will be learning more about in his lecture today. a graduate of the university of minnesota. he has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald and has covered some of the major stories of the last three decades. he is an active member of the western front association and currently lives in minnesota where he is working on his facebook of world war i nonfiction. please join me in giving a round of applause for james carl nelson. [applause] james: i m going to talk about the polar bears. start off with a story of a guy who was a lieutenant, commander of the fourth platoon, company a, 330 night infantry regiment. 1919,rning of january 19, he and his men were stationed 250 miles south of archangel guarding an american allied outpost in the conflict which i will be explaining. he was woken up that morning at 6:00 a.m. by a shell. got out of bed, joined his men. there were only 45 men. manning the lines. meanwhile, these ghostly forms were heading for them. hundreds of ghostly