The eventsmore on that led to the bombings when we talk president Harry Trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. 75 years ago today, the uso and the Nuclear Weapons bureau. Gay,ed from the b29 enola the bomb called little boy would explode with an impact of 15 kilotons and be responsible for the death of 237,000 people. That and the bombing of nagasaki on august 9 would propel japan to surrender and the end of world war ii. Good morning. It is washington journal for this thursday, august 6, 20 20. We are going to spend the entire program on the 75th anniversary of the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki and the end of world war ii. Would like to hear from you. Your thoughts on the decision to use the abomb, the end of the war and hiroshimas legacy. Zones, and central time 2027488000. Mountain and pacific 2027488001. World war ii veterans and their families 2027488002. Japaneseamericans, 2027488003. That line also available for your texts. Make sure you tell us where you are texting from
Physical and psycho logical trauma that our veterans faced after the war and continue to face today. In the bitter and sometimes hostile reception that they received from their fellow americans. And to guide us in this exploration are three experts. Your panelists. The first is dr. Grace liam galloway. Dr. Galloway has spent over 40 years dedicated to the care and welfare of the underprivileged, veterans, the homeless, and children with food insecurities. From 1967 to 1970, dr. Galloway was a medic at the third Field Hospital in cue chi and vong to you mass units in the republic of vietnam. Today, she is a Nurse Practitioner at the Community Free clinic in concord, New Hampshire north carolina. Mr. Jan scruggs is a decorated veteran of the vietnam war where he served as a corporal in the 199th light Infantry Brigade of the u. S. Army. And he went on to become the founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans memorial fund, the catalyst for the memorial known as the wall on the mall on
Our 36th president , many of which concern the vietnam war. Here are two letters from soldiers during the height of president johnsons tenure in office which reflect the dramatically contrasting views of the war held by americans, including our troops. Dear mr. President , here is a picked of a little vietnamese girl and myself. She has three older sisters, two older brothers, and a younger brother. They live in a village about eight miles southeast of ten ang, their mother was killed by the vc. Because of us, she is able to smile. It is our duty to keep that smile, which portrays so much on herrize face. But there are many more who do not have the freedom smile which she has. It is our duty as americans to bring happiness to those who may otherwise never be as free of care as she. To be able to pose with her and have her still look so happy gives the idea of the good we are doing here. This is worth fighting for. This is worth dying for. I know the weight you must carry on your should
Powered up and the team had programmed in two photographs to be taken so they be delivered quickly back to earth for the press to see and nasa confirm that the landers had landed on mars. Historians look at president Harry Trumans leadership and how he interacted with three politicians. State secretary of Madeleine Albright speaks with beshlocshmichael about Harry Trumans commitment to Public Service. Life, this is someone who should have gone to college, a great college, should have school, deeplye wanted to but could do it economicf his familys circumstances. If there was one thing he felt strongly was if he became president , he wanted to help others. For a complete schedule go to cspan. Org. Watchcspan. Org, you can our Public Affairs and political programming any time at your convenience on your desktop, laptop or mobile advice. Go to cspan. Org and click on bar. Ideo Library Search you can type in the name of a speaker, sponsor of a bill or event topic. Review the list of search
Many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. She is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of North Carolina press. Ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for a few more months. He has accepted a position as a assistant professor in war and memory studies which i assume will be part of the civil War Studies Program right here at Gettysburg College. Its a good thing for our students, not a great thing for c. W. I. He has been a very important part of what we do here. He is fantastic, though, with our students. He is especially, especially gifted when it comes to developing our Students Research interests. In fact, he took one of our students to oxford to deliver a paper and i believe, ian can correct me on this, that he cowrote a paper, a war and memories study, the journal, did i get that wrong . Prof. Isherwood war and society. It will