. >>> the united states army presents a big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart queen. >> today the big picture is presenting the story of a man who holds one of the outstanding military records in modern history. a great field commander, a remarkable chief of staff, a military governor without parallel in modern times. his career has had many phases. it has been long and glorious. above all, it has the glow of tremendous personal integrity. douglas macarthur, general of the army, an historic figure in an historic speech before a joint meeting of congress. ♪ >> i'm closing my 52 years of military service. when i joined the army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all my boyish hopes and dreams. the world has turned over many times since i took the oath on the plane at west point. >> indeed, much has happened to the world since douglas macarthur took the oath at west point and in the periods of peac

but now the leader at 57, having served in the united states army for 34 years decided to retire.r years later, it was as though his military career were just beginning. a few months before the attack upon pearl harbor, macarthur had been called back to service in the phillipines. on the day after pearl harbor, the philippines too were under attack. defense here was pitfully hampered by lack of men and -- planes. with his knowledge of past campaigns, particularly with those of his father in this very area, macarthur withdrew his meager forces into the baton peninsula. from the rocky fortress, he directed an operation as crucial as any in the war, this early campaign in the philippines, the heroic fighting by a lonely army of filipinos and americans for almost half a year caused a critical delay in the japanese timetable of attack. back at home, the leader of the first desperate ground fighting became a symbol to a nation just beginning to gird itself for all out war. the people found in him what they were beginning to discover in themselves, a spirit of intense determination. sudd

retreat of nathaniel bank's army of the red river campaign in 1864, the spring of 1864, the united states army left a large amount of baggage and equipage, and the family went out and recovered this. amongst it were two -- two -- civil war tents. one of those tents was a sibley tent. designed by henry hopkins sibley, based on a plain indian teepee pattern. his family had had these tents in their possession since recovering at that point in time. one of them's an oil tent, and then this is the sibley tent. remarkably it's now known there are only sibley tents in the american civil war in existence in the world. one in each hemisphere of mother earth. this is in our hemisphere and in the possession of the american people now. this tent in recent negotiations with the smithsonian institute will be traveling to washington for potential display at the national african-american museum in a civil war exhibit about the african-american experience in the civil war. so that we're excited about that. the conservation and the exhibition of tents is very difficult. they're quite large. this is a huge tent.

they were first used in the utah expedition commanded by albert sidney johnston of the united states army in 1856-1857 time frame, through 1858, and overall it appears that roughly 44,000 of the tents produced. unfortunately, sibley, who had worked out an arrangement where he would receive $5 per tent made joined the confederate state army so he never recovered any money from the manufacturer of the tents made off of his patent, so we're excited about this object going on display, receiving some conservation treatment, and then maybe before it returns to shiloh we might be able to work up a plan. i'm going to get displayed here, but we'll have to have a complete exhibit overall to do anything with it here. this is probably the most unique item, bar none, considering there's only one like it in the western hemisphere. the other one, of all places, is in copenhagen, denmark, and then the wall tent. you count the wall tent and the sibley, the park within its collection holds about half the total tentage of the civil war remains on the earth. that's amazing. this is the second tent that we re

he was now appointed commanding general of the entire united states army. remember, he's only 35 years old. he's now commanding all of the federal forces. in response to president lincoln's express concern, here's your commission, and i'm really worried that you can't do all this. the young general looked back at the president and said simply, i can do it all. and so given that, the assurance that i can do it all, they moved forward together. but it wasn't long before they began to see things differently. now, lincoln disagreed with what he was hearing from mcclellan about an appropriate strategy for union offensives in the east along the atlantic seaboard and also out west. concerns abounded in the government then at the end of 1861, the start of '62, about the continued presence of a significant confederate force under joseph j. johnston nears manassas and centreville. they'd gone into winter camps. they were moving into the neighborhood. they were establishing different camps with saying first texas this way, 15 south carolina that way. and who knows whe

