most the army general staff and emperor hirohito when aware of the units goals and the methodology. was. was. was. unit 731 was established in 1936 by the secret order of emperor hirohito. i saw the order with my own eyes when i served as head of unit 73 one's general department. tribunal transcript major general cummings she mckee oh she's interrogation or colonel. says so she's a little short in the door used as though she goes up on the c.t.o. course because she don't know mamma. you mean you know we did you want to know was all singed don't just say so long as you hold little chose your knees or your tongue on short they get. there you'll know when to shorten your hate i even feed. it was. no no cocoanuts you walk us without the kids where it will top in the law made in. general. decreed the lower of some kusaka the 3 holes policy which said kill whole. loot. mass killings took place killing from the japanese ok by territories. in just 6 weeks more than 300000 people were tortured and killed in king japanese soldiers believed that they represented an exceptional nation and i don

it is my honor to introduce the chief of staff, 40th chief of staff of the army, general jim mcconville aviator, 36th vice-chief of staff of the army, cg of the 101st air division air assault, u.s. army deputy chief of staff. a great soldier of whom we are very proud. general jim mcconville, over to you, chief. >> thank you, sir, and our sincere thanks to general hartzog for what he did for this great museum. good afternoon to all. it may be raining outside and we continue to battle covid, but every day is a great day to be in the united states army , because we serve with the world's greatest soldiers, both past and present. their heroic stories are represented here at the national museum of the united states army. to everyone watching, thank you for being a part of this important event and we are sorry you could not be here in person. acting secretary of defense miller, chairman general milley and misses millie, secretary mccarthy, sergeant major of the army grinston, and our soldier of the year, sergeant akinola, i am honored to be a part of this great and grand opening with you all.

army command and general staff college. he retired from the u.s.y in 2004, at the rank of commander after 23 years. serving as the officer flying land and carrier-based aircraft. he has taught a variety of

staff. thanks so much for joining us tonight. and, thanks to the u.s. army command and general staff college. one of our longest, best, favorite programming partners for yet

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army command and general staff college. dr. babb served as a china for officer where he studied and hong kong and beijing and in washington, d.c., at the defense intelligence agency, and other joint staff. he has written on the american military's role in china, and vines one and two of -- volumes one and two of true the joint, inter-agency and perspective lends. most recently he wrote a chapter on the korea war, and weaving the tangled web, military deception and large-scale combat operations. folks, please help me, from home, wherever you are tuning here. our speaker this evening, dr. geoff babb. babb: thank you very much, camille. i appreciate it and it is nice to back. it is nice to not be doing his presentation from behind my desk. these two gentlemen, mr. lee, and mr. chen, are known as the founders of communism in china. i will have another slide later on that will talk more about them. they are both intellectuals. to they both did not make it see their work come to fruition. i would like to start by going backwards a li

army command and general staff college. inretired from the u.s.avy 2004, at the rank of commander after 23 years. flying as the officer land and carrier-based aircraft. a variety of subjects including military history since 2000. japan fromstory of the age of the samurai to the 21st-century, napoleonic warfare, the operational art of the great campaign, and he co-authored eyewitness pacific numerousas well as articles and editorials. he was rewarded uprising -- uprising in 2011. america's book is first general staff, a short history of the rise and fall of the general board of the navy 1900 through 1950, which is available to purchase in our online store. welcome our speaker to our stage. john: it is a royals mask. the worldvery much to war i museum for giving me this opportunity, to do things underway. i am really looking forward to this. i am glad you could join us tonight wherever you might be. we will try to make this worth your while. next year will be the 100th anniversary of the washington naval arms conference, i will talk about that at th

