Behind me it and was not an easy journey, and i was truth to show that i can fly the jet. It doesnt care if youre a boy or girl. Just cares whether you fly well and shoot straight. But it was a challenging time. Decided to kind of beat them at their own game as they were playing their Fighter Pilot games and one of those things was chewing tobacco but i share the story somebody said that to me in the of Officers Club and i said if i die tomorrow this is the last day i have on this planet after all the effort avid tried to make a difference in others live and its thats all they, i quit. Host athlete chew tobacco when you talk about dip. Ing yes. Host whats an a10. Guest its called the wart hog is the nickname. Built to go after soviet tanks on the front lines. It was designer not what we call close air support. The folklore is they built a big 30 millimeter gun and went to the engineers and said figure out how to fly this gun. I dont know if thats true. Its a single seat. No twoseat mod
Delawaret to school in i went to the university of , delaware. So my history basically was in delaware before i went into the service. Now i tried to enlist in the service the minute we were attacked by japan. But i was colorblind. And i could not get in. But they had what they called the enlisted reserves core. Reserve corps. Which they let College Students go into with the idea that you would serve a basic training and then you would go back to school, and the thinking was maybe this war wasnt going to go too far. So you would go back to school and you would start again wherever you left off. I went to try to enlist, but i was colorblind. Had to go back. Finally i got in the army. But i was restricted in what i could do. I went to texas for basic training. Texas. 16 weeks in they sent me from texas to the university of connecticut to continue my education. And unfortunately, when i got to the university in connecticut, i had had everything they were teaching. I had already been throu
You new programs and publishing news. You can watch our archive evidence programs anytime at booktv. Org. Senator Martha Mcsally is a republican from arizona the awe or if the book, dare to fly. Senator mcsally, how did you become known also the a10 check who likes to dip . Guest well, i share that journey in day to fly. Thank you for having me on. I went from being a shy, pudgy, motion sick little girl to being our first woman in u. S. History to fly a fighter jet in combat, and when the law was finally changed it was against the law and against poll i si i broke through the barrier for the women and girls behind me and it was not an easy journey and i was trying to show could i fly the jet, it doesnt care if youre a boy or girl. Just care weather you fly well and shoot straight. But it was a challenging time so is decided to kind of beat them at their own game as they were playing fighter polite gyms and one thereof these things would chewing tobacco. I hair she story how somebody sa
This is just going to roll, theres nothing specific. Enjoy this as we discussed, this is a wonderful new book that is come out, april 21st, something good to read in this time and just to do a quick introduction, doctor is an associate professor of history at texas will Womans University which home of the national archive. And its very special to talk about her journey to getting the pup under book to publication. And its something im fascinated by, how did you get started on this topic, when did you learn about it and what hooked to win. Thats a great question, thank you so much for having me in talking with me today. I would like to show this picture but this is the moment in time where i met carol and with all the aviation people to know that he was on the coolest either. And from oklahoma in june of 1993, i went by myself and could not get any friends to go with and somebody pointed out the fact that curtis was in the shade of the hanger over there and like i will go say hello, he
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