and, you know, me standing as a specialist in the united states army saying, "i don't believe in this particular situation," is not going to change the whole government and just erase the political stuff that happens. so i knew that i would have to follow the orders that were given to me whether i liked them or not. and as an american citizen, a voting american citizen, i can make my voice be heard at another time. >> hinojosa: okay. you write about the fact tha the army had kind of sent you into this war zone without a lot of preparation. >> yeah, we... >> hinojosa: this is the us army, and you guys are being sent to fight on the front lines... well, you're a cook at that point. >> yes. >> hinojosa: so when you think about that, this is the us army, and they're sending someone-- well, many people-- who weren't really trained, didn't have the right equipment... >> it's frustrating, very frustrating. as a cook, i'm trained in my job, but first i'm a soldier. i know how to fire my weapon, things like that. i wasn't trained in guerilla warfare or anything like that. that wasn't my job. o

area, and then second to get the kind of information that they felt would be useful to the united states army. an army that, remember, at the start of the civil war only amounted to 18,000 people in total, and of that, maybe 1,500 officers and the rest enlisted soldiers spread from coast to coast in little garrisons and places like fort sumter and fort monroe, and the city of san francisco and so forth. so, the crimean experience certainly gave mcclellan as a trained engineer who had also helped with the siege at veracruz, mexico, a better idea the difficulties of siege craft. i don't think it had a direct impact that showed up in textbooks in west point or in manuals for the u.s. army to use in the field just six years later. >> let's go to asheville, north carolina. one more call here for john mountcastle. good afternoon to jay. >> caller: yes, sir, thanks for taking my call. my question is regarding secretary stanton. was he not extremely exasperated from time to time with mcclellan and did he not say that if he had a million men, he would sit in the mud and whine until he could get 2 mill

>> the united states army presents, the big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. >> it is rare in history when a man who has distinguished his name in war goes on to greatness in peace. but for marshall it was a short step to statesman, diplomat, peacemaker, winner of the nobel prize for peace. throughout his long career, general marshall served the most enduring ideals of a free people. his record has represented the best in the democratic tradition. walter cronkite is our guest narrator as the u.s. army proudly turns back a page of its own history to salute citizen soldier, george marshall. >> the marshall family had settled in southwestern pennsylvania a few years before george catlet was born in 1880. a union town, he entered a slow-moving world that was more a part of the past than of the future. marshall's boyhood passed quietly and the only contact this serious child had with the army he would someday serve came secondhand through his father's recollections of the civil war. america's

he turned down the field command of the united states army offered by scott through lincoln. but during the first year of the war, he was probably the least influential great man that existed. he raised and equipped and trained virginia troops, but then turned them over to the confederate army and became a general with no soldiers. he was a semiconsultant, and that's my analysis, presided over the loss of the valley of what is now west virginia and some virginians will suggest that wasn't much loss. in any event, he did lose in the first campaign that he oversaw. he commanded the confederate department of south carolina, georgia, and florida. arrived just as the federal army or navy essentially, dupont, captured port royal and secured hilton head so yankees could retire there. and lee himself in analyzing the military circumstance along the atlantic coast decided there was no way to defend the low country, the sea islands, which was, of course, the site of where the wealth and the power was in south carolina, georgia, and florida, and sea island cotton and the rice plantation

proclaimed slaves in rebel hands are now free, and we will accept african-americans in the united states army. we all know that lincoln did that. but as lincoln passed and the new year approached, lincoln made good on his promise. but before and after lincoln's stroke, lee had professed his abhorrence of slavery. as we know ever in the abstract and always conditioned by his conviction that his racial assumptions, racist assumptions really, that african-americans occupied some evolutionary level below that of white people, but in this instance irony attends the fact that lee himself became an emancipator and issued his own liberating proclamation three days before lincoln in 1862. the objects of lincoln's -- of lee's proclamation were the slaves once owned by george washington park custsa who was lee's father-in-law. in accord with his father-in-law's will, january 9th, 1862, lee the executor of the estate did, quote, emancipate and forever set free from slavery, unquote, the slaves at arlington, the white house plantation, which was one on the york river, and romancote, which is in king willi

