Early in 1945, our b29s began fullscale operations against japan. 1,500 miles to targets. And 1,500 miles back. From bases in saipan, tinia, and guam. Here, 21st Bomber Command concentrated its massive airpower and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war. Along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated chimorans were back in their clean, native villages. American citizens again, smiling and friendly, unaware that a miracle had happened around them. A miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment, and supplies, across the pacific. That changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of blacktop airfields, and nearby new skmunt communities americans had set up housekeeping with various types of selfservice. The latest laborsaving devices fuel laundry problems and no modern inconveniences. By mi
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Huge foreign debt swain what its coronavirus hit economy. Also with a Shopping Mall rental income plunging in business is reassessing office space a look at the pandemics Lasting Impact on commercial real estate. An airbus jet liner with almost 100 people on board has crashed into a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the coastal pakistani city of karachi there are at least 2 survivors from the plane pictures showing one man being carried away from the wreckage of the posted online its not known how many people were killed or injured on the ground the pilot of the Pakistan International Airlines Plane was heard transmitting a mayday to the control tower shortly before the crash lets get the latest now from kabul hi there whos in islamabad kemal what more do we know. Well as you mentioned biggest critic good to know that doesnt last communication between that croft and a control tower in karachi was that the aircraft were gone and then bro its because of technical difficulties and
The global pulpit Paper Industry and he holds patents in selfadhesive postage stamps and barcode labels. Never knew that. He is an ohio native who graduated from miami university. Teams part of the research that developed the first commercially successful selfadhesive u. S. Postage stamp. Written 20 civil war and andrground railroad books his biography of general william awardson multiple including a literate literary prize for confederate history. He has written several articles forgetting magazine and several other publications. Scott and his wife debbie reside in northern pennsylvania. Scott thanks for coming today. I want to talk about the role of the railroads in pennsylvania. I have written three books on the railroads. Respectively from east to west, the philadelphiawilmington baltimore railroad. The Northern Central Railway which ran from harrisburg to baltimore. The third key railroad that ran between maryland and pennsylvania during the civil war. The Cumberland Valley railro
Plans to their state as soon as today. Preparing for one possible second wave. What one ceo says hes getting ready and doing. You are watching on this wednesday, may 27, 2020 on cnbc. Good morning welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan thank you for starting or ending your day with us on cnbc it is turning out to be quite the holiday shortened trading week futures are up again right now session highs. Nasdaq also up about a percentage level about the same. Dow futures have been gaining ground since opening up in the red following yesterdays big stocks move higher squarely focused on two things number one, the hope around the vaccine and the optimism around the rebound as more move forward with their opening plans d. C. Targeting next week, parts of long island opening today. Sooner than many had expected given earlier concerns the case of new growth rates and hospitalizations have come way down even those who get sick tend to ride it out and recover.