staff. thanks so much for joining us tonight. and, thanks to the u.s. army command and general staff college. one of our longest, best, favorite programming partners for yet another what i know will be a compelling presentation. these guys are money. as many of you know. and we are so fortunate, so privileged to be associated with them. we are welcoming the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. i'll start by saying they had me in grade school. it pretty quickly became a tv staple. and all the guys at my class at saint joseph elementary school in martinsburg missouri fell in love with it. each of us would take a role. of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen. i think i wound up with the attenborough role. the squadron leader. though i get executed at the end of the movie. of course, mcqueen survives. what we didn't realize then and what we probably didn't care about was that the movie was based on a true story. the escape of 76 allied soldiers and officers from stalad in 1944. only three of those men stayed escaped. no americans. the other 73 were recaptured. the fact is escaping was

eisenhower succeeded general marshall as the army's first postwar chief of staff.g sense of global responsibility. we must remain, he said, the first champions of those who seek to lead their own lives of peace with their own neighbors. final on february 7th, 1948, the general left active military assignment. but not active participation in the life of his nation. he accepted an invitation from columbia university to serve as president of that great institution enabling him to devote the remainder of his life to education. events of the postwar world dictated otherwise. the urgent necessity for unity in the free world brought into being the north atlantic treaty organization. and it was evident that only one man could make that vital and complicated organization work from the outset, dwight d. eisenhower. at the end of 1950 he answered his country's call once more and once more he was on european soil to assume supreme command of the land, the sea, and the air forces of a grand defensive alliance against the new threat rising from the soviets who had once been his

army leadership, the chief of staff of the army, the four star general and the army secretary, the top civilians, both of them have put out a statement saying that there is no role for the u.s. military in domestic elections. general mark mills, the chief of staff, hasn't spoken about this in particular but he has repeatedly said what the u.s. military does not do in this country. what they do do is follow the constitution. barbara starr, cnn, the pent go pentagon. >>> the house foreign affairs committee. >> i don't think it's going to happen, i agree with barbara. the military is politicized. every one of the institutions of the government have been delegitimized. the cia is political, fbi is political, supreme court is political. all of these institutions. the last one that enjoys widespread bipartisan support is the military. this is the last straw. you know twitter is not real life, but i have seen on there people saying things like people are in the pentagon must be in the pocket of the chinese. the pentagon has been planning this overthrow with trump for a long time. it's really,

staff. thanks so much for joining us tonight. thanks to the u.s. army command and general staff college, one of our longest, one of our best, one of our favorite programming partners for yet another what i know will be a compelling presentation. these guys are money, as many of you know. and we're so fortunate, so privileged to be associated with them. tonight we welcome david mills of the general staff college and kayla westra of the minnesota west community and technical college, the co-authors of "great wartime escapes and rescues." i'll start by saying they had me in grade school. i was a fourth grader when hollywood released "the great escape," the classic adventure drama starring steve mcqueen, richard attenborough, charles bronson among others. it quickly became a tv staple, and all the guys in my class at st. joseph's elementary school fell in love with it and we'd play it out in recess. and each one of us would take one of the roles. of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen, the cooler king. i think i wound up with the attenborough role. he was the raf squad leade

we are even now seeing the head of the army, civilian head and four star general chief of staff of the army putting out a statement that the military has no role in election outcomes. they are adamant about making this point. are they concerned? absolutely. i think the undercurrent here at the pentagon is they want to focus on national security threats, not on partisan politics, and they are counting, there's no way around it, they're counting down the days until this commander in chief leaves office. >> and of course, reminder that shortly after the election is when the president fired his defense secretary, mark esper. last week we heard acting defense secretary abruptly cut off any sort of transition meetings with the biden team as well. this is even more alarming. jeremy, we have seen the president turn to a fringe group of advisers in the west wing and away from others, including the republican senate majority leader who trump now claims won his state's re-election because of him. of course, that's not true. he won in a landslide. >> that's right. you're seeing the president send

