series. and keybattlefields events, american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites. discover what artifacts reveal about america s past. thepresidency, looking at policies and legacies of america s commanders in chief. and our new series, real america, featuring educational films from the 1930 s through the 1970 s. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local satellite provider. each week, american history reel america ring your photos. bringing home the lesson of pearl harbor. from hard-won open our, from the plains of the third and fifth fleets, japan came under the inevitable rain of ruin. ally c forces moving up to the japanese home islands shall the mainland almost without opposition. hammering the enemy to its knees, but the worse to come. the destructive atomic bomb, the first mission the industrial city of hiroshima. second mission, the port of nagasaki. japan had its choice, complete surrender complete ruin. at potts dam, even as the
photos, sound clips that i want you to enjoy. as we get to the photos, i like to have this interactive, i will point out people and say, let me know if you know who that is. as soon as people are well-known, they may not have been well known in the 1940 s and 19 these, but i think you will recognize them. there are different categories we will go through. entertainers, athletes, politicians, military people. if you have questions or comments, let me know. we will start. the first section is entertainers. can anybody identify who is in the photo beside president truman? jack benny. correct. jack benny. this is president truman and jack benny. they are playing and he filmed one of his shows here in the truman library in 1959. this is a newspaper clipping from about the 1948 election. somebody added comments to it. there is a collection here at the truman library. many of the letters that are in our collection from truman, he expresses interest in their families. as well as