Infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 casualties added to the catastrophe. Its been 75 years since over 2400 american sailors and soldiers were killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. Starting now on booktv, on cspan2, a threehour discussion of that day, what led up to it and its aftermath. We have three authors joining us, eri hotta, steve twomey, and craig nelson, each of you in your book about pearl harbor and that era ask the question why did attack the u. S. Guest my co
Youre watching live in depth on booktv. December 7, 194,a day of infamiliary. Even as japanese diplomats were con ferring on peace measures, japanese plains were swooping down on pearl harbor. They dropped their death on the air base, civil homes and schools. A hundred japanese planes and midget sub marines took part. The arizona was completely destroyed and four others severely damaged. Three other battleships and three cruisers suffered damage. Nearly 200 planes were destroyed and that sunday morning the Pacific Fleet appeared to be completely immobilized by this sneak attack. Nearly 3,000 casualties added to the catastrophe. Its been 75 years since over 2400 american sailors and soldiers were killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. Starting now on booktv, on cspan2, a threehour discussion of that day, what led up to it and its aftermath. We have three authors joining he did you ask the question why did japan attacked the you want negative to United States qu
They will be saluted for their service. Nting the flex is a presenting the flags is a father and son team from the National Defense university. As an army soldier, he served in the theater of operations during world war ii, serving in england, france, and germany. He was a sergeant and served as a mail clerk until receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1946. After the war, he worked as a u. S. Postal museum in washington dc for 35 years. [applause] second, a woman serving with Overture Service waves, the unit of the u. S. Naval reserve. She was stationed at rhode island from 1943 to 1946, working in the war bound office. [applause] the next, a chief Master Sergeant in the army in world war ii and was a prisoner of war. During his 18 months in activity in captivity he escaped 3 times from the germans and wants from the russian liberators. After the war he tried to join the army to go back to germany to find the nurse who kept him alive by sneaking him food. Unfortunately he was not allowed
She is taking medications director at Georgia State university, has written nine books mary probably more than that. Paul that is how many i counted on amazon, including finding americans the Good Neighbors which is a book about fdr. She has written books about carver, reagan, president ial rhetoric and language so tonight she is going to offer us some really important insight into how fdr used language, the content of his speech is broken up into several categories. There is, what he is saying and the way he is saying it. You learn a lot about his intentions and skills and ability by the way he says things. Before we get to our first clip, i want mary to say a few things about her Research Area and what brought her to this and why she is a world expert on president ial rhetoric. Mary fdr, in particular is an important president for me. My father was on the island of corregidor in 1941 on december 7 and was eventually captured, put on how ship and syntel for he spent time. My mother wo
She is taking medications director at Georgia State university, has written nine books mary probably more than that. Paul that is how many i counted on amazon, including finding americans the Good Neighbors which is a book about fdr. She has written books about carver, reagan, president ial rhetoric and language so tonight she is going to offer us some really important insight into how fdr used language, the content of his speech is broken up into several categories. There is, what he is saying and the way he is saying it. You learn a lot about his intentions and skills and ability by the way he says things. Before we get to our first clip, i want mary to say a few things about her Research Area and what brought her to this and why she is a world expert on president ial rhetoric. Mary fdr, in particular is an important president for me. My father was on the island of corregidor in 1941 on december 7 and was eventually captured, put on how ship and syntel for he spent time. My mother wo