what it focuses on as you mentioned adrian the the current prime minister was the chief of staff general in the army when he led a coup in 2014 overthrowing that then democratically elected government he stayed in his residence the chief of staff of the army would be in it's on an army base he stayed there then he resigned from chief of staff and became the prime minister that you described he stayed in the residence so the crux of this argument brought up by the main the main opposition party is that he get legally stayed in that residence for the past 6 years and that's we're looking at now it could see the end of his political career if he's found guilty adrian company thanks to his house is called hi-lo that live for us in bangkok tens of thousands of people have fled ethiopia's to greater region to live in camps and they bring suit us for the heavy fighting in the area in the last couple of weeks and it's affected the lives of many 0 spoke to one university student who said no an option to leave. my full name is costing q do our guy. 25 cities or world i came from to drive 1000 or more a. i was

authorized access to every available source of information, and we were provided a full army staff, including a brigadier general, two colonels, several lieutenant colonels and a master sergeant, each of whom stood ready to support our mission. although the establishment of an independent committee of civilians to review is extremely rare and it suggests an extreme desire to identify the issues and address them. the secretary and undersecretary also approved and facilitated the addition of five former fbi special agents and civilian administrative support to provide much-needed assistance to the team. we visited ft. hood for 19 days in august and september. we conducted 647 individual interviews. we did 80 group interviews which encompassed over 1800 soldiers, and we conducted over 140 specialized interviews of various stakeholders on and off the post. we analyzed thousands of pages of documents, commissioned 49 research projects, and conducted a survey tailored for this review which drew over 31,000 responses from the ft. hood community representing what we are told is 100% of the targeted audience. the review

joining us now is the chief of staff of the u.s. army general james.oint for the first time since 1843? >> i woucoy, this is special. 1943 was the last time. this was a rough near for the nation. this is america's game. this is when we come together around the extraordinary young men and women and see the best the country has to offer. these are the future leaders of our country. >> reporter: you know, you see the teams wearing different colors. fighting against each other. they walk across the field and embrace each other as brothers and sisters. what makes a football player here at army in particular special? >> in the army, winning matters. in the way you win is you get knocked down and you get back up. you overcome adversity. we see the cadets and mid sh midshipmen. this shows the leadership in our young men and women. >>> coy, thank you. thank you for joining me today. i'm john avlon. cnn newsroom continues with ana cabrera. >> you are will have in the newsroom. i'm in new york. i'm ana cabrera. you might call it a medical miracle. moments ago, th

prior to his becoming the chairman, general milley was a 39th chief of staff of the great united states army and served in many of the storied divisions of the united states army including the second infantry division, tenth mountain division. you would be a a deputy commanr of the 101st airborne division aerosol picking rent the tenth mountain division, climb to glory, sir, would command the third core and be the commanding general of u.s. army forces command. with one accomplishment that is not necessarily in his bio but i will mention it today, it's one is very proud about and he is the proud son of a marine. the picture behind is on the fourth division going over the beach at iwo jima were i think his father was a participant. general, we are really proud of you and very for proud to haveu with us today. we know a very difficult dude is coming for you in the vergne future and that is for you to remain neutral at thisnd year's army navy game. i know it's tough. we'll keep our eye on you for those of us from annapolis have great expectations for your neutrality but thank you for all you've

in the summer of 1941, colonel eisenhower became chief of staff to general walter krueger, whose newly organized third armyring to participate in the most realistic war maneuvers yet held by american troops. in these maneuvers over the louisiana countryside, as america fought for the tired train army of citizen soldiers, his plan was to work out a defense against an invading, mechanized force. soon after the maneuvers were over, eisenhower's promoted to brigadier general, and within a matter of days came the bombing of pearl harbor. from almost this moment on, the fate of the nation and the fate of general dwight d. eisenhower would be inextraably bound together. called to washington in the first weeks after the war began, eisenhower went to work in the war plans office of the war department. among the plans formulated during this time was the central strategic determination to make an eventual attack across the english channel, the principal ally defensive effort. a mural covering the west wall of the eisenhower museum dramatized the high spots of the next great sequence in the adventure involving the nat

