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In afghanistan and iraq have changed the face of veterans day in america. Our phone lines are open now so you can give us a call. Host and we have a special line for veterans this morning host and catch up on social media at twitter, facebook, and email us. It is veterans day in the United States, and i want to lead with three different stories about the three different eras of veterans from three different papers today. Here is the Washington Times this morning. The headline reunion poignant for world war ii veterans. That story notes the host when the retirement army for slim tenant went to his first reunion at the 30th Infantry Division, those who landed on the beaches of normandy and fought across spansion germany, he was greeted by a thousand other veterans. Host another generation of veterans is looked at in the Christian Science monitor today. The vietnam era veterans. 40 years after americas most controversial war began to wind down, more vets seek closure and reconciliation. F
Is also the cofounder of such organizations as the National Womens political caucus and the womens media center, which focus on issues related to gender equality. Her remarks will be live monday at 1 p. M. Eastern on cspan three. Mrs. Johnson as first lady love to show off her home. The guests to the rents would often gathered here in the den and various heads of state came to visit. We do have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. What of the things that she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country and we do have a small collection of arrowheads over there. She had an eye for copper and collected various items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed where she featured the china that was purchased in mexico, very colorful. Spent a lotohnson of time here at the ranch. It provided a lot of respite from the turmoil of washington. First lady, lady bird john
We have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. One of the things she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country. We have a small collection of arrow heads there. She had an eye for copper and collected items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed and where she featured the china you see here purchased in mexico. Very colorful. First lady mrs. Johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. It was important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the johnsons could come home, recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in this place they valued so much. First lady, ladybird Johnson Monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. There are some serious scholars in womens studies. Most departments include their fair share of nonideological academics who offer straightforw
Learn more on American History tv. This is the story of willow run. The story that now can be told in full. [ bell ringing ] we are presently in whats known as hangar one at willow run airport. We are in bay eight. If you look out at a 45degree angle from here we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. There are a lot of stories that lead up to the building of the factory. With the war in europe turning hot when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. Roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place and the bombers were devastating england. It came out that bombers would be the way that you would have to fight world war ii. All the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the ne