and have some calvedos, and find perhaps a young frenc girl, you kn, just to talk to. there was ne of that in the pacific. so it was just a totally different war. george, you have somebody up there who'd like to ask a question? >> hi, my name is sergeant matthew shalfu, from massachusetts army national guard infantry, 181st. i had the honor and pleasure of serving with the 506th in paktik province in afghanistan i just want to let you guys know you're definitely absolutely not forgiven in that unit. every week we have "band of brother" nights. we watch the sers over and over. and the amazing part of this, when dick winters passed away, i unfortunately wasn't there. i was hit with an ied so i was in walter reed, butmy lieutenant informed me when mr. winters had passed away, the 506 stopped all missions in afghanistan on the day of his death. so big salute to you.

you're not forgotten. from the bottom of my heart, thank you. [ applause ] >> the gentleman who talked was a member of the 506th in afghanistan. the gentleman who talked was a member of the 506 in afghanistan. veterans who come back talk about watching, they're in a tent in the desert and they're all gathered around watching "band of brothers." and i think what a tribute that is to you guys that it's a different war, they're out in the desert fighting a different type of enemy, and yet they're gathered together and take motivation from their heroes. and i think that's what he said. >> that's one of the greatest things that i've ever been told about the show is, jimmy will go with me on this, we've traveled the world and every -- even when it's not involving "band of brothers," i've been on other se of other tv showshere people come over to me and

usually military guys anwomen and will say, i had a friend of mine, it's a brief story but i was on set once. and a solar who became an actor. and he was -- it was his first day and we'd been d the sw for like a season. and he came over and he was a little sheepish. and i said are you okay, kid? and he was like, yeah, i've just got to tell you, man, i've watched you and the guys every day two years. he served in afghanistan. anto hear that from fellows like yourself, and by the wa ank you for everything you've been doing. [ applause ] and that goes for everybody in the room who has served. but to hear at and hear that

ow has this impact ontoday's mill aeroand today's men is absolutely a testament to the fellows. we show up and these are the real guys. it's one of the greatest things i can he ever is from today's milita who have watched the show, so thank you. >> another question. >> good evening. twpart question. first onfor mr. tipper. is the fence-cutting story accurate? is it portrayed accurately in the miniseries? >> the fence-cutting episode with sobel where the fence was cut, george's dad was doing a major horton impersonation, did it very well, and there seemed to be some renegade cows that made their way out. was that a true story? >> that all happen, itas true. but the thing that maybe was not included w that the cows went all over the landscape and the

english farmer that owned those cows presented a bill to the ited states government and was paid handsomely. oot second part, real quick, just because we haven't heard about it all night. anything on boston you could share? in terms of the weather. >> can you tell a little bit about baston? it lasted from december 17th to january 27th. so there's a lot of stuff in there that wasn't shown, which couldn't be shown. they couldn't do that. but what do you want to know about baston? >> one of your close friends was killed ibaston. and i know julian -- and i know even today it's difficult for

you around christmas and new year's because of his death. >> we just sit home and don't bother. it gives you a lot of thinking to do. of the kids, it was serious, enough to lose a lot of men. in other words, there wasn't snowball fights like they had in the movies. the guys from california throwing snowballs and all that was a lot of hooey. but baon wasad. we had conditions there that you don't know at night -- it ought to be on the camera. it's about human nature and being guys and gals and all that stuff.

but we were on our post one night and me and my assistant gunner, shared the same and we were pretty tired. i thought we'd go right off to sleep because we lost a lot of men. we'd go two on and two off or two on, one off, or whatever it required. and i'm laying in a foxhole. al -- there's two men in a foxhol the body heat and takes up less spa for the artillershell to hit. instead of two holes, it would be just the one. anyhow, i gus we come back maybe 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. we hit the sack. wet, you know, sw, everything

in there, but warm. nothing warm about it. i felt something in my bk. i thought what the hell is this? so al has his handver my arm like this and he's snoring like hell. i gave him a shot in the belly. i said, al, what's going on here? >>e said, wt's the matter? they coming? i said, no, no, what's going on here? nothing. okay. i try too back to sleep. about five minutes later, i wake up and he's gohis nd up here. i said, oh boy. i gavehis one in the belly. i said, al, i can't turn around because the dirt comes down and the snow.

