you're with alex kershaw. go ahead. >> okay. i want everybody out therapying attention to this broadcast to know one thing. that when it comes to losing a war or winning a war, that is ago oh political matter. when it comes to the man on the ground eating the fire, it is more simple than that. that is when it comes to winning or losing a war, the winners walk out and the losers don't. that is the perspective of a combat veteran. thank you for your time. >> thank you walter. what ale lex kershaw your thoughts on walter's perspective of what it took. >> well, there was a critical moment on omaha beach, a critical moment for the entire invasion actually. so many men had been wounded and killed and there was little communication. around 10:30, 11:00 in the morning, bradley five miles out at sea rest sea seriously considered pulling troops off omaha beach. if he would have, i believe that d-day would have been a disaster, a great defeat, not a great victory for allied forces but the difference was made as bradley said the difference

author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as your master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought by the u.s. in its entire history. friends of the national world war ii memorial is a small non-profit organization whose mission is to honor and preser

of the morning, we're bringing one of our oldest friends from the museum best selling author, alex kershaw. who i joke one or two may know him, i think all of you know him, anybody who has any interest in world war ii or military history generally has great respect for alex and his many books which include "the bedford boys." "longest winter" "escape from the deep." in our final mission submarine experience. but today alex is here to discuss his latest book, "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii." please join me in welcoming alex kershaw. [applause] >> good morning, can you hear me? good. i'm going to leave the podium and join my men. how are you this morning? let's get this thing started. you'll see my bald spot here, which is growing very quickly. do we have -- can you see this? finally great. this is what it's down to for me. this is a shot. second deadly place that you guys could find yourself on d-day. this is easy sector. one of eight sectors on omaha beach. it takes you through all june 6, 1944. i will photograph enormously when i woke up in

please join me in welcoming alex kershaw. (applause) >> good morning, can you hear me? good. i'm going to leave the podium and join my men. how are you this morning? let's get this thing started. you'll see my bald spot here, which is growing very quickly. do we have can you see this? finally great. this is what it's down to for me. this is a shot. second deadly place that you guys could find yourself on d-day. this is easy sector. one of eight sectors on omaha beach. it takes you through all june 6, 1944. i will photograph enormously when i woke up in the hotel this morning, i could smell paint. thank you for that. i love the smell of paint. look at that plane t$ere. look at the plane. the paint on that plane is fresh fresh. this is taking it thank you. this was taken around 6:00 in the evening. the guy here, second from left is a guy called joe crouch. he's the finest c47 pilot of world war ii. think about this. plane one, his job is to drop the first yanks into normandy on d-day. plane one. why did he get the job? because he's done it four times before. lead pilot north af

my name is alex kershaw, a member of the board of directors of the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most decorated platoon from world war ii. it is my great honor to serve today as you master of ceremonies. thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the united states in world war ii. in fact, the largest fought in -- by the u.s. of its entire history. friends of the national world war ii memorial was a small non profit organization whose mission is to honor and preserve the national memory of world war ii and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. this morning's ceremony is part of the friends national world war ii memorial four-year world war ii 75th anniversary commemoration, which kicked off on pearl harbor day 2016 and will continue towards the 75th oniversary of v-j day september the 2nd

author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my tremendous honor to welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. my name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the national world war ii memorial. i have written several books about world war ii, including one called "the longest winter," which is about the battle of the bulge and america's most deco

then journalist lie za mundie talks about her book followed by alex kershaw on his book, "the first dayday warriors who led the way. enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> the impeachment of president trump, watch unfiltered coverage of the senate trial on c-span2 live as it happens and same day reairs. follow on c-span.org/impeachment and listen on the go using the c-span radio app. >>> experts on artificial intelligence share their concerns over private sector use of facial recognition technology. they testified before the house oversight and reform committee. the committee is working on legislation to address the emerging technology. >> meeting will come to order. good morning everyone. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. with that, i would like to recognize myself to give an opening statement. today, the committee is holding our third hearing this congress on a critical issue,

we had will hitchcock's masterful opening address thursday night, then alex kershaw telling us about the first wave yesterday. now we are going to wrap up with a panel on two new books on d-day that came out this year. to chair this session is the man most responsible for all of us being here today, our founding president and ceo, dr. nick mueller. [applause] crean: as if building one of the greatest museums in the world was not enough, it has just published a book on d-day. we have taken the liberty of stealing his book title for the title of this session, so for everything we have, it is my pleasure to give the stage to dr. nick mueller. dr. mueller: i had the opening session and the last 1, 2, so we are the bookends. i saw jeremy put out here what i was looking for. are the only things between you and drinks, as they say, the evening session, so we are going to make this an exciting program. before we get going, you may have seen outside there were brochures out there for our programs we are going to run before next year's international conference. this is another international co

author alex kershaw gives the address.

author alex kershaw gives the address. the friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted the event. mr. kershaw: good morning. on behalf of the friends of the national world war ii memorial, it is my treou