From the carrier uss yorktown, attacked over japan after receiving word the war ended. The National World War Ii Museum hosted this online event and provided the video. Thank you all for joining us today for whats going to be a great conversation about a really engaging and book that maybe should have been written before john got to it in the last 75 years since the war. Dog fight over tokyo. Its a great book. He is the author of many books, john wukovits. He came to us about ten years ago, we were just talking about this, came and gave a presentation on his book about boyington book and we have not managed to get him back here. We tried and he was going to come in april of this year but of course things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. But im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and then tin can titans which won the Samuel Elliott morrison naval li
Dogfight over tokyo, its a great book, he is an author of many books, john wukovits, it came to us about ten years ago. We are just talking about this. He visited the museum, gave a presentation on this book, and we have not managed to get him back. Here we tried, and he was going to come in april of this year. But things got a little out of hand, and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. Im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Hell from the heroes from the heavens for crew and country, and 10 10 titans, which one Samuel Elliott morrison naval literature award that year it came out, probably the most prestigious award that was awarded, regarding nipple history. Congratulations on that, many years bladed. As i mentioned, john was supposed to come here in april and thankfully weve been able to work with our colleagues in the Distance Learning team, chrissy and kate, to bring these programs to you all. This one, specifically, has
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Thank you all for joining us today for what is going to be a great conversation about a really engaging and a book that maybe should have been written before john got to it in the last 75 years since the war, dogfight over tokyo the final air battle of the pacific, and the last four men to die in world war ii. Its a great book. Hes the author of many books, john wukovits. He came to us about 10 years ago and gave a presentation on his pappy boynton book and we have not managed to get him back here. We tried and he was going to come in april of this year but of course, things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. But im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Four crew and country and then tin can tightens, which won the samuel l morrison naval award when it came out. Probably the most prestigious award regarding naval history. So congratulations on that. John was supposed to come in april and we were