His wife and two cats and he enjoys eating oysters, some liquor and peace and quite. Drew gruber. [ applause ] so at this time i will introduce my coauthor Doug Crenshaw who will come up and lecture about williamsburg today. Okay. I sat down last night to review my notes and i couldnt help, but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday and it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. I was going open with a really cool quote and i thought about it, we have this morbid fascination with body count and only big, bloody battles are important and Richard Lewis said something last night where he said the guy who falls from dysentery, thats his forgotten battle and the one guy thats out on picket by himself on a cold day, thats probably his most important battle. So im going to open with a quote from not a historian, just a guy who fought at the battle of williamsburg. This guy gets hit in the shoulder with a 6pound ball. His friend next to him says its just a flesher an
Of the company a regiment. On the morning of january 19 1919, he stationed at the bottom river 250 mile self guarding the line of the American Allied little conflict which ill be explaining. He was awakened that morning in shelves screamed upon the river. He got out of bed and joint men and demanding the lines and these forms were headed for hundreds of forms on skis, meringue tunics and heading straight within minutes they were upon these americans which were overwhelmed quickly and the fight for their lives to escape north for their Companies Headquarters and north which is where they were stationed. They put the flight and a handful of them got back to their Company Headquarters and thats just a lead in to the question of what americans were doing in russia in 1919. Im glad you asked that. Basically, there this western front but also and Eastern Front that the russians had been Holding Since the outset of the war in august of 1914. They tried to invade Missouri Lakes but on the west
Stories from europe including i just been to see i might see the queen of iran and she agreed to dissolve parliament for an election campaigning begins in britain 2nd general election since the 2016 referendum but will it be enough to break the bracks it impacts and install 5 sames can progress to the knockout rounds of the European Champions League this wednesday a win for christian on all those events against Lokomotiv Moscow will put them in the last 60. Open hearings into the potential impeachment of u. S. President donald trump is set to Begin Next Week with 3 key witnesses to testify House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff says the inquiry expects to hear from the u. S. Special envoy to ukraine. And youll remember that he said trump explicitly put pressure on ukraines president to investigate his president ial rival joe biden the Committee Plans to release a transcript of his deposition later on weapons say lets go live now to Washington White House correspondent kimber
Snap election with bracks it looming large on the agenda. In sport born in the Current Events is of puts birthplaces in the last 16 of the European Champions League reaching Lokomotiv Moscow soon warmed to move into the locker room. Welcome to the program in the past half hour a uranium enrichment facility in iran has been activated marking the countrys latest step away from the 2015 court the Atomic Energy organization of iran says uranium gas is now being injected into centrifuges that means the facility will be cost as an active nuclear site rather than a Research Plant the u. S. Which pulled out of the day last year has called the move a big step in the wrong direction french president says its a signal iran intends to quit the Nuclear Agreement altogether. Absolutely a today 2000 kilograms of you have 6 was delivered to ford a nuclear sought under the supervision of all speak to the restarting of centrifuges will take a few well as and from but not the process of injecting new ron
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