One of the reasons they took iro jima is they would come and fly 1,000 miles but they had to go over iwo jima to get to tokyo. Iwo jima would forewarn them by radar. They also had shoot planes there that could shoot down the injured b29s when they were returning. In fact, it got so bad that a friend of mine by the name of general randal, who was there, he told me that they had submarines almost every 50 miles between tokyo and saipan to pick up the flyers. Today at 5 00 eastern. Part of American History tv this weekend on cspan 3. All weekend, American History tv is featuring ann arbor michigan, home to the university of michigan. The School Wallace mos moved fr detroit to ann arbor in 1837 and fuels most of the citys economy. Hosted by our Comcast Cable partners, cspans local content vehicles recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about ann arbor all weekend here on American History tv. Today youre at Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of yp
I started with teddy roosevelt, i knew so much had been written about teddy that i needed another story. I got into taft, when i figured out what was the difference between the two and their leadership, it was teddys leadership, and tafts failure of leadership. So i started reading the publications, the magazines, the press, these guys stood at the center and played a single role. Even the best historians writing secondarily, said these people were the vanguard. I didnt know the core, so he came into this life. Roosevelt, taft, and the muckrakers, with the bully pulpit author. All weekend long, American History tv is featuring the history of ann arbor, michigan, it was founded in 1824 but john allen. They recently visited many sites exploring the citys history. Learn more about ann arbor, all weekend, on American History tv. Today youre at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of ypsilanti. What we have created here is a museum attempting to tell the automotive history o
Of business in 1957. Whats unique about it is the dealership has the feel and the look of a 1930s, 1940s car dealership. And it has that feel because it is absolutely original. After world war ii ended, didnt need bombers anymore and there was a giant factory, the biggest one under one roof in the world. And two industrialists got together and decided to manufacture cars. There was a pentup demand for consumer goods after world war ii. They went together and created a Company Called kaiser fraser, using their last names. And Kaiser Frazer manufactured cars at the old bomber plant until 1953 when in 1953, they were sales had declined and they were consolidated into toledo, ohio. And in that factory then, General Motors took it over and needed the factory after losing their hydromatic plant from a fire outside of detroit. They moved here to ypsilanti to manufacture transmissions and then took half the factory and used it as an assembly plant. A General Motors story here. We have a Kaiser
And visibly pregnant and asked how much Maternity Leave do you want to sake and she said basically none, the fact that such women exist, not the way i i took plenty of Maternity Leave but i feel like that is a growing number you know, that is a kind of woman that there can be space for. And the fact that there are some stay at home dads happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, thats okay, too. Only National Television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books and throughout the fall were marking 15 years of book tv on cspan2. All weekend long American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of ann arbor, michigan. To learn more about our local content vehicles, visit cspan. Org local content. This is American History tv on cspan3. Today youre at the indianapolis landty Automotive Heritage Museum in the city of jips landty. What we have created here is a museum attempting to tell the automotive history of our area here. And right
Known as hangar 1 at willow run airport. Were in bay 8. And if you look out at about a 45degree angle from here, we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. Theres a lot of stories that lead up to the building of this factory. With the war in europe turning hot. When the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. So roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place. And the bombers were devastating england. And came out that bombers would be the way that youd have to fight world war ii. And all the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the newest airplane. Still in development stages and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. So ford said, im not just going to build parts. Ill bui