army leadership. the chief of staff. top generalader who is a trump appointee issuing a statement couple of days ago saying this is just no role for the military in this election. pamela? >> barbara starr. thank you so much. >>> joining me adam kenz ger of illinois, air force veteran and lieutenant conditional in the air national guard. what do you make of what we just heard from barbara that pentagon officials are worried about what the president might be to his remaining days in office? >> i think the right to be worried, to be prepared. i agree with barbara, that i don't think it is going to happen. but what i worry about in the bigger term is how the military has been politicized. i actually was thinking about it the other day. every one of the institutions of government have been delegitimatized. the cia now is political. the fbi now is political in people's minds. the supreme court is political. all these institutions. the last one that this is the last straw trying to politicize the military. -- pentagon must be in the pocket

staff, general mark a. milley, united states army.ince becoming the 20th chairman of the joint chiefs in 2019, general milley has worked to realize the u.s national defense strategy, which prioritizes competition with china and russia in american defense planning. chairman milley has worked tirelessly with civilian and uniformed leadership towards developing the u.s. armed forces into a truly modern armed force capable of deterring and heading off the threats of all types that we may be facing today, including those emanating from near-peer competitors that have now really pronounced once again the idea of great power competition. he simultaneously kept a close and careful eye on the perennial defense issues associated with iran and north korea and violent extremism in the middle east and elsewhere, and in this way, general milley's tenure has coincided with, and by any standard, could be considered a unique period in american military history, where in these threats are multifaceted, they're transnational, and they're multi-domain, a

the latest development in all of this, undercurrent of anxiety, the four-star general, who heads the army, the chief of staffe civilian head of the army, the secretary of the army. actually, of course, a trump appointee. those two men, a couple of days ago, felt compelled to publicly say that the military has no role in election outcomes. this is the conversation at the pentagon, some 30 days to go. erica. >> striking. barbara, thank you. joining us now, cnn political analyst, david gregory. and laura lopez, national political reporter at "politico." david, let's just start with barbara left off. the fact that these discussions are being had, and, quote, we don't know what he might do. there are people who feel that way in a lot of different departments, a lot of different areas of the country. but that discussion happening, at the pentagon, the reaction, the public reaction that we've actually seen in the last several days, and even the last couple of weeks. david, that says something about how seriously they're taking this. >> well, i don't blame them for being anxious because the president is showing ever

president or eisenhower the general but don't for the 2 of them together as much as we should, this adjustment was a real one starting with his role as chief of staff of the armyng on from there. >> with so many generals including the big ego test he had to deal with, patton and douglas macarthur who used to be his boss but the politicians, a new set of buttons to push, what drives them, you did a wonderful job showing both sides of that, much more detail, get it and enjoy it. it is a great idea for anyone who wants to go back to that period of time. thank you for explaining the book and the great pictures of your grandfather and your self. it is 118 years of enlightened discussion. that was great. ♪ >> coming up tonight on c-span at 8:00 pm a look at the career of lamar alexander. on c-span2, booktv's year in review features books about science starting at 8:00 pm with professor brian greene and janet levin on the origins and future of the cosmos and on c-span 3 programs marking the 4 hundredth anniversary of the mayflower's trip from plymouth, england in 1620 starting with a discussion on the mayflower compact, the set of rules tonight starting at 8:00 pm on

staff position he hated. quartermaster general. charged with supplying the army with the wherewithal of war. yet, there is work in the latter washington wrote he found the quartermaster department "in a most confused state but he has given the most general satisfaction in his affairs carry much the face of method ndand system." method and system, yes, but green,th most cerebral of washington's lieutenants was one of the hard men, the type necessary to win wars. forrage the country naked, he ordered one of his officers at valley forge. to washington he e, inhabitants beset me from all quarters. but like pharaoh i harden my heart." greene took command of the southern department on 3 december 1780 at charlotte, north carolina. just north of the south of the north carolina line. now, if nathanael greene had proved himself a master of supplying transport or logistics, why during his command and the south, with was his army chronically short of supplies to the point toward the end of the campaign his soldiers were so ill-supplied with clothing many use blankets to cover their nakedness. the answer

