Battlefield guide and historian who explain what happened and show us century old trenches and a memorial to the lost battalion in the forest. Where are we standing . We are inside the argonnes forest. We are near a mine crater. Its probably a century after the war and still around 25 feet deep and Something Like 80 feet wide. It was a huge mine exploding here. We have to imagine ground up in the air, probably 50 meters high. You could probably see and feel the earth trembling miles around. Where are we on the front . What troops would have been here that wouldve suffered from the mine explosion . That mine exploded in 1916. At the time, the position was stabilized and the french were right there. The german line is very close by. Around 60 or 70 yards from us. The french and german fought here side by side for around three years. When the americans come here in 1918, they will see this mine crater. Of course there is no grass at the time. There were no mine explosions when the america
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the National World war i museum and memorial located here in kansas city, missouri. My name is james taub. Im the Public Program specialist here for the memorial. It is my great passion to welcome you here tonight for women and warfare with Lieutenant Colonel nikki dean. Now to introduce our speaker tonight, i will also say the views she will be stating are not reflective of the United States army, the department of defense, the command and general Staff College or the combined arm center of the United States rv. Lieutenant colonel, nikki dean has 21 years of active service including multiple tours to iraq and afghanistan. By trade, she is an Army Helicopter pilot. Currently, for her second time, army doctor and writer. Originally she is from buffalo, new york. Shes very emotionally conflicted every time the chiefs and bills play each other. She has been stationed around the United States, germany, as well as in korea. Which, in her own words was, sup
Wow, along with these Television Companies, support cspan 2 as a public service. Good evening everyone. Welcome to the National World war i Museum Memorial located here in kansas city, missouri. My name is james todd. And the Public Program specialist here for the memorial. It is my great passion to welcome you here for women and warfare with Lieutenant Colonel nikki dean. Now to introduce our speaker tonight, i will also say the view she will be stating or not reflective of the United States army, the department of defense, the command and general Staff College or the underlying arm of the United States rv. Lieutenant colonel, nikki dean, has 21 years of active service including multiple tours to iraq and afghanistan. By train she is an Army Helicopter pilot. Currently, for her second time, isnt army doctor and writer. Originally she is from buffalo, new york. Is very emotionally conflicted every time the chiefs and bills play each other. She has been stationed around the United State
My wife is an archivist, so i got archivist at home that i have to mind as well as the field as well. The archivist are again are indispensable to what we do in the field of civil war history, in particular. Youd be hard pressed to find a book that doesnt have the imprint of trevor. He knows the collections exceeding only well, and thats whats so crucial. When you work with an archivist, you want someone who can do more than just pull the records off the dusty shelves. Youve got to have somebody who really understands that and knows something about what youre working on. Theyve got to know the field. And trevor does just that. So he has a very again, valuable, Important Role in the field of civil war history. Hes probably some if you want to see some of his work, you should go to prolog. Prolog is the national archive. Its the blog so you can see some of the stuff that hes done there. I remember years ago that trevor did a piece on civil war desertion. That was fantastic. Trevor also i
I am the director of the Cyber Institute here at gettysburg college. Im also a member of the history department. And its my pleasure this afternoon to introduce to you trevor plant. Trevor is the director of the Textual Records Division at the National Archives building in washington, dc. Ill translate that for you all. Trevor has a very important job in the field of history. Trevor is the friend of every historian. Trevor is a really likable guy. But if you didnt like him and youre a historian, hes still going to be really nice to him because archivist have all the power. Now i got a double whammy there. My wife is an archivist, so i got archivist at home that i have to mind as well as the field as well. The archivist are again are indispensable to what we do in the field of civil war history, in particular. Youd be hard pressed to find a book that doesnt have the imprint of trevor. He knows the collections exceeding only well, and thats whats so crucial. When you work with an archivi