armies of the united states, under the command of ulysses s. grant and don carlos buell, both moving to form a juncture here on the tennessee river, and the confederate state western forces under albert sidney johnston concentrating now in and around corinth to hold the railroads for the purpose of holding the valley, defending the valley. and that's what brings in all this activity here at this location in the early spring of 1862. what you would have seen here was, in shifts, steamboats coming in, offloading personnel, as well as all of the elements of what it takes to wage war, all of their equipment, food, tents, you name it. so it would have been very noisy as this massive offloading of personnel, animals and equipment begin to come ashore and go up on top on the plateau which is known as shiloh hill and began to occupy and camp along the landscape here at shiloh. the plateau above pittsburg landing offered quite a bit of advantages to the united states forces under grant. initial reconnaissance by sherman illustrated they could encamp up

. >> the united states army presents the big picture. an official report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now to show you part of the big pictu picture, here is sergeant stuart queen. >> 100 years ago, a moe mentous event occurred known as the tragic war of brother against brother, the civil war became one of the darkest moments in our history. out of this period, we have selected two stories to show you. the first is called matthew brady. brady was the first historian of any war and his pictures live on today to recall yesterday's history. the second story is called clara barton and shows a segment from the life of a dedicated woman from the civil war. now, let's go back through history with matthew brady. the camera's eye. the magic eye that captures and hol holds the action in a pinpoint of time. today, the camera serves as uses and yet for most of us, photography appeals by fixing chapters in our lives and in the lives of those around us. but there was a day before the high speed precision instrument. a wooden b

long do you expect to stay in the serious clerics >> right now, and still active duty in the united states army. my family and i moved from west point new york about five to go in the ac in georgia right now. i'm attending the captains career course, mandatory course for army officers and after this i am going to attend a university merkin a rotc program, which is in washington state close to home. and for me, but factor in how long you to stay in the army is how long i can take me to love the positive impact in the positive change i'm able to make. i think each and every day as i see the soldiers of nice and the men and women unable to serve it, i still think it's going to be some years before my wife either forces out of the army or we make a deciding area that god has a bigger and better place for me. so right now, i can't say i'm enjoying what i'm doing. >> thank you for your commitment. >> thank you. >> hi scott, jennifer griffin. i want to ask you, what is the last image that you have the sheer number? >> the last image that i remember your, physical image is the man who blew himself up.

have you ever thought about joining the united states army? it's-- oh, oh, excuse me. i will, uh, talk to you two later, pardon me. - what's all this? - this is your lucky night. i wanna be your fantasy. whatever you want me to do. whatever you wanna do to me. you just tell me your naughtiest fantasies, will, and you'll get it. - seriously? - seriously. - like for realsies? - for realsies. - well, how about we call up your friend erica-- aah! [thud] - good night, everybody! good night. thank you for coming out. - [harmonized chanting] ♪ my one line here - oh, yeah. >> jon: april 17, 2012. from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome to "the daily show"! boom, my name is jon stewart. good one tonight. oh, my guest, julia louise dreyfus will be joining us from her brand new vie "v.p." but we're going to start with our brand new segment on the show called hey, that guy live there is! (laughter)

other decisions i had to make in a few months was that i want to stay inactive duty in the united states army know in the united states army has ever been blind. they have been blind, but there quickly moved. no one had actually ever been blind and that's okay, i'd like to stay on active duty and how do you say okay. the last part is the hard part because i think there've been a lot of people who are combined and stay on in the army says thank you for your service. would really appreciate it. we the paycheck for you somewhere else. for me, that was the decision i wanted to make because i still wanted to make a positive change, knowing the enemy, but in the community. after praying with my wife and friend boat commanders, it was a decision i made to stay on active duty. as i push forward and went through the struggles of having generals e-mail you and call you and seek it out at the army, i don't think you know what you're doing, you're really messing up the situation in the army's anders, trust me, iran alone ship. but again, having amazing leaders like the chief of the army corps of engineer

