Of 19 46nce in july and they needed a military advisor to create the philippine military. Douglas macarthur at this point brings an impressive resume to that task. Decoratedmost highly american officer in the first world war. He had been superintendent at west point. He had been one of the outstanding graduate from there. Was known in the philippines perry had served there many times i had a lot of friends including in the current philippine government. Had been chief of staff from 1930 until 1935 and after that, except for the post accepted the post of military advisor. He moved out there taking his ailing mother with him and they booked passage on the liner hoover. Macarthur, being a Major General in the army, having reverted to that rank, was seated at the captains table. That is what this program here is from. From october 1935 on their way across the pacific. While there, he meets a vivacious tennessee woman. Jean faircloth. On the first leg of an asian tour with friends. On her w
Program. Hello, andkowski welcome. My name is christopher kolakowski. It is my honor to be the director here. We are a museum, and research center, dedicated to the life and times of general Douglas Macarthur. We will look at some of the treasures in our collection from world war ii, the occupation of japan to the end of his life. With that, let us take a look at our first item. Douglas macarthur in 1935 was offered the job of military advisor of the commonwealth of the philippines. They were on their way for independence in july of 1946 and they needed a military advisor to create the philippine military. Douglas macarthur at this point brings a very impressive resume to that task. He is the most highly decorated american officer in the first world war. Had event superintendent as west point and one of the outstanding graduates from there. Was known in the philippines and had served there many times. He had a lot of friends , including friends in the current philippine government. He
On pearl harbor a date that will live in infamy. The u. S. Declared war on japan after the attack and became fully embroiled in world war ii. Former senator john warner and retired vice admiral robert dunn recount how it changed the nation. The National Museum of the u. S. Navy hosted this hourlong program. Im the director of the National Museum and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the program. Yesterday, we observed the 73rd anniversary of the attack at pearl harbor. Today, we continue that observance with histories from two men who lived the experience. In all of our lives, there are some things that are inevitable that we remember. 9 11, the assassination of john kennedy, and for older americans, the attack on pearl harbor is one of those things you never forget where you were, what you were doing, and what happened on that day. The events of december 7, 1941 certainly changed us individually, our parents, our country. Today we are going to talk with two speakers. Both were young
They find it advantageous to process, to grow foods where its cheaper in countries where the environmental laws are weaker, where can they can have an easier time dictating policy and so increasingly our foods are being produced in these countries and if we are talking about organic, its very difficult to even verify in the u. S. That organic products are meeting the standards, so we can imagine how this is happening in places like china. He next on booktv encore booknotes from 1999. Elizabeth norman talked about her book we band of angels the untold story of American Nurses trapped on bataan by the japanese. The book tells the stories of army and navy nurses that were caught during the bombing of manila philippines by the japanese and their establishment of the jungle hospital for the numerous casualties. Its about an hour. Cspan elizabeth m. Norman, author of we band of angels, who are you talking about . Guest im talking about the army and navy nurses who were in the philippines whe