army troops guarding you outside. you wonder when the president has taken off alone with no staff and no security. dr.. that generally, the president returned shortly after 4:00. the president called me up and told me he had been over to see mao. impressed with the whole thing but did not get into details at that time. chinese]ing [applause] president nixon's visit to our country at the invitation of the chinese government provides the leaders of the two countries with an opportunity of meeting and person, to seek the normalization of relations between the two countries, and also to exchange views on questions of concern to the two sides. , in is a positive move conformance with the desire of the chinese and american people. an event unprecedented in the history of the relations between china and the united states. [applause] the american people are a great people. the chinese people are a great people. the peoples of our two countries have always been friendly to reasonser, but owing to known to all, contact between the two peoples were suspended for over 20 years. of, to the common efforts china and the united stat

general austin. nick:al austi servein the pentagon, as the former army vice chief of staff. >> he ran the day in anday out staff business in the pentagon. so he has intimate knowledge of things, at least on how the pentagon should work as a senior lead. nick: but austin's nomination has critics. he retired only four years ago and wod therefore need a congressional waiver to serve as the civilian secretary of defense. coress has only appred that waiver twice for former world , war ii, 5-star general george marshall, and for president trump's first defense secretary james mattis, prstin's ecessor at central command. in 2017, top senate ar services democrat jack reed supported mattis' wabut warned it was the last. >> waiving laws should happen no more than on in a generation. therefore i will not support a waiver for future nominees. nick: today, reed kept his options open, during a windy interview. >> in all fairness, you have top give thetunity to the nominee to explain himself or herself. that's what i think the principle is. >> the congress has, since the 1940's, required that for someone to become

study eisenhower is a general but we don't put the two of them together as much as we should because this adjustment was a real when starting with his role as chief of staff of the armyoing on from there. >> the people skills in dealing with so many different kinds of generals including the big ego types he had to deal with in douglas macarthur who used to be his boss. he had to learn a whole new set of utmost to push or whatever to understand these people and what drives them. certainly not trying to win a war and win election yells but anyway i thought you did a wonderful job of showing vote side events a great book with much more detail. get it and enjoy it and i'm sorry you are all at home and have time to read it but it's a great idea for anybody that wants to go back to that trade of time. thank you very much susan for explaining your book and the great pictures of your grandfather and yourself and your childhood. so ends another been vent at the commonwealth club its 118th year. >> thanks, george. >> my pleasure season. >> good evening. i'm allen price director of the john of kennedy presidential library and museum. on behalf of my library foundation and colle

staff sergeant. she says he tells her to come back in the morning. >> on the 23rd, the military police were contacted. >> reporter: major general donna martin is the head of cid, u.s. army'svestigation division. >> they wanted to make sure she wasn't hurt. so when that search came back without any results, then that's when cid is notified. >> i was like, what's going on? we think she's missing. how can she go missing on a military base? that's too ridiculous, go find her, better find her. >> the meetings were useless. there was no new information. we gave them literally every single thing they asked for. for them not to give us an answer, the problem is inside. >> as a mother myself, there's nothing, there's not enough you could tell me. i would want to know everything. and we can't tell everything. we have to maintain the integrity of the investigation. >> reporter: gloria recalls a conversation she had with her daughter months before she went missing. >> reporter: her mother kept the conversation private at the time. but vanessa's sisters became the public face of the family, protesting outside of ft. hood. >> we started protesting every friday. >> what do we want? >> v

