dr. marsha gordon and dr. nick cull of the university of southern california, both good friends of the museum. we are glad to have them here today. the next will be dr. kevin ferrell, retired u.s. army colonel, and dr. rob satina. we will see captain dale dye who served as the military advisor on the film, and the cleanup hitter is our founding president and ceo emeritus, dr. nick mueller. they will talk about with the film and the country, the overall lasting legacy still being felt today. i encourage you to keep your eyes open for another thing that will be coming out in the next year, which nick is hard at work on -- a great book about the d-day landings from the perspective of our oral history collection. it is a gangbusters book. i have seen some early chapters and it's really powerful. in addition to this, we know that the audience will continue to be a great part of this conversation. you will drive discussions with your great questions and comments. onto the programs now. i don't want to drone on addre

dr. marsha gord gordon, north carolina state is the author of film is like a battlegrounds, sam fuller's war movies and will be followed by nickco who in this caaddition t serving in northern california is the director of the master of public diplomacy program as well as president of the international association of media and history which is a good friend and partner organization of our own institute. first to present, first welcome marsha gordon. [ applause ] >> okay, good morning, everybody. thank you so much for having me here today. it is truly an honor. i've been asked to speak to you about sam fuller and his war films and especially about the big red one has a d-day landing scene pertinent to today's discussion. i published this book with oxford university press last year that's up on the screen. and i'll talk a little bit about that in the course of my discussion today but it's focused on all fuller's both hot and cold war films that he made over the course of his career and as a hollywood historian, i've been working on this project for a really long time and it's wonderful to s