to those watching on the live stream i know you re out there and with us in spirit and we feel your presence too. as many of probably know i m the senior historian here at the museum and i m also the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. tonight is the latest install. our meet the author series and we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the strak foundation. so thank you. now, many of you have been to our events before. you probably know we have a tradition here at the museum. may i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight if you will please stand or wave. [ applause ] thanks, folks. you
executive director of the intuit for the study of war and democracy. tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series and we always like to mention our sponsor, we bring this to you with the generous sport of the strake foundation and couldn t do it without them so thank you. many of the events we know we have a tradition at the mumz. may i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight? if you would please stand and and waved too. [ applause ] thanks, folks. you know, i ve heard the president and ceo nick mueller and steven watson say this many times we built this museum for you. so thank you for coming to these events. military veterans of any other era? if you would stand or wave and please we always know that s a a large number. [ applause ] i love the waves. people give different forms of waves here. that s good. i like that one. thank you so much. now we would also like to acknowledge three special guests in th