One giant leap for mankind. On this 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing todays washington journal in conjunction with cspans American History tv will focus on this historic event and its influence on modern spaceflight. For the next three hours we are live from the national air and space museum here in washington, d. C. Where we will talk about apollo 11 with historians, command module pilot Michael Collins and you. You can call us and let us know your impressions of apollo 11 if you watched the moon landing and you want to talk about that day, your impressions of it, 2027488000 and for all others, 2027488001. You can post cspan wj your thoughts and impressions of the 50th anniversary, do the same at our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Our show will be based here from the national air and space museum. A couple facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission, it was astronauts Neil Armstrong, buzz aldrin and Michael Collins, the team for that day. The launch
General Staff College faculty of the department of military history for since 1992. For 11red the department years. During that time, he has come to i quote from the front page of the New York Times 10 years or so ago as the intellectual center of the army. At the, he put set bottom of his email signature puts that at the bottom of his team else. Its required . Ok. Well, its appropriate in his case, because no one has done more to make that true. He is the author of the book great commanders. His origins are a series of historiansat command have given at the library. He has run about the tet offensive and the bottle of analog, etc. Written about the tet offensive and the battle of lock. He is on the Editorial Board of himself history but is no armchair historian. He is the general of the Army George C Marshall chair of military history at the u. S. Army command and general staff at the college of Fort Leavenworth, which is, by the way, the longest title you can hold as an historian out
Broadcasting because of those hearings. Now that being the news hour and everything else. You can watch this and other American History programs on our website where all of our video is archived. Next, a panel of five vietnam war veterans selected by the u. S. Army command and general Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses their experiences during more. This event is hosted by the Kansas City Public Library as part of a National Endowment for the arts series on the vietnam war. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Tonight, we have a distinguished panel, and jim wilbanks will introduce them in a moment. I proud to introduce jim wilbanks. He served 23 years in the army, retiring as lieutenant colonel. He was an infantry advisor to a 70gument during the 19 sev offensive in vietnam. He has a ba in history from texas a m. He has an ma and phd from the university of kansas. He has been on the command and general Staff College faculty of the department of military history for since 199
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