President s day. They are all different but truman grew into the draw. He impressed people from the very beginning that he was a workaholic. Worked about 18 hours a day, stickler for punctuality. , stickler for punctuality. He actually had six clocks in the oval office. He was punctual all of the time. Six clocks clocks in the oval office and he worked his fingers to the bone. As you know, he had that sign on his desk that said the buck stops here. He is trent was a no bs kind of guy. If you think that Franklin Roosevelt lived in challenging times which he certainly did, just imagine what harry truman had to deal with. He world war ii had ended on his watch, hitler surrendered two weeks after he took office and then he had to decide whether to use the atomic bomb against japan. The korean war, the berlin berlin airlift, the creation of nato, on and on and on. Whether he should fire Douglas Macarthur, all huge decisions any handle them. He never looked back. Truman always said i sleep w
Bronoman recalls leadership during world war ii. Good morning and welcome to the roosevelt president ial library. Were glad to have you today and happy about our annual reading festival and this wonderful turnout as well. Especially on our 75th 75th anniversary which were celebrating june 30th. I think that president roosevelt would be quite pleased to see everyone and to see this turnout and to know that his library, as he intended, would be used torii search and scholarship to continue to explore the issues of his era, and especially how they still have an impact today on political and social life. Now im going to speak for just a moment about how this works. Many of you already know there will be 30 minutes during which mr. Bornamman will speak to you about his book, and then well follow with ten minutes worth of questions we ask you to good to the microphone because were fortunate to have cspan with us today, and its great if your questions can be heard so that everybody can benefi
No question that on both fronts there were some pretty horrific battles. Yes, sir. Playing into macarthur with the savior complex, i shall return as opposed to week, was there any discussion . Theres a whole army behind us, who are you . I think that goes to the core of douglas macarthur. There was a suggestion, after he said eyes shall return, there was a suggestion by fdr and marshall, wouldnt it be great if we could say we shall return. Thats you sounds a lot more collaborative, but again, thats not macarthurs personality. To his credit, he took it personally that he would go back and do it. It was a personal charge to him. To your point earlier, about operations and things, you have to remember that mcarthurs father in the civil war which is where i begin the the book, because i think its instructive and a lot of people have written about it but its instructive that his father really leads this great charge up Missionary Ridge during the civil war and it may not have been the great
He has previously written the admiral, which was the winner of the Samuel Eliot Morrison award in naval literature. His commentaries appeared in the new york times, Washington Post and wall street journal and other places. So without continuing for too long we are all here to hear walter borneman. [applause] thank you so much. Its wonderful to be here in hyde park, and i indeed going to talk about macarthur, macarthur at war world war ii in the pacific but a really thought i wanted to bring this because of our historic venue. A little bit more about the relationship between Douglas Macarthur and Franklin Roosevelt. And permit me if you will to actually start with someone else, admiral william leahy. Now, you roosevelt scholars in the room know him as roosevelt chief of staff. His wartime counselor, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and really a de facto National Security advisor long before that position was set up. And four years ago when it published admirals which you mentioned
Tonight in book tv in primetime, a focus on military history. Will hear from others and historians about famous military figures and battles from the civil war to world war ii. , a look at general macarthurs relationship with fdr during world war ii. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] good morning and welcome to the roosevelt president ial library. Were glad to have you today and were very happy about our annual reading festival and this wonderful turnout as well. Especially on her 75th anniversary which we are celebrating on june 30. I think president roosevelt would be quite pleased to see everyone and to see this turnout and to know that his library, as he intended would be used for research and scholarship to continue to explore the issues of his era and especially how they still have an impact today on our political and social life. Now im going to speak for just a moment about how this works. Many of you already know, there will there will