Generation. The stories of word war 2. You can enhance your lessons and have a more personal understanding of what these gentleman and their compatriots have been through to get here today. We know that the gentlemen here in front of us, and the other events that we do, we have a short time to tect to them and understand them and the fact that they made it through one of the most significant experiences in history. We also want to make sure that erin everyone in the audience can ask questions that you will find valuable in your classrooms. Ly probably step forward to make sure i can hear you properly, repeat the question so the audience can hear, and the cspan audience can hear, and the honor res can hear as well. First to the left, in the handsome red blazer, charles mcgee. He was in the United States air force for 30 years. He holds a record 409 fighter combat missions flown in korea and vietnam. To his left, who i met on my very First World War ii event, he landed on the beach in no
19441945 spoke about the anniversary. Program beginning in may 1945 showing the surrender in a statement from president harry truman. Throughout the world throngs of people hailed the end of the war in europe. Its five years and more since hitler marched into poland. Years full of suffering and death and sacrifice, now the war against germany is won. A grateful nation gives thanks for victory. Hundreds of thousands crowd into american churches to give thanks to god. President truman announced the official surrender. This is a solemn but glorious hour. I wish that Franklin D Roosevelt had lived to see this bay. General eisenhower informs me that the forces of germany have surrendered to the united nations. The flags of freedom fly all over europe. In this victory we join in offering our thanks to the providence which has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the west must now be won in the east. The whole w
Of paris. The battle of the bulbs in december that year into january of 1945, and then, to victory day. Take us back to may 7 and eight of 1945. How did the war end in europe . Guest well, the war ended with the germans they sickly decided germans basically decided that there was no profit in dragging it out with the russians in berlin. The russians murdering civilians , killing german shoulders by the hundreds german soldiers by the hundreds of thousands. The germans decided it was time to make peace with the western allies, the americans in particular, both their best bet because they were going to get a better deal from their western allies then the soviets. Had his third headquarters in northeastern france. Delegation sent a about what the conditions would be for conversation. They were told that Unconditional Surrender were the only terms by which the war was in. Chief ofhe operations the German Armed Forces showed headquarters,ers at the former technical college. Reporters and ph
Are you laid off . Are you on furlough or parttime . Are you an essential worker . We will get to your calls momentarily. The jobs numbers for april this morning, we will certainly report that when it is available. This from the Associated Press this morning. A devastating jobs report for april show virus impact, writing the u. S. Government on friday is poised to report the worst jobs report since a big Record Keeping began in 1948. The Unemployment Rate for april could reach 16 or more, according to economists surveyed. 21 million jobs may have been lost. If so, it would mean that nearly all of the job growth in the 11 years since the Great Recession had vanished in one month. That is from the Associated Press. This is the wall street journal. 3 million more, file jobless claims. The u. S. Braces for what is expected to be the worst employment report on record u. S. Workers have filed nearly 33. 5 million applications for Unemployment Benefits in the seven weeks since the closures we