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Salute for the Ages D.C
GRADUATION DAY, 10 a.m., Saturday at Michie Stadium. Congratulations to the Class of 2010. OINTER IEW ® PVOL . 67, NO. 19 SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF WVE S T POINT , THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY MAY 20, 2010 New Supe nominated Huntoon chosen to be next academy leader WASHINGTON––Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced Tuesday that President Barack Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon, Jr. for reappointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assignment as the 58th Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A 1973 West Point graduate, Huntoon was commissioned in the infantry and, after attending Infantry Officer Basic, served with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Fort Myer, Va. He later became commander of the regiment. He served with the 9th Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Germany and attended Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and later became Deputy Commandant there. During Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm, he served with the XVIII Airborne Corps in Fort Bragg, N.C. He was the Commandant of the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and is currently serving as Director of the Army Staff, United States Army, Washington, Salute for the Ages D.C. Huntoon earned a master’s degree in Retired Gen. Ralph E. Haines, Jr., 96, accompanied by Cadet First Captain Tyler Gordy salute the “Father of the international relations from Georgetown Academy” Sylvanus Thayer at the foot of Thayer Statue during the annual alumni wreath-laying ceremony Tuesday University. -
Catering to the Silent Majority the My Lai Massacre As a Media Challenge
JANA TOPPE Catering to the silent majority The My Lai massacre as a media challenge Free University of Berlin 10.10.2011 Intensive Program: "Coming Together or Coming Apart? Europe and the United States in the Sixties" September 12 – 24, 2011 Session 6: Lessons of Vietnam and Military Reform Session Chair: Professor Dr. Mark Meigs, Université de Paris-Diderot Table of contents 1 Introduction…………………………………………………..…1 2 Vietnam, the administrations and the media…………….….…..2 2.1 Bone of contention: media coverage of Cam Ne…….……..2 2.2 Nixon, Agnew and the troubles of television………………4 2.3 Expendable lives: Media dehumanization………...………..7 3 Uncovering the atrocities of My Lai……………………….….10 3.1 The media‟s role in publishing the massacre – a tale of hesitancy and caution……………………………....11 3.2 Source: “The My Lai Massacre” - Time, Nov. 28, 1969….17 4 Conclusion…………………………………………………….19 5 Bibliography…………………………………………………..22 5.1 Sources……………………………………………...……..22 5.2 Secondary Literature………………………………..……..22 6 Appendix………………………………………………………23 Jana Toppe 1 Catering to the silent majority 1. Introduction In March 1968, the men of Charlie Company entered the village of My Lai under the command of First Lieutenant William Calley with the objective to „search and destroy‟ the Viet Cong believed to reside there. The village was instead populated by unarmed South Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children, who were then massacred by Charlie Company. The incident was kept under wraps by the military for a year until an investigative journalist, Seymour Hersh, uncovered the story in 1969. The revelation of the My Lai cover-up and the expanding press coverage was not the watershed moment or turning point in press coverage as one may be tempted to think. -
Cornishness and Englishness: Nested Identities Or Incompatible Ideologies?
