general leslie mcnair unsung architect of the u.s. army. now, mark's book seeks to restore the general known as one of marshall's forgotten men, to his place in american military history. now with us on stage is dr. john mcmanus. he will lead the discussion john, as you know, had a great conversation yesterday with john was, of course, watching army-navy game. now. well, the wonderful third volume of of john's trilogy, john's been a tremendous friend of the museum including leading tours overseas to battlefields and sites where we're always delighted to have him here and incredibly honored to have him for this afternoon session. so with john, with that over to you. great. yeah. thanks, mike i appreciate it. mark, it's an honor to be with you here today and to talk to some leslie mcnair. so, i mean, maybe the place to begin our conversation. it's a kind of ease into where he fits in this larger context of the world war two. we've been exploring is what explains us. the allied victory in world war two. and how does that lead us to to a discus