al said, oh, honest, i swear. i'm all right. i was just dreaming of my wife. i said, dreaming of your wife, i'm in a god damn foxhole with you and you're dreaming of your wife. so i thought that was one of the funny things that ever happed in baston. but you want to lk about war, that's war. that'sart of it. you don't want to face it then you're kidding yourself. you're dirty, you're filthy. one time went 78 days without a bath. i had one sock on about eig or nine days. had to change it to the other foot. but it's true. when i asked them when they were going to bring anything up,

supplies started to comep. in the jeep one day withthe colonel, and i asked him, we need clothes up here. i have one sock about eight or nine days now. bring them up tomorrow. tomorrow nev came. it came with us, not with him. no, we never -- andthat was in harlem, instead of snow, it was very deep water. and they say to you, you're going to have it easy. you're going into a barn. you won't have to lay out the ground. we went into the barn, we certainly did, but the barn had no roof. here we are back again. we had a very, very serious incident that happened.

every morning on the day, every morning when we were up there, the soldier would look aour lines and heould go like this. the next morning, same guy, same thing. so we had a forward observer there. he said -- you ain't allowed to cue here. anyhow, he said, i'll get him. he threw the art artillery in. gave him, boom. the artillery hit. the next morning, there he is. he said i got a surprise for him. tomoow morning, you watch. the next morning, here comes the krout.

he was the most surprised guy in the world. his body ended up in scranton. it was over his head, the shell instead of hitting bst over hiheadnd all we seen was a lot of little pieces. the birds had a picnic because, i'm telling you, this is what war . this is what you have to face. so whether you like it or not, you want the stories, you get them. you don't want to hear them, i don't belong here. [ applause ] >> we have time for a couple more questions with the men. >> bill henry, rhode island national guard. gentlemen, these days our veterans organizations are

quickly depleting in membership. what would you say to the young veterans and young service members to encourage them to join these organizations so we can maintain the tradition and comradery with the military? >> veterans organizations, the membership is declining, what would you say to the younger generation to keep them active in veterans organizations, the legion, and others? >> i think they are fine organizations for one thing. they help veterans. they help people to assimilate. they help them in times of need. they help them and their people get the message out, i think there will be a lot better response than there is. if they become self-serving, then thewill decline and fall away. it's when they reach out is when they'll get more people interested in their ornizations.

thank you. how about one more question for this evening? sir? >> my daughter's best friend went through confirmation at mple. and a rabbi pulled out a torah to read from, and he said this is from a czechoslovaan village that was destroyed by the germans. theyalvaged that a made the children read from the torah. do you thinkt's important for them to remember the stories in this generation and what's the best way to do that? >> did you hear that okay? >> no, i didt. >> how important is it for future generations to remember these stories? >> it's a very good question. it's very important. if we want to see a world where the tragedies world war ii and especially the holocaust should neverappen again, we

must teach the young people, the future leaders of the world, the next genation to remember to speak about it and to know what happened. i've been speaking about this r the past 60 years. i've been invited several times to come to germany and speak there, invit by the german governnt, to speak there i the high schools. the highest grade bere they go to college. we are going out next week on a special trip to poland and to germany to make a video documentary, which most of it will be stributed or contributed to schools for the students to

learn of what we saw, what happened, and so they can remember. and i nt to tell you this. when i first came to this country, speaking about the holocaust was a no-no. nobody wanted to know. nobody wanted to hear. escially the older generations. if you want to know why, i can give youy opinion. because the older generation, especially the leaders i communities would have been asked right away what did you do during the war? where were you? did you speak out? did you write in the papers? did you put pressure on the government to do something about it? and so they didn't speak about it. the younger people now want to know.

weave requests from schools in the entire area. i will be eaking next week in three places before we go to europe. in three schools. two schools and one lawyer's office. people want to know. the young people want to know. and so it is o obligation to tell them, to teach them, and to let them know because in the future, they are the future. you see when you speak to young people in school, they will go home to their parents and tell them what they heard in school today that this survivor came to school and they spoke about his experience, his life in e concentration camps and they get those.

when the older generation, they don't go home to their children and lecture them. they keep to themselves. so it's the important parto speak to the young people, to the leaders of the future. and again, so that this tragedy willever, ver, ever happen again. it is a tragedy because we were told after worldar ii, what was left in world war ii will be the end oft, but look what we have now. there's murder, killing of civilian populations going on in a lot of places in the world. people still didn't learn. people killed their own neighbors, their own friends, in cases maybe their own relatives because they are on the different side of the political forum. look what's happening in syria.

what happened in libya, what happened before in the former yugoslavia. in the balkastates. and o was there? you, the men in uniform. you have fought. you have protected people all over the world sce america's existence. ok at ese men here. and said sincerely and i mean it. i uldn't be sittg here, my friends wouldn be sitting here, if it wasn't for these men that liberated us, that defeated the nazis and gave us a new life. gave us a new chance. i came to the united stes with nothing, as a living skeleton. i kissed the grod when i came to this country.

not because the ground is so sweet there, not because there s chocolate on the ground, but because this country gave me the opportunity that iould not find any place in the world. it gave me the oortunity to restore my life and to prove to the world that i'm not useless, that i didn't have to be killed, and that i can be effective. and thank god, i have three generations that are very proudly, my son, i have three children, my son is over here. a very high position in the united states. my grandson, i have three children, three grandsons, and two greagrandsons.