CORNISHNESS AND ENGLISHNESS: NESTED IDENTITIES OR INCOMPATIBLE IDEOLOGIES? Bernard Deacon (International Journal of Regional and Local History 5.2 (2009), pp.9-29) In 2007 I suggested in the pages of this journal that the history of English regional identities may prove to be ‘in practice elusive and insubstantial’.1 Not long after those words were written a history of the north east of England was published by its Centre for Regional History. Pursuing the question of whether the north east was a coherent and self-conscious region over the longue durée, the editors found a ‘very fragile history of an incoherent and barely self-conscious region’ with a sense of regional identity that only really appeared in the second half of the twentieth century.2 If the north east, widely regarded as the most coherent English region, lacks a historical identity then it is likely to be even more illusory in other regions. Although rigorously testing the past existence of a regional discourse and finding it wanting, Green and Pollard’s book also reminds us that history is not just about scientific accounts of the past. They recognise that history itself is ‘an important element in the construction of the region … Memory of the past is deployed, selectively and creatively, as one means of imagining it … We choose the history we want, to show the kind of region we want to be’.3 In the north east that choice has seemingly crystallised around a narrative of industrialization focused on the coalfield and the gradual imposition of a Tyneside hegemony over the centuries following 1650. -
Combat Motivation in the Iraq War
WHY THEY FIGHT: COMBAT MOTIVATION IN THE IRAQ WAR Leonard Wong Thomas A. Kolditz Raymond A. Millen Terrence M. Potter July 2003 ***** The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. This report is cleared for public release; distribution is unlimited. ***** This study was greatly supported by members of the 800th Military Police Brigade -- specifically BG Paul Hill, COL Al Ecke, and LTC James O’Hare. Staff Judge Advocates COL Ralph Sabbatino and COL Karl Goetzke also provided critical guidance. Finally, COL Jim Embrey planned and coordinated the visits to units for this study. ***** Comments pertaining to this report are invited and should be forwarded to: Director, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 122 Forbes Ave, Carlisle, PA 17013-5244, or directly to [email protected] Copies of this report may be obtained from the Publications Office by calling (717) 245-4133, FAX (717) 245-3820, or by e-mail at [email protected] ***** All Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) monographs are available on the SSI Homepage for electronic dissemination. SSI’s Homepage address is: http:// www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/ ***** The Strategic Studies Institute publishes a monthly e-mail newsletter to update the national security community on the research of our analysts, recent and forthcoming publications, and upcoming conferences sponsored by the Institute. Each newsletter also provides a strategic commentary by one of our research analysts. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, please let us know by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling (717) 245-3133. -
Narrative Representations of Gender and Genre Through Lyric, Music, Image, and Staging in Carrie Underwood’S Blown Away Tour
COUNTRY CULTURE AND CROSSOVER: Narrative Representations of Gender and Genre Through Lyric, Music, Image, and Staging in Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away Tour Krisandra Ivings A Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree Master of Arts in Music with Specialization in Women’s Studies University of Ottawa © Krisandra Ivings, Ottawa, Canada, 2016 Abstract This thesis examines the complex and multi-dimensional narratives presented in the work of mainstream female country artist Carrie Underwood, and how her blending of musical genres (pop, rock, and country) affects the narratives pertaining to gender and sexuality that are told through her musical texts. I interrogate the relationships between and among the domains of music, lyrics, images, and staging in Underwood’s live performances (Blown Away Tour: Live DVD) and related music videos in order to identify how these gendered narratives relate to genre, and more specifically, where these performances and videos adhere to, expand on, or break from country music tropes and traditions. Adopting an interlocking theoretical approach grounded in genre theory, gender theory, narrative theory in the context of popular music, and happiness theory, I examine how, as a female artist in the country music industry, Underwood uses genre-blending to construct complex gendered narratives in her musical texts. Ultimately, I find that in her Blown Away Tour: Live DVD, Underwood uses diverse narrative strategies, sometimes drawing on country tropes, to engage techniques and stylistic influences of several pop and rock styles, and in doing so explores the gender norms of those genres. ii Acknowledgements A great number of people have supported this thesis behind the scenes, whether financially, academically, or emotionally. -
Memorial Day 2021