honor is the highest award the united states can bestow on a person for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. >> the medal of honor came about because the united states army actually did not have any medals to give to its soldiers prior to the civil war. today, of course, you have to pretty much do a very heroic act -- something that's distinctly either saves lives or saves a situation. in the civil war, you didn't have to do that. a lot of times, a soldier would get a medal of honor for just picking up a dropped flag. today, though, you actually have to do something in combat with an enemy force, and that's a little bit different than some of the medals of honor that were given out in the past. >> this report is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. staying up late, studying, stressing over grades and tests. do you think things like these can cause a teen to be distracted while driving? >> yes, because staying up late decreases your energy and it will make you drowsy or sleepy and studying because you have to worry about tests all the time and homework and things like that. >> i think so -- that you can get distracted while driving becau

other decisions i had to make in a few months was that i want to stay inactive duty in the united states army? know in the united states army has ever been blind. they have been blind, but there quickly moved. no one had actually ever been blind and that's okay, i'd like to stay on active duty and how do you say okay. the last part is the hard part because i think there've been a lot of people who are combined and stay on in the army says thank you for your service. would really appreciate it. we the paycheck for you somewhere else. for me, that was the decision i wanted to make because i still wanted to make a positive change, knowing the enemy, but in the community. after praying with my wife and friend boat commanders, it was a decision i made to stay on active duty. as i push forward and went through the struggles of having generals e-mail you and call you and seek it out at the army, i don't think you know what you're doing, you're really messing up the situation in the army's anders, trust me, iran alone ship. but again, having amazing leaders like the chief of the army corps of enginee

. >> the united states army presents -- "the big picture. "unofficial report produced for the armed forces and the american people. now, to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stewart clingy. >> in preavious big picture, we brought you pictorial biographies of our military leaders whose lives and careers played an important part in the fab rick of our nation's history. today the big picture brings you another story in which the army and the nation take particular pride. the story of eisenhower, the soldier, as narrated by raymond massey. ♪ >> the time is june, 1945. the occasion, the return to his homeland of a war hero whose stature has seldom been matched in the esteem of his country. the european phase of the greatest war america ever fought is over. and part of the warmth with which the people of abilene, kansas greet eisenhower reflects the deep joy of the nation approaching peace again. some of it is the kind of welcome any hometown might give a favorite son who has done a good job. but more than anything else it is a tr

united states, mr. pearce? i'm about to tell you. he immediately enlisted in the united states army. he completed basic training, and then he was sworn in as an american citizen. today, oscar is serving our country and his country, the united states of america, in afghanistan. now, you've criticized the dream act as "some liberal dream of creating an american military staffed with foreign soldiers." do you consider oscar vasquez a foreign soldier? >> mr. durbin, you know, oscar is a good story to use, the exception was made. that's exactly what i'm talking about. those exceptions ought to be carefully thought out, not just a blanket amnesty or support. there's a cost to the american taxpayers for all this. you know, if you want to make exceptions, i'm okay with the proper exceptions and i think oscar's probably one of those that met all the criteria that any american would be proud, and certainly i'm proud that he would join the military, proud that he would defend the nation that he wants to be a part of. those are good things, mr. durbin. don't take -- [ everyone talking at once ] i

simultaneously telling the war department is that this finest that i have encounterred in the united states army, and the moment war breaks out in europe, he should be detailed to high command immediately. mcarthur is firing him and recommending him for high command. that means he understand he did not have a staff officer on his hands. eisenhower, as much as he wanted to, he will never be a staff officer. so this thing generates into a series of misunderstandings. he's finally drifen to call him the best clerk i ever had. eisenhower is driven to call him the greatest construct tor of dramatics i ever studied under. >> yes. what we narrate in going home to glory is my grandfather was a dying man in '68 and '69 and i think he wanted to make it clear he always had a fondness for his vice president. there were always going to be stories on how they related. it was rooted in the kinds of people that they were. he wanted us to all know there was genuine affection there. and i think there was. >> your father ran for the presidency in 1916 and was defeated. he ran for governor of california in 1962 and

