And grew up in a lower middleclass family in california. He went to the local college, whittier college. And went to Duke University law school in the worst years of the great depression. The second world war, he joined the u. S. Navy. You can see the photo of nixon as a young navy officer. He served with distinction in the pacific, getting the right equipment to the right place at the right time and was given a series of commendations by his commanders. He was also a very talented offr player turn on his hours and he had a great ability to bluff. That is a valuable quality and someone undertaking Foreign Policy at a high level. Been46 after he had demobilized from the navy, nixon ran for congress. You can see the poster from his first election campaign. Ii veteransld war were elected into congress and the senate. Was nixon, one was john f. Kennedy. One was joe mccarthy. Career,arly political nixon rose very rapidly through the ranks. He was an odd anticommunist. He worked very hard to
Many of us felt we never would get a chance to really fight. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life i couldnt go in, which i didnt realize at that time, was because of the color of my skin. America america make god thy gold refine the story of africanamericans in world war ii is, indeed, a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941 americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic adolf hitlers german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea and in north africa. In the pacific the Japanese Army and navy had already captured parts of china, manchuria, korea and a number of nearby islands. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. Monday morning the first thing i did was go down to the recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quota for black troops. Theyve got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, segregated and there was no ch
Oh beautiful many of us felt like we would never really get a chance to fight. I didnt realize at the time it was because of the color of my skin. America the story of africanamericans in world war ii is indeed a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941, americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic, german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea to africa. In the pacific, the Japanese Army has captured many areas. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. The first thing i did was go down to the Army Recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quarter for black troops. You got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, d segregated and there was no change. First of all, black sailors as sailors per se werent permitted into the navy. Given the fact that i was in the segregated army, that made no difference. I joined the army to fight for the country.
After that, we hear from joe budden supporters. Reportcook Political Editor charlie cook looks at key races around the country. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning on this monday, november 2. It is election eve. We want to hear separately this morning from supporters of President Donald Trump, then former Vice President joe biden. We begin with those backing President Trump. Here are your numbers to call. Trump supporters only for this first hour. Later, we will focus on joe biden. Here are the numbers. In eastern and central time zones, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. If you like to send us a text, 202 7488003. cspanwj is our twitter handle. You can also post a comment on facebook. Again, and pain 2020 come up Trump Supporters only for this first hour of the washington journal. Here is the Washington Post front page. Trump and biden make their closing pitches. Ae president targets based in flur
Tv we hurl from the National World war two the merica animals of world war ii. She highlights the meals, dogs, patients who are integral part of this war effort. Thanks for joining us today. Im really happy to talk about low forces. And he burns and i coauthored this book published in 2019. We did it after exhibition of a larger topic of animals at war that we have in the museum. And for the book we actually decided to narrow the focus a little bit, just to talk about the u. S. Military in their use of animals but the war. I am going to talk but for meat animals today, and if we have some time i will try to get in a couple of other fund topics as well. We are going to talk about meals, dogs, pigeons, and horses. We will go to the first flight here and mules. Although they are often looked down upon because of the stubborn an object nature,s freeze government mule is one a lot of us are probably familiar with. They are indeed hardworking and widely used and military before world war ii,