Superior to his brother. Encouraged jack kennedy to go to his father and tell him what he wanted to be in life. Is the Kennedy Family didnt know jack kennedy had any political aspirations or any political talent and inga managed to help them stand up to his father and get the support he would need to become president and because their affair was so scandalous president kennedy was nearly courtmartialed out of the navy. Here he is an officer of Naval Intelligence and dating a suspected nazi spy and nearly courtmartialed and said he was transferred and endeded up in combat in the South Pacific where he became a war hero where pt 109 was some, jack kennedy thought his career was over because he thought thinking that but would be a disaster for his career. When he came back stateside he sat down with a reporter, inga, who realized he was very heroic, she wrote the templates for all future stories about john kennedy and pt 109 that portrayed him as a war hero, not a failure and that was the
This film, from the natural archives, contains graphic scenes of war some viewers may find disturbing. President roosevelt yesterday, december 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. The United States of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of japan. The United States was at peace with that nation, and at the solicitation of japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the pacific. Indeed, one hour after, japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of oahu, the japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our secretary of state a formal reply to a recent american message. Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive, extending throughout the pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the
Surely this is an old case, old at least by newspaper standards. The condition had occurred in 2003 and i thought surely people have written about this but when i dug deeper, i saw that it hadnt been covered at all and the reason was that brian regan was arrested two weeks before 9 11 and he was convicted one month after the us invaded iraq so it was almost this story was kind of book ended bythese two major events. And it was sort of lowhanging fruit for me to go after. To rewind a little bit, your interest in going to this cryptology us, do you have a background in science writing so you were comfortable solving into it. As you get to the cryptology section, i think everyone except that hardcore cryptology us are going to say, let me get a cup of coffee, this is serious. Can you talk about what was your interest in cryptology before that . Were you working on something . I didnt really have a specific interest in cryptology. Im a science writer, i worked at Science Magazine for many
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