Kor corps. My name is alan b. Clark. My age is 92. Yes. My birthday is 10 september 23. Okay. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, theyre primarily from the english continent. My mother felt it from the welsh. But my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point, but we cant go back much further. Were back to about 1760. Wow. And we have all that in a genealogy book and i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. And but i was born on the farm. My dad raised tobacco. And corn. And horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i. Two boys that were older than i and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all had deceased now. Okay. And so youre part of the chosen few association, which means you were at the reservoir during the korean war. Is that
Recorded in fall brook, california in 2015. He talks about his experiences serving two tours in korea with the u. S. Marine corps. My name is alan clark you. My age is 92. My birthday is 10 september, 1923. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother is from the welch but my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cannot go back much further. We went back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. I can show that to you before you leave here. But i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Ok. And so, you are part of the chosen few asso
U. S. Marine veteran alan clark on serving two tours in cory ko between 1950 and 1953. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Shes probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. Hated politics with a passion. This couch is one piece they took to the white house. They had eight rooms they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her great son. She calls him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. A very pointed letter by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. Axel rod broke onkaqa the train he did not survive the crash. She concluded this was god gods that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping. She wasnt cap
Historians. Mr. Poke ranked 14th in cspans story of president ial leadership. John seeingigenthaler, autho james k. Polk. How did they talk you into doing a biography of this president . He called me and said youre a tennessean, james polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for the series on the president s. I said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said i want you to do one thing. He said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend to read it and tell me no. I read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him before you started this . I knew he was a tennessean, im a tennessean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved, and ive been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T