Memorial and museum docked at pearl harbor in honolulu, hawaii. Up next, a ceremony aboard the ship to mark the anniversary of the surrender. Esper andnclude mark Hawaii Governor david he gave david. Other distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, a loja and welcome to the battleship memorial here at historic pearl harbor. It is nine oh 2 a. M. , the moment 75 years ago when this on this ship. My name is michael and i am the president and chief executive officer of the uss missouri memorial organization. It is an honor to serve in that capacity and be the mc for this ceremony as we commemorate a huge milestone, the 75th anniversary of one of the most significant events in history, the ending of world war ii. Foremost, i have the honor of welcoming our special guests, world war ii veterans who are with us here today. I will name them individually and ask that you are that you stand if you are able, and remain standing. Please hold your applause at the until the end so we honor them co
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
[explosions] this is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. I am captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army. An army committed by you the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The big picture traces the course of events in the Korean Campaign through firsthand reports of our combat veterans and film taken by cameramen of the army signal corps. These are the men who daily record on film the big picture as it happens where it happens. Today, our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. You will see our fight to hold onto the pusan perimeter. You will see air support from our carriers, the invasion, and the march on seoul. And you will hear a firsthand report from a lieutenant, the put to leader with the armys 24th infantry division. Now lets go back to august, 1950. On 10 august, after 47 days of fighting in korea
War and its man. War and its machines. Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain carlos immerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army, an army committed by you the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may spread. The big picture traces the Current Events in the Current Campaign with firsthand reports from our combat veterans and from film taken by cameramen in the single core. These are men that caught on film the big picture as it happens, where it happens. Today our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. You will see our fight to hold on to the perimeter. We will see our support from our carriers. The invasion of wellmeaning and the march on social. You hear a firsttime report from lieutenant dries in stock, the leader with the armys 24th army division. Lets go back to august 1950. Ten hours after 47 days of fighting in korea, the pusan is at being and flowing for both sides. United nations
And the United Nations strove to establish a independent democratic republic. Two years ago at seoul, capital of korea, they supervised free elections south of the 38th parallel and the republic of korea was born. The president was syngman rhee. In may, 1950, the citizens of the this young republican went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government under their democratic constitution. Even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in reelections, the north Korea Community leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. And this was their target. A mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peace loving citizens of the republic of korea. At tack by the north korean communists come suddenly and without warning. Facing superior forces with all of the advantages of deception and surprise rallied to the defense of the republic and improvising to meet the unprovoked aggression, korean republican troops were thrown against the inv