MEMORIAL DAY 2021 Virgil Poe and RC Pelton This article is dedicated to the families and friends of all soldiers, sailors and Marines who did not survive war and those who did survive but suffered with battle fatigue Shell Shock, or PTSD . Virgil Poe served in the US ARMY DURING WORLD WAR ll. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AS WAS MY UNCLE LOWELL PELTON. As a teenager, Virgil Poe, a 95 year old WWII veteran served in 3rd army and 4th army in field artillery units in Europe (France, Belgium Luxemburg, and Germany) He recently was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his WWII service. Authorized by the President of France, it is the highest Military Medal in France. After the war in Germany concluded, he was sent to Fort Hood Texas to be reequipped for the invasion of Japan. But Japan surrendered before he was shipped to the Pacific. He still calls Houston home. Ernest Lowell Pelton My Uncle Ernest Lowell Pelton was there with Virgil during the battle serving as a Medic in Tank Battalion led by General Gorge Patton. During the battle he was wounded while tending to 2 fellow soldiers. When found they were both dead and Lowell was thought dead but still barely alive. He ended up in a hospital in France where he recovered over an 8-month period. He then asked to go back to war which he did. Lowell was offered a battlefield commission, but declined saying, I do not want to lead men into death. In Anson Texas he was called Major since all the small-town residents had heard of his heroism. -
Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Mỹ Lai: Museum, Ritual, Pilgrimage
Vietnam: Memories and Meaning How to Cite: Tamashiro, Roy. 2018. Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Mỹ Lai: Museum, Ritual, Pilgrimage. ASIANetwork Exchange, 25(1), pp. 60–79, DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/ane.267 Published: 31 May 2018 Peer Review: This article has been peer reviewed through the double-blind process of ASIANetwork Exchange, which is a journal of the Open Library of Humanities. Copyright: © 2018 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Open Access: ASIANetwork Exchange is a peer-reviewed open access journal. Digital Preservation: The Open Library of Humanities and all its journals are digitally preserved in the CLOCKSS scholarly archive service. The Open Library of Humanities is an open access non-profit publisher of scholarly articles and monographs. Roy Tamashiro ‘Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Mỹ Lai: Museum, Ritual, Pilgrimage’ (2018) 25(1), pp. 60–79 ASIANetwork Exchange, DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/ane.267 VIETNAM: MEMORIES AND MEANING Bearing Witness to the Inhuman at Mỹ Lai: Museum, Ritual, Pilgrimage Roy Tamashiro Webster University, US [email protected] This article explores how the Sơn Mỹ Memorial and Museum and its associated community activities and programs commemorate and memorialize the 1968 Mỹ Lai Massacre and its aftermath. The museum provides space for reflection and bearing witness to the profound suffering in the Massacre. -
HISTORY 319—THE VIETNAM WARS Fall 2017 Mr
University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History HISTORY 319—THE VIETNAM WARS Fall 2017 Mr. McCoy I. COURSE PROCEDURES: Class Meetings: Lectures are given in 1111 Humanities by Mr. McCoy on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. In addition, students will attend a one-hour discussion section each week conducted by the Teaching Assistant (TA) for this course. N.B. Laptops may used only for taking notes and may not be used to access the Internet. Office Hours: —For Marlana Margaria, Humanities Room 4274, on Tuesdays from 1:45 to 3:45 p.m. and other hours by appointment (TEL: 265-9480). Messages may be left in Humanities Mailbox No. 4041, or sent via e-mail to: <[email protected]> —For Alfred McCoy, Humanities Room 5131, Thursdays 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. and other hours by appointment (TEL: 263-1855). Messages may be left in Humanities Mailbox No. 5026, or sent via e-mail to: <[email protected]> Grading: Students shall complete three pieces of written work. On October 19, students shall take a midterm examination. On November 21, students shall submit a 5,000-word research essay with full footnotes and bibliographic references. During examination week on December 16, students shall take a two-hour final examination. Final grades shall be computed as follows: —midterm take-home exam: 20% —research essay: 30% —discussion section mark: 30% —final examination: 20% —extra credit/film viewing: 3% Course Requirements: For each of these assignments, there are different requirements for both the amount and form of work to be done: a.) Midterm take-home examination: Select two questions from a list distributed in the lecture on Thursday, October 19, and turn in two short essays totaling five typed pages, with full endnote citations, at the start of class on Tuesday, October 24. -
Download DC Brigade Indictment
