[explosions] narrator today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the american soldier, stand ready on the alert all over the world, to defend this country. You, the american people, against aggression. This is the big picture. An official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now, to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. Stewart queen all of us are well aware of the great and historic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war, we heard, read, and many of us saw how the army nurse went there great hardship in her duty. The same dangers entered by the troops which she accompanied into combat, but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves, not only in the states, but all over the world. Today on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work, but how she s
[explosions] narrator today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the american soldier, stand ready on the alert all over the world, to defend this country. You, the american people, against aggression. This is the big picture. An official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now, to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. Stewart queen all of us are well aware of the great and historic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war, we heard, read, and many of us saw how the army nurse went there great hardship in her duty. The same dangers entered by the troops which she accompanied into combat, but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves, not only in the states, but all over the world. Today on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work, but how she s
Narrator today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the american soldier, stand ready on the alert all over the world, to defend this country. You, the american people, against aggression. This is the big picture. An official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now, to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. Stewart queen all of us are well aware of the great and historic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war, we heard, read, and many of us saw how the army nurse went there great hardship in her duty. The same dangers entered by the troops which she accompanied into combat, but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves, not only in the states, but all over the world. Today on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work, but how she spends her lei
Official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. All of us are well aware of the great and heroic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war we heard, read and many of us saw how the army nurse went through great hardship in performance of her duty. The same dangers endured by the troops which she accompanied into combat. But relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves not only in the states but all over the world. Today, on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work but how she spends her leisure time, and something of what she thinks and feels as she serves our troops and her country in the far flung corners of the world. Korea is no longer on the front pages of the newspapers these days. It is a poor country now. Very much li
Youre looking at film shot 75 years ago on the morning of december 7th, 1941 when warplanes from fixed japanese Aircraft Carriers targeted the u. S. Pacific fleet at pearl harbor. Almost 4,400 killed, 1,200 wounded. The next two hours here on American History tv we will be joined by historians on fact on pearl bore. We have three ways to join the discussion. 2027408900. For those world war ii veterans 20274 202748902. Send us a tweet and we look forward to your comments on facebook. Com cspanhistory. Joining us from new york city on the first hour of our program is ian toll, the author of pacific crews bell, war at sea in the pacific, 1941 to 1942 which looks at the war in the pacific from pearl harbor to midway. Welcome to American History tv. And ill start by asking you how pearl harbor changed the course of history. Well, in many ways. I could probably go on the whole hour just answering that one question. It is is fair to say that pearl harbor is the central event in the history of