we are delighted to have marc wortman with us this evening. mr. wortman is an award-winning journalist and the former editor at "yale alumni magazine." his book "the millionaires' unit is about a generation of privileged young men prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in france. driven by the belief their membership in the american elite required certain sacrifice, they led the way before america declared formally to join the war. the bulk of this group, the yale aero club, became the first squadron in the u.s. navy air reserve. the press dubbed them the millionaires' unit. without further ado please join me in welcoming mr. marc wortman. [applause] >> well, thank you for coming out this evening. thank you to barnes & noble for having me. this is as many of you know a home coming of sorts. having grown up in bethesda, it is wonderful to see so many old friends here. especially today on the 39th day out of the 40 days and 40 nights of rain. it's been an extraordinary deluge here. now, please pardon me if i refer to notes occasionally. i'm m

we are delighted to have marc wortman with

afterwards a lot of them had smiles on their faces because they have survived that inferno of the marc wortman and now they're going to be well fed. because they hurt americans that their prisoners will. this is a photograph taken to them at the back towards the division headquarters. a lot of the individuals who fought at cantigny, and i can't emphasize this in the book, ended up leaving or become leaders of the army in world war ii. most obvious is george marshall, but here i wanted to emphasize a few. on the left, this is john church if he was a lieutenant with company b. he ended up getting wounded during consolidation of the line, and in world war ii these a one star general, and the korean war he actually takes command of the 24th infantry division. that's a photograph of him taking during korea. this is clarence huber, two other photographs of him, taken from the war with his favorite colt 45 featured all the way through world war ii. this is him when he commanded the first infantry. theodore roosevelt, jr. was a major, 30 i believe, a major who commanded a battalion of the 26th infantr