what the arrow depicts is essentially the movement of the united states army of the southwest in the first half of 1862 as that army moved from missouri, just off the top of the map, the board, through springfield, to the battle site at pea ridge, in benton county, arkansas, and then a long circuitous route almost, but not quite to little rock, probably to the cabot/jacksonville area today. and then looping back around and across the delta to helena on the mississippi river. and what we'll do tonight is explain how this operation unfolded, what happened along the way, and of what importance it was in arkansas history. and in the civil war, the history of the civil war. the pea ridge campaign began atop the ozark plateau in the depths of a midwestern winter. and it ended 700 miles away on the banks of the mississippi river at the height of a southern summer. from start to finish, the campaign lasted almost exactly six months. when the was over, the confederacy in the trans-mississippi had suffered a military and political disaster from which it never recovered. it could not ever recov

reason is they shouldn't i think is that they shouldn't be they have no justified basis for the united states army colonel who traveled all over afghanistan last year he was in a special position he interviewed two hundred fifty united states military personnel and then he published his report and then his report was in large part leaked a couple of months ago and basically he said everything we are told is not true so it's in that context of all of systematic this information but i think the publication of these photographs actually tells people something they are systematically excluded from hearing. you are to live here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day still ahead in the program the pressure on the peace plan what reduces the opposition of internationally brokered ceasefire in syria they have been on that story just a few minutes for you here r.t. plus. the piece of information thought dissolves during america's no mirrored. vigil here is called over seven hundred bills as the bridge delayed details in the business in fifteen minutes. one. hundred. years. we have five in forty acres a

introduction didn't mention was this the united states army colonel who traveled all over afghanistan last year he was in a special position he interviewed two hundred fifty united states military personnel from the rank of private out of the rank of general and being in the position of colonel he was pretty precise in the position to do that kind of thing and then he published his report and then his report was in large part leaked problem months ago and basically he said everything we are told is not true nothing we are told is true you cannot believe anything you are told so it's in that context of systematic this information that i think the publication of these photographs actually tells people something that they are systematically just looted from hearing just very briefly you said this this whole issue of the developments in the past to question the presence of u.s. military personnel there and indeed other international forces will afghanistan then be a better place once those combat troops leave body in the twenty fourteen just briefly your thoughts for the future no but i t

because it took the united states army a long long time to acknowledge the toxicity of agent orange i mean i remember working in a v.a. as a medical student where it was a knock. rate about disability whereas it is now routinely. so i think that there. may be a worry. about opening up pandora's box and i think there's no question that the medical military command structure is subordinate to the commander of the line command so i don't think that you know certain generals of the me or navy or air force. you know speak out of turn i think they're there they have a clear. obligation to their superiors as far as the army is concerned not sure about the navy or the air force but far as the army is concerned they've moved to what's called combat teams brigade combat teams and within their brigade combat team you'll have a brigade surgeon and i forgave certain commute kathlyn or major well the battalion commanders of the ten a colonel for brigade commander as a colonel all out rank the brigade surgeon brigade surgeon and will make recommendations to the tieing commander or brigade commander

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shouldn't i think is that they shouldn't be there they have no justified basis for being the united states army colonel who traveled all over afghanistan last year he was in a special position he interviewed two hundred fifteen ited states military personnel and then he published his report and then his report was in large part leaked problem of the sago and basically he said everything we are told is not true so it's in the context of of systematic this information but i think the publication of these photographs actually tells people something that they are systematically excluded from hearing. it's good to have you with us here in our in the program still to come for you this hour. the orthodox church leads a service that's been dubbed in defense of the faith joining us from cathedral very shortly. starting with southern yemen let's get to the r.t. world update now and violent clashes have erupted between troops and militants linked to al qaeda twelve insurgents and seven soldiers have been killed the fighting occurred in the south where the yemeni government is trying to regain parts of the

grant, don carlos buel and the united states army the next morning. we've actually moved out from pittsburgh landing area and grant's last line to discuss the second day fighting here at shiloh. throughout the history of the battle second day has kind of got shortened on any major discussion or interpretation. primarily that has a great deal to do with the fact that overnight grant received sizeable reinforcement. you know, johnston was hoping to do battle before buel had arrived. well, unbeknownst to johnson, buel had arrived. in fact, buel's advance division had reached savannah, tennessee, on april the 5th. he had not simply arrived at pittsburgh landing but he had made the juncture with grant and was in striking distance of reinforcing grant as long as grant held access to pittsburgh landing and the ability to get troops across the river. buel actually comes in on steam boat. meanwhile, nelson's crossing overland to a point opposite, and the remainder of buel's column is slowly filing into savannah. they're not all going to be able >> so about 8:0

