about 10 years ago. he came and visited the museum, gave a presentation on his book, and we have not managed to get him back here. we tried. he was going to come in april of this year, but of course things got out of hand, and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. but i m sure most of our viewers here today know many of john s books. hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and tin can titans, which one the elliott won the elliott morrison naval literacy award. it was awarded regarded naval history. so congratulations on that. many years belated. as i mentioned, john was supposed to come in april, and thankfully we were able to work in the distance learning team to bring these programs to you all. this one, specifically, has to do with our theme of the end of the war, specifically the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. we will get right do it so we can try to get as many of the audience questions, asked and answered by
postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. but i m sure most of our viewers here today know many of john s books. hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and tin can titans, which won the elliott morrison naval literacy award. it was awarded regarded naval history. so congratulations on that. many years belated. as i mentioned, john was supposed to come in april, and thankfully we were able to work with our colleagues in the distance learning team to bring these programs to you all. this one, specifically, has to do with our theme of the end of the war, specifically the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. we will get right to it so we can try to get as many of the audience questions, asked and answered by john. but i m going to start with a handful of my own questions first. john, let s give the audience a brief summary for those of you that have not read the book. give us a brief summary of dogfight over tokyo, please. john: well, d
thank you all for joining us today for what is going to be a great conversation about a really engaging and a book that maybe should have been written before john got to it in the last 75 years since the war, dogfight over tokyo: the final air battle of the pacific, and the last four men to die in world war ii. it s a great book. he s the author of many books, john wukovits. he came to us about 10 years ago and gave a presentation on his pappy boynton book and we have not managed to get him back here. we tried and he was going to come in april of this year but of course, things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. but i m sure most of our viewers today know many of john s books. four crew and country and then tin can tightens, which won the samuel l morrison naval award when it came out. probably the most prestigious award regarding naval history. so congratulations on that. john was supposed to come in
tokyo. it is a great book. bookshe author of many and came to us about 10 years ago. he came and visited the museum, gave a presentation on his book, and we have not managed to get him back here. we tried, he was going to come in april of this year, but of course things got out of hand, and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. i m sure most of our viewers today know many of john s books. help from the heroes hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and tin can tightens, which one the elliott morrison naval litter chief naval literacy award. it was awarded regarded naval history. so congratulations on that. many years belated. as i mentioned, john was supposed to come in april, and we were able to work in the distance learning team to bring these programs to you all. this one specifically has to do with our theme of the end of the war, the 75th in a verse or he of the end of the war. we will get right do it so we many of theet a
of course, things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. but i m sure most of our viewers today know many of john s books. thencrew and country and tin can tightens, which won the samuel l morrison naval award when it came out. probably the most prestigious naval history. so congratulations on that. john was supposed to come in april and we were able to work in the distance learning team to bring the program to you all. this one specifically has to do with our theme of the end of the war. to get right to it so you can get as many of the audiences questions as asked asked and answered by john. i m going to start off with a handful of my own questions. let s give the audience a reef summary for those who have not read the book. give them a brief summary. john: the dogfight over tokyo explains the story of the last four americans to die in combat in world war ii. by that, i don t mean to say they were the la