john elliott was a missionary. he was teaching native people. these two guys would've have been the first graduating class of harvard university back in 1665. one graduated caleb did. joel did not. the reason he did not graduate, two weeks before graduation, he went over to martha's vineyard. on the way back, he stopped in nantucket and he got killed. it was probably his own people who did it. christianity -- you had a lot of traditionalists still here. you do not know what they were going through unless you walk a mile in their moccasins. i never judge them. what harvard did back in 2011, they invited my family and gave us a posthumous degree in his name, which harvard rarely does. when elliott was teaching the bible to native people, he felt like the native people were not picking up the religion quickly enough. he hired native interpreters. back in the 1990's, there was a woman for my community, and she was having dreams. she said people were coming into her dreams and speaking a different tongue. the people look familiar. one of her dreams,

you had john elliott. do i have what i am looking for here? ok. i want to talk about this right here. this is the son right here. back when the praying town is being formed, john elliott was a missionary. he was teaching native people. joel was one of them, caleb was another. and these two guys would've have been the first graduating class of harvard university back in 1665. one graduated, caleb did. joel did not. ok? joel was considered -- the reason he did not graduate is because two weeks before graduation, he went over to martha's vineyard. on the way back, he stopped in nantucket and he got killed. and it was probably his own people who did it. because christianity did not make it over here until '59, maybe later. you had a lot of traditionalists still here. i was say about the praying indians, you don't know what they were going through until you walk a mile in their moccasins. so i never judge like that. but what harvard did back in 2011, they invited my family and gave us a posthumous degree in his name, which harvard rarely does. and this

yeah, my name is john elliott. >> clerk: thank you. >> i'm a resident of the outer richmond, and i lovereat highway, and for anyone who is really dorky and uses the straza app, i am the local resident of the great highway, which means i've spent a lot of time down there. supervisor mar's comment mentions opening the great highway back up to traffic specifically mentions the sfmta, and he says none of his efforts to engage the sfmta and this has proven successful, so i just want to draw to your attention the importance of addressing this because that space, as director tumlin said, it has become a transformative public space for the city during this time, and not just during an emergency. it's something that we need to think about permanently, and the problem is not the creation of the space, the problem is irresponsible and reckless people driving cars. that needs to be addressed, that is the problem, and that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thank you very much. moderator, are there any additional callers on the line? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> thank you, with

yeah, my name is john elliott. >> clerk: thank you. >> i'm a resident of the outer richmond, and i love the great highway, and for anyone who is really dorky and uses the straza app, i am the local resident of the great highway, which means i've spent a lot of time down there. supervisor mar's comment mentions opening the great highway back up to traffic specifically mentions the sfmta, and he says none of his efforts to engage the sfmta and this has proven successful, so i just want to draw to your attention the importance of addressing this because that space, as director tumlin said, it has become a transformative public space for the city during this time, and not just during an emergency. it's something that we need to think about permanently, and the problem is not the creation of the space, the problem is irresponsible and reckless people driving cars. that needs to be addressed, that is the problem, and that's all i have to say. thank you. >> thank you very much. moderator, are there any additional callers on the line? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> thank you

john. well, as remembers and elliott, europe is office struggling with this rapidly spreading. 2nd wave of factions. the u.k. is the hardest hit we have found from not far behind, and reports in a small town south of brussels, a funeral director is burying the dead. he says almost everyone dying in the area is a victim of covered 90 something that wasn't the case in the 1st wave. in northern greece, a surgeon infections is pushing the hospital system to its limits with doctors warning they won't be able to give proper care. for the difference is that the number of patients is much bigger and so is the pressure on the clinics and the i.c.u. units, the ages are also much lower than they were. instead of 80 year old, we now have 4050 and 60 year olds in italy, prime minister is resisting calls for a 2nd nationwide lockdown. but here in the south, hospitals are being overwhelmed with more and more people being treated in their cars outside given oxygen or placed on drips as they wait to be admitted. the outlook is similar in germany to the missing on stuff. we must prepare ourselves for the si

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 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, "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 last four men to die ever. this was in combat. we had thousands, obviously, of veterans who, through the deca

john's books. hell from the heroes -- from the heavens for crew and country, and 10:10 titans, which one samuel elliott morrison naval literature award that year it came out, probably the most prestigious award that was awarded, regarding nipple history. congratulations on that, many years bladed. as i mentioned, john was supposed to come here in april and thankfully we've been able to work with our colleagues in the distance learning team, chrissy and kate, to bring these programs to you all. this one, specifically, has to do with our theme of the end of the war, the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. we will get right to it so we can get as many of the audience questions asked and answered by john. i will start off with a handful of my own questions. john, let's give the audience a brief summary for those who have not yet read the book. give them a brief summary of dogfight over tokyo, please. >> dogfight over tokyo explains the story of the last four americans to die in war combat in world war ii. and that, i don't mean to say they were the last four men today. ever. this is in combat. we had t

john's books. "hell from the heavens," "for crew and country," and then "tin can titans" which won the samuel elliott morrison naval literature award the year it came out, probably one of the most prestigious awards that's awarded regarding naval history. so congratulations on that, many years belated. as i mentioned john was supposed to come here in april. and thankfully we've been able to work with our colleagues in the distance learning team, chrissy and kate to bring these programs to you all. this one specifically has to do with our theme of the end of the war, the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. and we're going to get right to it so we can try to get as many of the audience's questions asked and answered by john. but i'm going to start off with a handful of my own questions first. john, let's give the audience a brief summary, for those who have not yet read the book, give them a brief summary of "dogfight over tokyo," please. >> well, it's -- the dogfight over tokyo explains the story of the last four americans to die in combat in world war ii. now, the -- by that, i don't mean so say