${ECETYEffi UNITED STATES DISTRICT C,URT JUN 0 g Z1Zt FoR rHE DISTRICT oF CoLUMBIA RECEIVED t'31 t' Dis-trict .Y anci Hording a criminal rerm JUN 0 q ?il?'l uankruptcy Courts -------D ' Grand Jury Sworn in on January 812021 " r ,i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CRIMINAL NO. v. GRAND JURY ORIGINAL ALAI\ HOSTETTER, VIOLATIONS: (Counts lr21415) 18 U.S.C. $S ls12(k) RUSSELL TAYLOR, (Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official (Counts 1,2.,3,41516) Proceeding) ERIK SCOTT WARI\IER, 18 U.S.C. $$ 1s12(c)(2),2 (Counts 1r2,4,5,8) (Obstruction of an Oflicial Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting) FELIPE ANTONIO "TONY" MARTINEZ, 18 U.S.C. $$ 231(a)(3),2 (Counts 1,2,4,5) (Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder and Aiding and Abetting) DEREK KINNISON, and (Counts 1,2,4,5,7) 18 U.S.C. $ 17s2(a)(1) and (b)(l)(A) (Entering and Remaining in a Restricted RONALD MELE, Building and Grounds and Carrying a (Counts 1,2,4,5) Deadly or Dangerous Weapon) Defendants. 18 U.S.C. $ 17s2(a)(2) and (b)(l)(A) (Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building and Grounds and Carrying a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon) 18 U.S.C. $ ls12(c)(1) (Tampering with Documents or Proceedings) 40 U.S.C. $ s10a(e)(1)(A) (Unlawful Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on Capitol Grounds and in Buildings) INDICTMENT The Grand Jury charges that, at all times material to this lndictment, on or about the dates stated below: Introduction The 2020 United States Presidential Election and the Ollicial Proceeding on January 6, 2021 l. -
Three Hundred Sixty Five Days
Three Hundred and Sixty Five Days With Letters to Home By Paul T. Kearns INTRODUCTION What follows is a narrative of my personal experience as a helicopter pilot serving in the U.S. Army in the Republic of South Vietnam during the years 1968- 1969, and portions of my army flight training experiences prior to my combat duty service in Vietnam. It is a recollection of what I experienced then, and can recall now, some thirty five years later. History books tell the facts concerning the battles and politics of that war, what led up to it, how it was won or lost, and how it ended. My perspective, described herein, is much more limited and personal. It is my story, and to a limited degree, a story of others who shared the three hundred and sixty five day tour of duty with me. This version of my memoir has excerpts taken from personal letters I wrote to my family during this period. MY ARRIVAL The date was May 30, 1968. It had been a very long flight from McCord Air Force Base in Seattle, Washington to Cam Rahn Bay Air Force Base in South Vietnam. I was 21 years old, three weeks past my graduation from the United States Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama. The moment that I stepped off that airplane I was the newest arrival amongst the steady stream of mostly young men going to Vietnam to join the occupational army consisting of some 500,000 Americans. I was scared, and very lonely. Almost to the day, three years earlier, I had walked down the isle at La Jolla High School in San Diego, California to receive my diploma. -
My Lai Massacre 1 My Lai Massacre
My Lai Massacre 1 My Lai Massacre Coordinates: 15°10′42″N 108°52′10″E [1] My Lai Massacre Thảm sát Mỹ Lai Location Son My village, Son Tinh District of South Vietnam Date March 16, 1968 Target My Lai 4 and My Khe 4 hamlets Attack type Massacre Deaths 347 according to the U.S Army (not including My Khe killings), others estimate more than 400 killed and injuries are unknown, Vietnamese government lists 504 killed in total from both My Lai and My Khe Perpetrators Task force from the United States Army Americal Division 2LT. William Calley (convicted and then released by President Nixon to serve house arrest for two years) The My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/)[2] was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, by United States Army soldiers of "Charlie" Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the Americal Division. Victims included women, men, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies were later found to be mutilated[3] and many women were allegedly raped prior to the killings.[] While 26 U.S. soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at Mỹ Lai, only Second Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in Charlie Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but only served three and a half years under house arrest. -
"So God-Damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War
Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Honors Theses Lee Honors College 5-9-2012 "So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War Tara M. Bell [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Bell, Tara M., ""So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War" (2012). Honors Theses. 1542. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/1542 This Honors Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Lee Honors College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY The Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College THE CARL AND WINIFRED LEE HONORS COLLEGE CERTIFICATE OF ORAL DEFENSE OF HONORS THESIS Tara Bell, having been admitted to the Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College in the fall of 2008, successfully completed the Lee Honors College Thesis on May 09, 2012. The title of the thesis is: "So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers'Experiences in the Vietnam War Dr. Edwin Martini, History Scott Friesner, Lee Honors College Dr. Nicholas Andreadis, Lee Honors College 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, Ml 49008-5244 PHONE: (269) 387-3230 FAX: (269) 387-3903 www.wmich.edu/honors The story of the Vietnam War cannot be told solely from the perspective of the political and military leaders of the war. For a complete understanding of the war one must look at the experiences of the common person, the soldiers who fought in the war.