Call it the thud or the lead sled. It was the f105 thunder chief, and during the veietnam war, it was a workhorse. Im oliver north and this is war stories. Between 1961 and 73, over 3,000 aircraft like this one were shot down or destroyed in southeast asia. 1968, the last year of Rolling Thunder and 652 men piloting these planes lost their lives. From march of 65 to october of 68, air force navy and marine airmen dropped nearly a half million tons of bombs. Rolling thunder was far from a triumph. As youll see and hear, orders straight from the white house forced the men flying these missions to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. And those restrictions inevitably cost american lives. Join us tonight as we pay tribute to the heroes of operation Rolling Thunder. Took this huge hit. Every warning light came on. Nothing to do. Could this war have been won . Of course it could. It could have ended any time we wanted it to. In 1965, vietnam was divided and at war. The south was demo
Made that call, they would show up. And i think that that is one of the true wisdom of the book is that we all have somebody in our lives to discuss a special place in our hearts and we could not say no to. So if you read the book, you will see that she kind of saying stuff to him and so it was a compilation and after everyone has read the book, i will kind of give you a hint as to who are the models for that character. Shes the older and i can put her in the movie and know who it was but i cant put these younger people and the younger people will have to help me do that. If you want . Are we doing okay timewise . Yes. [inaudible question] what future . I believe if she runs that she will be the next president of the united states. Webb hubbell, in your own mind, have you rated the performance of the Obama Administration . [laughter] we are getting a little bit off the books here. But i have been disappointed and first of all, he is up against the stone wall and congress and i blame co
And work harder. Thank you, appreciate it. Read his book, by the book, pass it on. I didnt say much about my book. Thank you for being here. As of now dan hampton talks about the history of combat tv show discusses how Fighter Pilots have changed the way refight wars. This is about wordy five minutes. Dinners just fine. Ive been happily a civilian now for six years i think. Dan is just fine. Anyway, thanks for coming out. This is a nice surprise for me. I was gone all week. Good to be back in colorado. I know everybody feels that way or we wouldnt be here. The relief after some of the other places they get to go. Anyway, i am pretty informal with these things. What i will do for those of you who may not be acquainted with this book is talk about it and i find most of you will have a lot more questions and i want to talk that we can just talk about that or any other books you want. Can ive roam . Yeah, i can roam i can roam. You can follow me . Okay. This book was kind of conceived acci
Next on booktv, Henry Gallagher recalls his assignment as officer in charge of the security detail for James Meredith, the first africanamerican admitted to the university of mississippi in september 1962. This is about 40 minutes. Thank you, john and my gratitude to the library of congress for hosting the event. I will try to put in 30 minutes what happened to me 50 years ago with some reflection. This is my tenth book event since the book was published in september and each event is different and each audience is different and your questions are different. I was a 233yearold arra tc Second Lieutenant from a Small Liberal Arts College in minnesota, sat down to mississippi along with 15 or 19,000 other soldiers to quell the right to put down the right. I was not aware of where we were going because the Kennedy Administration that put a clamp on public disclosure. Its not until we got to memphis that we were aware of our mission. It was such a delicate, uncomfortable effort. U. S. Milit
The women at the table that she was eventually ceded back. How we know about this is through a letter with some and she ended up sitting wet and wrote later about. On occasion she was proud of the work she found many other tasks frustrating and mindnumbing. By the end of the first term, she expressed her jealousy of her friends reentry into the workforce. She wrote that i would like to do parttime work rather than all the useless gabbing about that i am expected to do. The thrill of meeting famous men and women in the grammar of white tie dinners at the white house were off. Leaving idle chatter with women that she did not always lie. She was someone who worked hard her entire life and should have done so. The situation could at times be intolerable. It was not the physical challenges await her down. She resented not being the useful in doing something meaningful. Perhaps that is why foreign travel appeals to her. During her trips overseas, she felt that she was playing an important ro