the problem is that when your other companies are in this united states army. border so. if it's sponsors on the. in the search on becomes a part or should be released for it's. we here. it says that it creates substantial capital flows will so on that it's a good source in stock market. but when it comes to the asian markets what we can see there a mixed picture of the hand sign has slipped into negative territory but throughout the day we've seen gains for both markets there and that was mainly due to apple and the strong corporate results of posted where the profit almost doubled in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve amounts and sue over eleven a barely in dollars now also a weaker yen showed some support for shares in tokyo but of course we saw that slip after was now you can see the current season as you can see the euro is still four against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble it's gaining against both major currencies now in other news that russia is of course still suffering from a capital flight but the pace has slightly declined in april thirty f

is not quite as complete as they would have desired, but it's still a major surprise on the united states army. johnston's mission was every effort be made to turn the left flank of the enemy so as to cut his line of retreat to the tennessee river and force him back on owl creek where he'll be obliged to surrender. so johnston is envisioning striking the union left first, turning it, cutting off that viable retreat to the tennessee river and then using the mass of his army to drive grant's army back into the swamps to the north out on snake creek and destroy them. that's what that obliged to surrender means in johnston's battle orders. he's going to force them to surrender or destroy them in detail. he completely envisions a battle of annihilation. he's trying to win. be decisive in the battle of annihilation. neutralize grant so he can deal with all these other problems. so this confederate force has a mission and that mission is to turn the union left flank. only the confederate high command knows that mission. the troops in the ranks don't understand that they're doing anything except locat

they shouldn't i think is that they shouldn't be they have no justified basis for believe the united states army colonel who traveled all over afghanistan last year he was in a special position he interviewed two hundred fifty night is states military personnel and then he published his report and then his report was in large part leaked a couple of months ago and basically he said everything we are told is not true so it's in that context of systematic this information that i think the publication of these photographs actually tells people something they are systematically excluded from hearing. you're with r t it's good to have you with us today and still to come for you this hour. the head of the orthodox church leads a service that's been dubbed in defense of the joint goes main cathedral very shortly. now with next month's presidential election in egypt creeping ever closer tens of thousands are joining protests to call for the end of military rule that's been running the country since the toppling of president mubarak a year ago is losing support on a daily basis as artists are for. in egy

reason is they shouldn't i think is that they shouldn't be they have no justified basis for the united states army colonel who traveled all over afghanistan last year he was in a special position he interviewed two hundred fifty states military personnel and then he published his report and then his report was in large part leaked a couple of months ago and basically he said everything we are told is not true so it's in the context of all of systematic this information that i think the publication of these photographs actually tells people something that they are systematically excluded from hearing. and china have begun their first joint able exercises there are taking place in the yellow sea near the korean peninsula two dozen vessels and thousands of sailors are involved in the war games both sides exchange experience as they focus on air defense submarine warfare as well as search and rescue tactics the drills will run for six days and this comes as tension on the korean peninsula is ask only with the u.s. shifting more military attention to the asia pacific region washington says it's aiming

african-american in the history of the united states army. sportswriter and author john feinstein discusses his latest book. video journalist michelle fields of the daily caller talks about her video coverage of stories, including occupy wall street. >> r. series of q&a interviews continues tomorrow with reducer director charles evans junior on his new movie addiction inc. the film is about victor noble and his aunt acted discovery of an ingredient in tobacco which makes cigarettes more addictive. you can see the program tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span two. up next on "the communicators", google's new privacy policy. then on booktv, a look back at pearl harbor and world war ii. we will start with craig shirley's book, december 1941. after that, pearl harbor christmas. later, bert and anita poulsen talk about their book. this week on "the communicators", a look at google's new privacy policy. >> on march 1 of this year, google changed its privacy policy, and that is our topic this week on "the communicators." markham erickson is t