[ applause ] i defeated hitler. hitler wanted to kilme. i'alive. he is dead. [ applause ] and i brought into this world very productive gerations. i remember my youngest grandson is now in college, but when he was about 10 years old, maybe even a little younger, he came over to me, and i don't know how it came to a young boy like this. and he says, grandpa, i'm happy, i'm very hpy that you survived

and that you're here. if you wouldn't have survived, i wouldn't be here either. >> thank you. >> and so i'm walking proud in this country and very grateful what it offered me in givinge a chance and giving man opportunity. thank you all. [ applause ] when you think that during world war ii between 50 million and 70 million people were killed and you tnk about those who never had a chance after the war and what they could have done in theirwn professions, in their own lives. so these guys obviously feel very blessed to be here and we're very blessed to ha you asart of this panel. and ross and jimmy as well for the great job they did bringing your story to life. so thank you very much. we have one quick treat before you go. artist brian fox is a well-known local artist.

brian came to me and said, you know, i would love to do a painting of major nters to help support your winters leadership project. and brian is here. i'd just like to share with you the painting that he did, which is just amazing. brian, come on up and as we say good-bye to everybody and thank our panel, brian will show u this amazing painting he did. as i said, mrs. winters just passed away yesterday. so she joined dick in heaven. what a great tribute that brian from fall river has done. [ applause ] >> again, thank you so much for coming. were happy you were able to brave the ra and the red sox 1-5 start. better days are ahead. thank you for coming and please enjoy the rest of your night. thank you. [ applause ]

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mr. kennedy was fired in 1945 after he defied a military embargo by reporting on germany's surrender a day before the official announcement. in early may of this year, the associated press apologized for having fired kennedy. the national press club hosted this one-hour event. >> good anning, everyone, and welcome to the national did press club. i'm rick dunham for the hearst newspapers and "the houston chronicle" and president of the national press club journal institute which is the educational and charitable arm of the national press club that handles everything from the cutting-edge journalism training to book racks and other book events at the national press club. this is event, among other things, a fund-raiser for the press club journalism institute and the good programs we do so that every book you buy, not only will benefit the authors as

it should but will benefit the national press club journalism institute. if you haven't already bought the book, i would recommend it. and that's the end of my ad there. i want to briefly introduce our guests to set the stage and then we have a special guest, the -- daughter of the man we will be talking about who will introduce our discussion. first up, i actually do have one short ad for the upcoming programs that we will be having training programs on may 22. we will be talking about building a community and building your brand on twitter. and in fact, i'm going to be the instructor for that class. may 29th, don't fear the math. turning numbers into stories and stories into award winners. part of our data power journalism series. on june 12th, social media trends for social media managers taught by amy webb of webb media who really is one of the leading trend-spotters in the country. and june 25th, excelling at data

reporting. another part of our data power journalism series. with that, let me talk about the book a bit. and to me, it's pretty personal. two summers ago i was driving around northern france with my wife and then 16-year-old nephew and we stopped at a small schoolhouse in reims. we went into the museum there. at it was the table at which the germans surrendered, where general alfred yodel signed the official documents as the germans surrendered to the allies. there were photographs of famous war correspondents such as andy rooney and ed kennedy of the associated press and that's where i started my personal search for the story of ed kennedy. it -- it told snippets at the museum of -- of -- this

distinguished journalist and ever since then, i have been reading all i can culminating with this book we will be discussing today. and for people who don't know in -- in detail, ed kennedy was one of the most famous of the war correspondents of world war ii, and on may 7th, he became the most famous or infamous american correspondent of the war. army officials that day allowed a select number of reporters, including him, to witness the historic moment of the surrender but they instructed them that the story once was under strict military imbar go. in a move that was courageous but eventually costly, ed kennedy defied the embargo after the news was broken out of berlin. and -- and the scoop generated tons of interest and instant controversy.

the rival news organizations, including hearst international news service, were quick to protest and the ap first publicly rebuked and ultimately dismissed ed kennedy. a little bit of background on him during his time as a foreign correspondent, he covered the spanish civil war, the rise of mussolini, unrest in greek ethnic feuding in the balkans which we saw come back again 60 years later. during world war ii, he reported from greece, from italy, from north africa, from the middle east, before going to cover the liberation and eventually the surrender negotiations. so let me just introduce our panel and then i will turn the floor over to julie kennedy cochran for a few words. the -- we have the two authors of the forward to this book. john maxwell hamilton who is executive vice chancellor and