Europe. A Young American stood in front of number 10 downing streets in the mid50s as an old man with a cigar came out the door. The Young American turned to them and said, mr. Prime minister, mr. Prime minister, tell us the secret of your success. The Prime Minister Winston Church hill replied study history. Study history. In it lie all the secrets of state craft. You heard a great phrase. Theres nothing you can do about having a 20 or 22yearold body but theres no excuse for you not having a 5,000yearold mind. Its at your fingertips. Let us continuing to look back so we can see forward. Im pleased to introduce to you pat lock who will moderate the next panel. She was the first woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy in 1980. Shell bring forth a group of women that have an unheard stor story, Unsung Heroes that played an Important Role in history. Im pleased to introduce pat locke. [ applause ] well, good morning, everyone. Good morning. I know i have a lot of friends at
Quite an interesting person. Adm. Mcraven thank you for the invitation to join you today, this is terrific. I certainly enjoy spending time with you and the students of the iop. You are right, i came by it naturally. My father was a world war ii Fighter Pilot. Flew spitfires, actually, which was a british airplane. Because at the time when we entered the war, we did not have plans to take on the german messersmith, so the british loaned us spitfires. But my grandfather also served in world war i and in world war ii. He was an army surgeon. My dad, later in life as i was getting ready to join the service, he said i remember what got me in the service. It was when i was a young boy, i saw the soldiers heading off to france in world war i board the trains in his small town. He said there was such a sense of pride, there was son such a sense of duty and patriotism that it was infectious. In addition to obviously watching his father, that really spurred him to join the military and then i g
Coming up on American History tv, we hear from members of the only allfemale africanameric africanamerican unit serving overseas during world war ii. They share memories of their time servicing backlog mail for soldiers in europe. A Young American stood in front of 10 downing street in the 50s as a man with a cigar came out the door. They asked, mr. Prime minister, tell us the secret of your success. Winston churchill replied, study history. For it lie all the secrets of state craft. You heard a great phrase, theres nothing you can do about have a 20 or 22yearold body, but theres no excuse for you not having a 5,000yearold mind. Its at your fingertips. But let us continue to look back so that we can see forward. Im pleased to introduce to you pat lock who will moderate the next panel. Pat lock was the first africanamerican woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy in 1980. Shell bring forth a group of women that have an unheard story, Unsung Heroes that played an Important
Youre watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan 3, explore our nations past. Cspan 3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. We are four trillion dollars in debt, going into debt an additional one billion dollars every working day of the year. While we sit here tonight, we will go into debt an additional 50 Million Dollars an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault. Its not the democrats fault. What im looking for is who did it. They are the two folks involved, so maybe together they didnt. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there, there is an extra terrestrial doing this to us i guess. Everyone says they take responsibility. Someone, somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three president ial debates on october 15th, 1992. He was talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In the election, t
4 trillion in debt. Going into debt, an additional million in an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault, of course, and its not the democrats fault, and what im looking for is who did it. Now, theyre the two folks involved, so maybe if you put them together, they did it. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there there is an extraterrestrial doing this to us, i guess. Everybody said they will take responsibility. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during three separate debates in 1992 talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In that election the texas businessman won 90 of the popular vote, the largest vote for an independent candidate sin since. Good night and thank you for being with us. Were doing this series as a way of looking at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in the white house but had an influence on American History. Ross perot is one of 12