Memorial, great partners. My thing to kick things off with all the students with us this weekend, i really encourage you to take all of this in from where we start with veterans of the battle of midway 75 years ago through 45 years of American Military history. This is our past and your future and this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Make the most of it. Id like to welcome admiral frank thorpe to say a few words of welcome before we get started. Good morning. Welcome to the navy memorial. As you all know, our mission here is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services, past, present and future. And to educate the American Public about your service. Its actually a tremendous honor for us to be here. On a day like today we use the term sea services. Were all in it together. I think these gentleman right here represent the idea of being all in it together. I want to say one thing why were honored and the opportunity you have today. When i look at words lik
I want to say one thing why were honored and the opportunity you have today. When i look at words like trail blazers legends, the last ace, the medal of honor, why we fought, valor, witness to history, and right here, the turn of the tide. It is an honor to be here. I hope you get a lot out the next couple of days, as was just mentioned this is the opportunity of a lifetime that we have to listen to these great americans who set an example and paved a path for us to walk on. Welcome to the navy memorial. I hope you appreciate the hospitality. When i say that, i hope we make it as great as we can be to make your experience as great as it can be in the next two days. I will welcome craig to introduce the next panel. Good morning. My name is craig horn. This morning, we will begin an adventure so when we look back we can see further ahead. Its often been said ignorance of the past can create irresponsibility in the present. Its my pleasure to introduce richard b. Frank, an internationally
I will welcome craig to introduce the next panel. Good morning. My name is craig horn. This morning, we will begin an adventure so when we look back we can see further ahead. Its often been said ignorance of the past can create irresponsibility in the present. Its my pleasure to introduce richard b. Frank, an internationally historian of the Asian Pacific world war. He was consultant for the hbo World War Ii Special on the pacific. In that he wrote, and i quote, the pacific war will inspire a long overdue reawakening of the strategic importance, sheer scale and unsurpassed savagetry of the wars unleashed by japan. The battle of midway was the turning of the tide. Please welcome, mr. Richard b. Frank. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you for those kind remarks. Were here in the 75th anniversary of the battle of midway. It is a perennial list of the most important battle for world war ii. Often cited as the single most important naval battle in the United States naval history. Its
Factor. Were heading into dry conditions as we head into next week. Theres a possibility of a springboard to with full details coming up in 50 minutes. reporter levi stadium getting a lot of cooler tonight the niners are usually playing and and has been replaced with ice for an outdoor hockey game. Its part of the nhl stadium series. Tonight it will be the sharks verses the kings. We have kron for some mike felt some life. reporter even the players are excited this is critical because of a lot of these players do not take part in this this is more than just a hockey game is in the event. A lot of the players never participated and in the late vice stadium tonight at 7 00 from the outside believe our stadium and looks just like a football stadium. Or when to take it inside with ice rink is all set up. It was a bit tricky getting the is put together over the last few days. Its very my temperatures here. Theres experts that know what there are doing. reporter the crews built the rink at n
Disaster in the future . Dinesh dsouza joins us as well. And youve heard about the New York Times 1619 project, basically a warped history of america, now theres something better. Its called the 1620 project and we will explain it to you. But first, a National Scandal is unfolding before our eyes which is not unusual as an entire generation of students is being conned out of a real education by unscrupulous and greedy Teachers Unions hellbent on using the pandemic to their advantage. As a result, schools all over our country are still shut down and kids have been forced into Online Learning and the cost has been staggering. For instance, in los angeles, schools and saw a sharp drop in kindergarten enrollment, about 6,000 students. In st. Paul, minnesota, 40 of High School Students have failing grades, 40 . Even higher percentage of kids in houston, texas, are failing at least two classes. In our nations capital, theres been a 14 percentage point drop among black students in kindergarte