Take three months to start back in the old days. Even took two or three days when we first started doing it by air because they flew by day and then took the train at night and flew by day and took the train. So the range speed pay load and the capabilities and safety, safety is a really major portion of this entire program. Youre going to keep it for a few more minutes and then show our audience some of the artifacts and exhibits here at the museum but let me get a call joining us from oregon. Youre on the air. Oh, awesome. Its very nice to meet you, general. My question for you is actually a twopart question. One, how many exhibits are actually on display . And what is your favorite exhibit . We have 22 galleries. And the, probably, im not going to give you a number but its, ill say its more than 160 actual artifacts. Im talking about large artifacts. If we count the metals and the patches and some of the other smaller things, it gets into the thousands, actually. So, and i mentioned
General jack dailey, thank you for being with us. We have a busy night. We appreciate it. The individual who runs this facility, the most Popular Museum in the smithsonian. Thanks for your time. Could i put in a plug . Absolutely. At 8 30 tonight eastern daylight time, were going to have an Opening Ceremony for our new exhibit, the boeing milestones of flight hall, right next door to where we are now, and its open to the public. Were going to stay open all night. So, if you havent got anything else to do tonight, even if you do, come on down, because the weathers clearing here. Were going to do it outside. Were going to have a grand time. And cspan American History tv is carrying it live. Were going to show you around. Thanks again for being with us. Sure. Were going to show you around this terrific facility, this museum, and some of the artifacts, oneofakind items only here at the air and space museum. Behind me you see the wright each week american artifacts takes viewers around the
Stephen harding targets an american soldier and the final flight through japan in the book last to die. Publishers weekly calls the book a meticulously researched tale. While harding expresses a commitment as a journalist and historian to remaining objective and not emotionally attached to the individual stories to be told, he admits to his personal connection with tony from his service in the vietnam war to his detailed journalism of American Military affairs, harding is very well suited to share tonys legacy of patriotism. Stephen harding is the author of eight previous books including the New York Times bestseller the last battle, he is a longtime journalist, for nearly two decades, he was on the staff of u. S. Soldiers, the initial newspaper of the u. S. Army. Currently, he is the editor this chief of military history magazine. His contributions on defense topics in aviation, military and maritime history, have appeared in the San Francisco chronicle, air and space smithsonian, wor
Next military historian Stephen Harding recalls the death of the last american killed in combat in world war ii. [inaudible conversations] hello everybody, welcome tonight. This is politics and prose at busboys and poets. I am here hosting the event with Stephen Harding and his book last to die. I want to make a short note. Tonight we have cspan live here filming the event so we will have them here. Also just to make you aware we have politics and prose are sponsoring this event. We are in three new busboys locations. We host events here and we are here at the tacoma location and also at the birkeland location so you can see us there as well. One of the great benefit to being here you can order food throughout the event and love to have you do that. You can purchase the book at the front of the store. As i mentioned tonight we have Stephen Harding here. World war ii in japan officially ended in ceasefire but there were a few final moments the americans Stephen Harding chronicles tony m
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