That. A lot of things were lost during that year. A lot of things could not happen that wouldve been wonderful in as far as remembering the men of that generation. Especially the ones who gave it all for us. Including me. So this was my Little Family then. And this was probably the last photo ever taken of us together. My story couldve ended when my fathers life ended, but it didnt. It went into a kind of not much going on, i was a baby, my mother remarried soon after that. I am not alone, i am one of about 183,000 children who were left fatherless. We were designated as war orphans by the veterans administration. And like so many of the people who i met which are children of who are children of world war ii, i have been on a journey of discovery my whole life and its been an interesting one lately. All of us have a different story. The only commonality we have is the loss of our fathers. But some of us have a lot of things that we have and some of us have a lot of memories and wonderf
Philippines in 1942 was a devastating blow to the United States and to general douglas macarthur. By 1945 in the minds of Many Americans and filipinos corregidor the rock was not just a military target. It was the site of a military defeat that had to be redeemed in february 1945 a Daring Mission was launched to recapture this island. Author kevin maurer joins us tonight to discuss this mission. He is the author of several books including no easy day the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden and hes covered the military for more than 10 years traveling to iraq afghanistan east africa and haiti to tell the stories of american soldiers. His latest work rock force tells the story of the 1945 retaking of corregidor. Please join me in welcoming kevin maurer. Hello. Welcome. Thank you very much to the Macarthur Center for having me to talk about rock force sort of a virtual homecoming for me as i went to high school in Virginia Beach and my my family still lives there
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Shot down over germany in 1945. Up next on American History tv, ms. Powers uses photographs to chronicle her journey to learn more about the man she never knew. While describing how that experience shaped her life. Helped by the friends of the National World war ii memorial, this is 25 minutes. Im janice powers and im here to share my story with you. During world war ii, First Lieutenant Leonard Crandall was killed while in a b24 bomber over germany. That was in march in 1945. He left behind a wife and a young baby daughter, and i am that daughter. And that was 75 years ago. This as many of you know, this is the anniversary of the 75th year of the end of that war in europe. So actually this is 2021. 2020 was the anniversary of that. And a lot of things were lost during that year. Because a lot of things couldnt happen, that wouldve been wonderful as far as remembering the men of that generation. The ones who gave it all for us. Including me. So this was my Little Family then. And this
A military target. It was the site of a military defeat that had to be redeemed in february 1945 a Daring Mission was launched to recapture this island. Author kevin maurer joins us tonight to discuss this mission. He is the author of several books including no easy day the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden and hes covered the military for more than 10 years traveling to iraq afghanistan east africa and haiti to tell the stories of american soldiers. His latest work rock force tells the story of the 1945 retaking of corregidor. Please join me in welcoming kevin maurer. Hello. Welcome. Thank you very much to the Macarthur Center for having me to talk about rock force sort of a virtual homecoming for me as i went to high school in Virginia Beach and my my family still lives there and my brother lives in norfolk. So im im pretty familiar with with what you guys do over there. And i really appreciate you guys taking the time to talk to me. So the rock force is an