And thank you tonight for cspan for being here. This is a first for me. Maybe you guys are used to this. Im going to cover just a few basic things before we get started. Copies of the book are available downstairs. I think they are at the register. You can purchase them there and then bring them up here to get signed after the event. If you could take a moment silence your phones, i think we would all appreciate that. Youre welcome to take photographs. You can post them on social media, if theyre good. And then after the event, or after the author has finished speaking it will be a q a. Then if you could please wait for a mic, come by with a a microphone so we can all hear your question, that would be great. All right, lets get started. James hornfischer, hes a writer, a literary agent and a former book editor. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller neptune inferno, the last and other 10 can sailors and the ship of goes. Hes widely acclaimed historical accounts of the u. S.
Bombs. In the pacific, a simultaneous drive toward tokyo by general mccar thurs army moved forward. In may of that year pesky finished flight training. He was now commissioned. Earning his wings proved harder than fielding a grounder. My flying wasnt the best. I scared a few people. Particularly his teammate and fell row aviator, ted williams. He thought i was terrible. For such a good ballplayer, youre the worst player i ever saw. Johnny pesky flew an airplane like he had steel arms. Yeah, thats right. One of the shortcoming, navigation. I would fly but i didnt know where the hell i was going. I think im an ace and im doing the rollovers and the slow rolls and then i go back and i have no idea where im at. I kind of panic is what i did. So i land my aircraft in this field. I felt like a god damn fool. A farmer comes over and said whats the matter, sonny, are you lost . I said yes, wheres airport. He said well the airport is there. I thanked him. Ooh im going down the field, im halfway
Bombers dropped 1600 tons of bombs. In the pacific, a simultaneous drive toward tokyo by general mccar thurs army moved forward. In may of that year pesky finished flight training. He was now commissioned. Earning his wings proved harder than fielding a grounder. My flying wasnt the best. I scared a few people. Particularly his teammate and fell row aviator, ted williams. He thought i was terrible. For such a good ballplayer, youre the worst player i ever saw. Johnny pesky flew an airplane like he had steel arms. Yeah, thats right. One of the shortcoming, navigation. I would fly but i didnt know where the hell i was going. I think im an ace and im doing the rollovers and the slow rolls and then i go back and i have no idea where im at. I kind of panic is what i did. So i land my aircraft in this field. I felt like a god damn fool. A farmer comes over and said whats the matter, sonny, are you lost . I said yes, wheres airport. He said well the airport is there. I thanked him. Ooh im goi
Monster, the left field wall at bostons fenway park. Im oliver north. This is war stories. Tonight well show you how Americas National pasttime and the people who played it help boost the countrys moral during the war. More than 500 Major League Ball players and 4,000 minor leaguers served in the military. Star players like ted williams, warren spawn traded one uniform for another. War stories sat down with some of baseballs greatest legends to talk about those greatest days. Join us tonight for a special, from the ballpark to the battlefield, baseball and world war ii. It was a different world then, a different generation of people. Boston red sox ace curt schilg have a passion. The generation that fought in world war ii continuing to inspire him. Im playing baseball. Im proud of what i do. You serve in the armed forces, youre putting your life on the line for your country and the freedom of the people that dont even live in your country. I cant put it in the same strots fear. We were
War ii while it was fought, how it was one, and what it means today. The building we are in the war part of the story. Behind me you will see the large portraits of the political leaders of the axis and allied powers, a lineup of the two sides engaged in this great struggle. When our visitors arrived in this gallery, we believe they will know that pearl harbor has already occurred due to exhibits on the other side of the street in our museum. With the country already at war, we have a video that introduces them to the five major Strategic Elements that the United States and our allies must master in order to win world war ii. That the United States elemes and our allies must master in order to win world war ii. These five key Strategic Elements include arsenal of democracy, building a greater warm a sheen than our enemies, we have make better equipment and weapons. Control of the sea lane, control of the air. And then the last strategic element, mastery of amphibious landings, which wa