Eight weeks, american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. The vietnam war started on january 30th, 1968 with we had kong and north Vietnamese Forces attacking without 100 cities, towns and outposts across a broad swath of south vietnam. We visited the news ian in washington d. C. To tour an exhibit on the ted offensive and the battle of weighed, where some of the most intense fighting took place. We speak with john austin about the photos and the experiences in the battle. In 1967, i arrived in vietnam as a u. S. Army draft men. Scientists are coming to vietnam i was a highly motivated photojournalist. In fact, a combat photographer. I ended up with one of the best jobs that one could have in vietnam. I was only the target for their assigned to the newspaper stars and stripes, and they gave me total freedom to do what i wanted to do. I spent a year there photographing combats throughout the country. And january of 1968, the tet offensive broke out. If you ar
Policies. At 9 00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. National museum of the marine corps senior curator. Host good morning. A three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturing and take you to the National Museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. We begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u. S. Economy. The current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u. S. Economy. This morning, we put the question to you. Republicans, the phone number is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. On can also catch up with us text message. That number, 2027488003. If you send a text, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise on twitter it is cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. We take you to the headline in usa t
Of the 75th anniversary of the start of the battle of iwo jima, we will head to the National Museum of the marine corps. First, a 2006 interview with woody williams, honored for actions on iwo jima. In this clip, he talks about the moment the American Flag was raised during the battle. Up, we had flag went no idea what was going on. We had no idea what was going on. To pay too busy attention to what anybody else was doing. I didnt know what was going on. I guess i had my back to mount sarah bocce. Raised up, around me jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumpingnd screaming. A weapon. Ying i jumped up
The marines around me raised up, jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumping and screaming. I was carrying a weapon. I jumped up and started firing in the air and yelling and screaming like everybody else. I wondered during them how many marines we lost at that particular moment. But it changed the whole attitude about the whole thing. From the exhibit space inside the National Museum of the marine corps in quantico, virginia, we are joined by marine corps history chief Edward Nevgloski, and owen connor. On this eve of the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima, explain why there are two historic
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