U. S. And japanese navies. Leading off is a review of the war in pacific prior to june 1942 then new information about the japanese at the battle. This is live coverage on cspan3. We are pleased and very very proud to be hosting it. I would like to thank our partners that helped put this together. The Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation and world war i and world war ii come mem ri commemoration. We couldnt have done it without you. [ cheers and applause ] now, before we get going i do have housekeeping items to pass along. First of all, turn off or silence your cell phones. Keep your programs. We have something of a limited supply of those and please wear your fwbadges throughout the da. Keep in mind we are on cspan so during the q and a use the microphone deployed here on the square. At this time i would like to bring forward my counter part john pentanjelo who will make some remarks, john. [ applause ] thanks, chris. Good morning and welcome. The Hampton Roads naval hue see yum
Tony. Well kick off our Afternoon Program with a little bit different perspective. Weve been talking about midway and the setting from a u. S. Perspective although walt did a great job talking about some of the japanese thinking that led them to midway. But Anthony Tully will build on that and go deeper on the japanese size, specifically the combined fleet and the perspective because in many ways theyre essential to the battles outcome as any american action. Tully has written publications of the naval war in the pacific and should provide a very illuminating perspective today. Without further ado, Anthony Tully. Thank you all. Thank you for putting this on. Thank you all for coming. Lets see. Okay. Okay. What i would like to do testing. Okay. What i would like to do is i would like to segue into what Walter Boardman covered coming up to the battle of coral sea, drop back in time a little bit from that in the setup from the Japanese Point of view. Leading into that. At the end of march
Thank you for your service. Liot carlson is a longtime , a graduate of the university of oregon and and the university, author of a book published in 2011 which explores the life and career of the officer carlson described as the most consequential shorebased actor. He also tells us code breaking at intelligence gathering pearl harbor was actually the work of many individuals, and to discuss the effort of these individuals who change the course of history, please welcome elliot carlson. [applause] mr. Carlson good morning. I want to thank the sponsors for having me in today. Appreciate it. Want to thank you all for coming. What was your right, sir . [inaudible] mr. Carlson ok. Very much an honor to have you here in the audience. Thank you. , midway and code breaking. When crypto analysis came of age. Might need a bit of an explanation. It suggests there was a time before midway when crypto was not of age, and this might seem odd because cryptanalysis, the art of breaking secret message
President s day. They are all different but truman grew into the draw. He impressed people from the very beginning that he was a workaholic. Worked about 18 hours a day, stickler for punctuality. , stickler for punctuality. He actually had six clocks in the oval office. He was punctual all of the time. Six clocks clocks in the oval office and he worked his fingers to the bone. As you know, he had that sign on his desk that said the buck stops here. He is trent was a no bs kind of guy. If you think that Franklin Roosevelt lived in challenging times which he certainly did, just imagine what harry truman had to deal with. He world war ii had ended on his watch, hitler surrendered two weeks after he took office and then he had to decide whether to use the atomic bomb against japan. The korean war, the berlin berlin airlift, the creation of nato, on and on and on. Whether he should fire Douglas Macarthur, all huge decisions any handle them. He never looked back. Truman always said i sleep w
Tonight in book tv in primetime, a focus on military history. Will hear from others and historians about famous military figures and battles from the civil war to world war ii. , a look at general macarthurs relationship with fdr during world war ii. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] good morning and welcome to the roosevelt president ial library. Were glad to have you today and were very happy about our annual reading festival and this wonderful turnout as well. Especially on her 75th anniversary which we are celebrating on june 30. I think president roosevelt would be quite pleased to see everyone and to see this turnout and to know that his library, as he intended would be used for research and scholarship to continue to explore the issues of his era and especially how they still have an impact today on our political and social life. Now im going to speak for just a moment about how this works. Many of you already know, there will there will