Well, now we know where we are going. I dont mind japs, but snakes . How did the skipper say it . I heard him. He said okinawa. They say this place looks like the country around frisco. Yeah. But the people look like japs. Frisco. They dont like it in San Francisco when you call it frisco. Spent my honeymoon up there. Drove up from l. A. Made it in eight hours. 400 miles. Eight hours . What was holding you back . I used to make it from buffalo to new york in six flat. Thats 370 miles with heels. 370 miles. Right here were closer to japan than that. Were just 325 miles from their home office. You heard him. Thats what the old man said. 325 miles. Its closer than milwaukee to st. Louis. I felt safe in st. Louis. Its awfully close. Mighty close. Yes, mighty close. Especially for a modern bomber with a job to do. About an hours run from any number of jap air fields. Here we were, closer than any fleet in history to a major landbased air power. At midway, in the sea, distance had been again
The goal was not to level the place, but to minimize damage to property and most important of all, to minimize casualties. That was accomplished. [gunshot] my daughter did not belong to any group. She had nothing to do with this. She was innocent. She had nothing to do with all of this. They killed her. [gunshot] if i had to do it again, i would do it again because the cost was high. Men, women, civilians, and military who gave their lives not for us. They gave their lives for democracy, for liberty, for freedom. I do not mind paying any price under the sun to be free. On december 19th, 1989, while panamanians were getting ready for the christmas holidays, the United States was secretly mobilizing 26,000 troops for a midnight attack. I saw helicopters approaching. They were close. The lights went out, the helicopters began to shoot. People were running left and right without direction, without knowing where they were going. It was not just machinegun fire. There were bombs. The noise w
Michael odonnell, who would missing in action during the vietnam war. Sunday night 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. The campaign played a major role in ensuring a u. S. Victory in the world war ii pacific theater. Next, to historians who are authors of books on the historic war give talks about two key events on the campaign. The battle of the Philippine Sea and the battle of saipan. This was part of the National World war ii museums annual conference. Some fantastic presentations for this afternoon. Beginning with our next panel, entitled, dominance, the mariana s campaign. Will hitchcock shared with us last night the reality that many different campaigns were going on in june 1944. Dday being primary amongst them. We are going to hear more later on and tomorrow morning in particular about the eastern fronts. As our next panelists will discuss, some of the most important actions of this global war were taking place in the pacific and in the marianas. By anext panel is led doctor who is the
He has written several sailing books. Heart of thehe won the National Book award for nonfiction. Books has been adapted into a 10 part tv series. Pbs. S also a consultant on everyone herefor this evening is that he turned his prodigious talents to the american revolution. The right another one of his book has an acquired by warner bros. For a film adaptation that ben affleck might direct. Stay tuned on that one. He has written for vanity fair, the New York Times book review, the wall street journal, the los angeles times, and the boston globe. He has appeared on the today show, dateline, pbs, cspan, npr. We are delighted to have cspan here this evening to found the lecture film the lecture. He hails from pittsburgh. Historyts his ap u. S. Teacher for recognizing his nascent talent and encouraging him to write. Her prescience is one of the reasons we welcome him here tonight. He is discussing his latest book that was just released today. Please join me in welcoming him. [applause] mr. P
U. S. China, the changing relationship between the u. S. And china and ongoing trade tariff. The u. S. Economics Security Review Commission is a host of the event. With taiwan and hong kong. The commission began the hearings this year, we marks the 40th year of u. S. China diplomatic relations. By examining the external and internal ability to sustain growth, project power and spread its influence on the globe. This year has been one of extreme volatility between the u. S. And china. Chain and insta they thought it would be to visit and explore key topics. There is an increasing amount of commentary in the Foreign Policy community, con jebbibbij con jebbi conjecturing. And this commentary further characterizes china as a rival, having upgraded it from a competitor. The word enemy is less frequently used, but is not absent. The previous assumptions underlying u. S. Policy, such as the Current International order benefits china and capitalism brings with it democracy have been shattered