Welcome everyone to the national were work to museum. When the warehoused in downtown new orleans. Here at the museum we have several different permanent exhibits. Were here in the roads to tokyo exhibit which is going to take us through the war of the pacific and asia through 1941 to 1945. This exhibit is a recreation of the uss enterprise. World war ii and air craft carrier. As you advance into the exhibit, you must start out on the ship and really get oriented what happened in the pacific. One of these things that we like to do is introduce our visitors to the main players. We have a lineup of four here. Japanese emperor eaten in, the man who was responsible for the war in the pacific. President of the united states, franklin del earner roosevelt. America can ally churchill. John kaishek the leader of the nationalist china chinese. John in the chinese fought a war on the japanese mylan. Very bloody and very protracted war. As we advance through the bridge of the uss enterprise, worl
1941 to 1945. Weve designed this exhibit as a recreation of the bridge of the uss enterprise, a world war ii Aircraft Carrier in the u. S. Navy. As you advance into the exhibit you will start out on the ship an get yourself oriented to the war in the pacific. One of the things we like to do is introduce our visitors to the main players. We have a line up of four of them here. We have the japanese emperor, a man who in many ways was responsible for the war in the pacific. We have the president of the i need, franklin roosevelt. Our british ally Winston Churchhill and a man who has become the forgotten character of world war ii, the leader of the nationalist chinese. We fought a war in the pacific, chung fought a war on the asian mainland. Very bloody and protracted war. As we advance through the bridge of t of the uss enterprise, we will go into our next gallery for what life was like for the crewmen on the ships. This is what your quarters would look like. This was stripped to the bone
Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Welcome, everyone, to the National World war ii museum. Here at the museum we have several different permanent exhibits and were here today on the road to tokyo exhibit which is going to take us through the war in the pacific and asia from 1941 to 1945. Weve designed this exhibit as a recreation of the bridge of the uss enterprise, a world war ii aircraft carrier. As you advance into the exhibit, youre going to start on the ship and get yourself oriented to the war in the pacific. One of the things we like to do is introduce our visitors to the main players. We have a lineup of four of them here, we have the japanese emperor, the man who is responsible for the war in the pacific, the president of the United States Franklin Dell noer roosevelt and the leader of the nationalist chinese. We fought a war in the pacific. They found a war on the asia mainland. Very bloody war. As we advance through the bridge of the uss enterprise, this is wh
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
Services will hold a including the post deputy under circuitry. Live coverage begins at 9 am eastern on cspan three. Online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. 75 years ago, in the summer of 1945, the u. S. Dropped two atomic bombs on japan. One on hiroshima, on august six and the other on august sassy on august 9th. And this 2016 oral history, recorded by the World War Ii National history, then wed peterson. Was stationed at loss animals and working on technicians switches of the bomb eventually used nagasaki. The National World War Ii Museum provided this video. Im a new yorker born and bred in new york. I was born in the Lower East Side, interestingly enough thats where i am right now. Ive come back. I was born basically in the Lower East Side from immigrant parents. First generation american. My parents come from russia, they came in 1913 just before world war i. They met on the Lower East Side and we lived there for a while. I lived there until i was probab