Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the National World War Ii Museum, all of those of you who are sitting here and those watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. And we feel your presence too. As many of you probably know im dr. Rob satino, the samuel and murray stone Senior Historian at the museum. And the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. And we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the Strake Foundation and couldnt do it without them. Thank you. Now many of you have been to our events before you foe we have a tradition at the museum. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand or wave too. Thanks, folks. [ applause ] you know ive heard the president and ceo emeritus appear others here say thank you for coming to the events. We
And we feel your presence too. As many of you probably know im dr. Rob satino, the samuel and murray stone Senior Historian at the museum. And the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. Tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. And we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the Strake Foundation and couldnt do it without them. Thank you. Now many of you have been to our events before you foe we have a tradition at the museum. May i ask are there any world war ii veterans or home front workers in the audience tonight . If you would please stand or wave too. Thanks, folks. [ applause ] you know ive heard the president and ceo emeritus appear others here say thank you for coming to the events. We couldnt do it for you we built it for you. Military veterans of other eras. Please stand or wave. We know thats a large number. [ applause ] i love the waves. People give different forms of waves.
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Betty ford, this sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans original series, first ladys influence and image examining the public and private life of e women who positioned themselves as first lady. Sunday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History on cspan 3. Each week, American History tv reel america bring you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. Hut, two, three, four. Thats the sound all over the nation, uncle sams fighting me. These were americans with japanese face and japanese names. Theyre members of the japanese erican combat team in 1943 made up entirely of volunteers. Some of these select groups are from hawaii. The rest is from the mainland. They had been moved in 1942 soon after the outbreak of the war. They volunteered to fight for the land of their birth, the adopted land of their parents. The hawaiian boys gave the team a motto, go for broke. Its a gambling term. It means sthoot win, go all out. Do or die. Go for broke. These figures show the Ja