Q a box and the moderator will be reviewing those during the questionandanswer session which will conclude tonights program and now to introduce the moderator, it is my pleasure to pass this program over to doctor rob said tino. Thank you, jeremy. Im here, Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans, louisiana. We have special guest tonight a friend of the museum and my friend and a wonderful writer and author, ian told brady ian, welcome. Thank you. Reporter and is probably one of those doesnt need an introduction and you all know the introduction could be long and and is an extremely accomplished scholar and he is the author of six the epic history of the founding of the u. S. Navy as well as a trilogy called the pacific war of the third volume of which has just been released called twilight of the gods. He has one the Samuel Elliott morrison award and one the William E Colby military writers award and has won the other Samuel Elliott morrison award given by t
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
Up next, we travel to northeastern france to trace the steps of american soldiers during the spring and summer of 1918. But first, a portion of the 1960 u. S. Army film that describes the military situation at the time. The germans roll across the defenses, and a driving, relentless force. In three days, the german tide had reached the marne river, less than 40 miles from paris. Pershing moved the second and Third Divisions to help stem this onslaught. Both divisions responded with spectacular spirit and success. The turk division wrote one of the most brilliant pages of military annals. The Second Division, holding the road between paris, began pushing the germans back. U. S. Marines, fighting with the Second Division, reclaimed important ground in a fierce contest known to history now as the battle of belleu wood. American history tv visited key monuments and cemeteries in northeastern france. To begin, we visit this monument about 60 miles from paris to learn why u. S. Forces were i
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
As the city grew and the railroad came, the population exploded. Gravity driven Water Systems were not working. Wasw water system established with artesian wells, which took water from the ground and lowered the water table. The San Antonio River was frequently going guy fastgrowing dry. The city created a park through downtown for what was to be the riverwalk. It was here for about 25 years. Initiated toct was develop the riverwalk. An architect came up with a that would give a fanciful appearance to the area that would include shops, boats, and colorful walkways that would dress up the river. Thatd all right except nobody came down to the riverwalk. It became dangerous. It was not until the worlds fair in 1968 that enough hotels a strongt to generate pedestrian traffic to support businesses. Of was a lot of commercial development. The riverwalk became successful as we know it. Being below the level of the street, it is warmer down here. We have a semi tropical Botanical Garden and th