>> this weekend on cspan3, tonight at 8:00 eastern, the professor on stereotypes of americans living in appalachia and how these stereotypes have changed over time. >> far from the roof the savages a popular war, the mountaineers had an easy, unaffected bearing and manners of the well bred. >> sunday at 6:00 eastern, the senior curator leads a tour of the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. >> probably one of the most famous african american units was known as the fighting rattlesnakes. they were fighting along the river and established the

reputation there is incredible fighters. jeffrey rosen and historians talk about prohibition, the reasons for the movement, and its repeal. >> they had a year to reorient. amazingly because of the way the amendment was written, you could purchase as much alcohol as you wanted in that year before. and you could store it. so, they did very good sales leading up to prohibition. and a lot of basements became very full. nixon8:00, former administration officials discovering the post-white house years. >> he said it is only a beginning always, that this whole post-presidential period is an exemplar of the nixon resilience, spirit, and discipline, and dedication, and

patriotism. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, "reel america" brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> the aleutian islands are situated in the north pacific island forming a chain which extends 1200 miles west-southwest from alaska toward siberia to form the southern boundary of the bering sea. the aleutians comprise four constituteslands and part of the territory of alaska, usa. origin, many cones are still active. the aleutians are the storm part of the western world, a

permanent low-pressure area prevails there. cold air masses from the polar regions flow against the warm air masses over the japanese current to form cyclonic disturbances. because of the earth's rotation, these disturbances move from west to east and this meteorological phenomenon constitutes one of the most dangerous weapons in the arsenal of our enemies for it enables the japanese to operate behind the moving curtain of a storm. in the early days of june, 1942, they employed this advantage in an all out attempt to secure absolute domination of the entire pacific ocean. behind eastern moving storms, they dispatched invasion teams against dutch harbor, an

operation designed to make the defense.line of sea was attempts failed -- both attempts failed. american troops achieved an historic victory. at dutch harbor, american downbased planes swarmed seemingly out of nowhere to knock out troop-filled three cruisers, gw stores, and one aircraft carrier. throughen flew hurricanes, 20 hours 24 through zerown seasons not knowing whether the enemy fleet or a mountain lay below, sweating it out for our after hour of continuous flight hoping to land on unlighted runways, refuel, and take off.

there is no monument to the many who headed out and did not return. they fought and patrolled in many instances until their fuel was gone knowing they would be unwillingn at sea but to break off context they had made with enemy forces. few are a lot of those that flew against the japs in the battle of dutch harbor. if you wish to see their monument here at home, look around you. and retiring, the remnants of the defeated japanese task force landed troops on the islands. we really undertook the offensive and commenced our march on the bridge toward asia. in late august of 1942, a large detachment of our troops landed on an island several hundred miles along the chain. island -- ishis

closer to japan than any other american outpost. vegetationt, spongy which loses water at every -- oozes water at every step. since the original landing, the manpower has been constantly augmented. before it was hundreds. now it is thousands. troops arrive after a voyage that may take anywhere from a week to a month, depending on the field. it took more than a month to land them here. the months of training to toughen them to the rigors of wind, that taught them to handle their weapons, that made them into soldiers. as those months -- at those months to the boys. -- voyage. bookkeepers, grocery clerks, college men, and dirt farmers.

that is of course ex -bookkeepers. soldiers now as if all of their lives, they had been nothing but. ♪ announcer: historian catherine clinton talks about her book, "harriet tubman: the road to freedom." she discusses tubman's escape from slavery, her role as a conductor on the underground railroad, and her life after the civil war. she talks about historical misconceptions and her renewed popularity in recent decades. culminating in the announcement tubman would be featured on the u.s. $20 bill. this event was hosted by the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia. it is one hour and 15 minutes.