general austin. >> schifrin: austin also served in the pentagon as the former army vice chief of staff. he ran the day-in and day-out staff business in the pentagon.a so he has in knowledge of things, at least on how the pentagon should wo >> schifrin: but as nomination has critics. he retired only four years ago, and would therefore need are coional waiver to serve as the civilian secretary of defense. congress has only approved thate waiver tfor former world war ii, five-star general george marshall, and for president trump's first defense secretary, james mattis, austin's predecessor at central command. in 2017, top senate armed services democrat jack reed supported mattis' waiver, but warned it was the last. >> waiving laws should happen no more than once ia generation. therefore, i will not support a waiver for future nominees. >> schifrin: today, reed kept his options open, during a windy interview. ve>> in all fairness, you o give the opportunity to the nominee to explain himself or that's what i think the principle is. >> the congress has, since the 1940s, requirethat for someon

army staff sergeant david gan of berkeley who enlisted at age 18. he was part of the allied invasion of normandy defending french villages from the german incursion. like many of his generationmodestly just said he was one of many americans serving their country to fight against evil during the war. the gold medal has 94-year-old walnut creek veteran ming wong beaming as he shares it with his wife annie and daughter leanne he recalls spending his 19th birthday engaged in street bat new zealand nuremberg germany as part of the army 3rd difth 6th regiment. a week later he was wounded and received the purple heart. >> it's very significant chinese-americans are being recognized with this gold medal, with their patriotism, service and sacrifice. >> reporter: the front of the medal depicts chinese-american veterans who served in every military branch while the back features a sherman tank a "uss missouri battle ship and a p-40 fighter plane that was used by the famed flying tigers pilots over what was then burma, india and china. 102-year-old army nurse elsie chen yun cito who was born in stockton was the designated recipient on behalf of all the veterans. david louie, abc 7 news

. >> everyone in the army is responsible for the culture, but commanders are responsible for the climate. and so i can tell you, i told the chief of staff, general we initiated a plan to rebuild and maintain the trust between the leader and the lead, because that's the bedrock of our profession. and it's what the american people expect. of their army. >> that brings us to the real task, not letting up on the accountability, not just in the army, but in congress. there's a push on capitol hill, the eye of vanessa guillen act that legally mandates all allegations of military sexual assault and harassment be reported to and investigated by a third party. here's vanessa guillen's family and family attorney pleading to the public this week to support it. >> please stand behind supporting that legislation, because without that legislation, we're just going to keep on having statistics and numbers, we're just going to keep on having victims and deaths. >> wherever you are, vanessa, you are alive. you are here today. your legacy is going to keep going, hopefully with the act we're trying to pass. and you know that us sisters are going to fight for you,

army is responsible for the culture. but commanders are responsible for the climate. and so, i can tell you, i told the chief of staff, a few minutes ago, generalthis. we have initiated an enduring plan to rebuild the trust between the leader and the led because that's the bedrock of our profession, and it's what the american people expect of their army. >> that brings us to the real test. not letting up on this accountability. not just in the army but in congress. there is a push on capitol hill to enact legislation in vanessa guillen's honor. it is called the i am vanessa guillen act and it legally mandates all allegations of military sexual assault and harassment be reported to and investigated by a third party. here is vanessa guillen's family -- family and family attorney, pleading to the public, this week, to support it. >> please, stand behind supporting that legislation because, without that legislation, we're just going to keep on having statistics. we're just going to keep on having numbers. we are just going to keep on having victims and deaths. >> wherever you are, vanessa, you are alive. you are here, today. your legacy's going to

general austin will be the first african-american secretary of defense. many a barrier being the first african-american lead the army corps, the first to be the vice chief of staffink that those examples are really important. the question is whether they override the need for the best person or the better person and i think that there are people who might have served president-elect biden better than general austin. host: as you said there, it would not be unimportant if you secretary ofrst color. , how exactly, does it go to the house and the senate? about that process of going into a waiver. guest: general austin will be asked by the senate armed services committee in particular, but also the house, to come and testify and make the case for why he should be the secretary of defense. but both have to pass measures, just by the majority vote. committee, but a both houses of congress have to vote. matt from westwood, new jersey. good: i -- caller: morning. i agree with your guest for several reasons. he mentioned george washington who said, i believe we should beware of foreign entanglements and mr. biden, if he gets in through this questionable election because