Companies as a Public Service and brought you today, your television provider. Up next, the Manhattan Project is a subject of a lecture by George Mason University history professor Martin Sherman is the author of a world destroyed, harris she met and its like a cease and a coauthor of a pulitzer winner, mr. Sherman details the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery efficient in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs in cities like kawasaki and hershey. The event was hosted in washington d. C. It is just under two hours. Our speaker tonight is martin sure. When hes the professor at the history at martin mason. Hes also the author of a world destroyed, the atomic bomb and the world, alliance which won the historic foreign relations, as well as the american book prize. It was a 1975 finalist for it is subtitled hiroshima and its legacies. Hes held appointments at the cardoza fund, visiting as this thing professor at American History at Yale University and as the burnet
Cspan radio up. 75 years ago, in the summer of 1945 the United States dropped two atomic bombs on japan, one on here shimon august six and the other are nagasaki on august 9th. And this oral history recorded in 2012, by the national will work to museum, army veteran, eugene disabatino, talks about his assignments to the manhattan project, which included being stationed at loss alamos and working while the bomb dropped over nagasaki. The National World War Ii Museum provided the video. I was born in wilmington, delaware. And basically, i grew up in wilmington, delaware. My family had a Construction Business there, which was quite old, it is still in business. And i went to school in delaware, i went to the university of delaware, my history basically was in delaware before i went into the service. I tried to enlist in the service the minute we were attacked by japan, but i was color blind and i couldnt get in. But they had what they called the enlisted reserve corps, which they let Coll
Organized science and history. Announcer on august 6, 1945, the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in history japan. Roshima, later, ondays nagasaki. Six days later, japan surrendered, bringing an end to the second world war. I have a message from the japanese government. From the secretary of state on august 11. Declaration potsdam that specifies the unconditional surrender. Announcer through the work of cspans cities tour, we will share stories of people who contributed to this worldaltering events. We begin in new orleans, at the National World war ii museum. We are here on the road to tokyo exhibit. That will take up the war on the pacific and asia, 1941 to 1945. What are the most interesting aspects . One of the interesting aspects is how quickly the turning point came in. In are just about six months later, after the japanese ran wild through the pacific, the battle of midway was fought. That was a major portion of japans strength. Whatever chance japan had of winning
I have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government, and reply to the message forwarded to that government by the secretary of state on august 11. I deem this reply a full acceptance of the potsdam declaration. It specifies the Unconditional Surrender of japan, in their reply, there is no qualification. That is president harry truman on august, 1940 five, announcing japans Unconditional Surrender following the u. S. Department of to atomic weapons, ending world war ii. Your new book culminates with this event 75 years ago. In the midst of what is going on in the country, why is it significant to pause and never this event so long ago . Guest i do not know if it is significant, but it is interesting and that was enough for me. [laughter] you have to say was significant for me personally, because i, as the host of the sunday talk show, i live and breathe washingtons world today. And one of the joys about researching and writing and now talking about this book, has nothi
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 did you say you were married already at that point or no . No. I got married at the end of the war when i got back. Thats how i got back. I talked general foul into letting me come back and get married in berkeley, california. Tell me a little bit more, what was it like at loss alamo with everybody there and nobody can talk about what theyre doing. Los alamos, first place, it sat up on top of a mountain. It was a boys school at one time, a very exclusive boys school, so to get there you had to drive up a road that went up the side of the mountain. I mean if you wept off the side of that road you had a nice roll down a hill. Then when you got to a guard gate, they stopped you and got your identity and so forth. From there you go in and the first thing you came to was the technical area, the beginning of the technical area. Now it was up on the level part of the property and thats where a drug store was and a Grocery Store and so for