he's the author of many books, john wukovits,

author john wukovits discusses his book dogfight over tokyo: the final air battle of the pacific and the last four men to die in world war ii. the book tells a story of a group of american aviators he took off from the carrier uss york town on august 15th 1945. they were attacked over japan, shortly after receiving word that the war had ended. the national world war ii museum posted this online event, and provided the video. >> thank you all for joining us today, for what will 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 some five years since the war. dogfight over tokyo, it's a great book, he is an author of many books, john wukovits, it came to us about ten years ago. we are just talking about this. he visited the museum, gave a presentation on this 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 things got a little 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 vie

he's the author of many books, john wukovits, 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

and let's all give a virtual round of applause to our presenter and my friend, john wukovits. [laughter] thank you very much, sir. john: thank you, jeremy. it's been a pleasure. great questions. i know you're always prepared, thank you and everyone else, the stuff, for the help today and every other time i have been there. >> great, we will get you back soon and see you back here next wednesday. have a great and safe weekend. history tv,merican featuring events, interviews, archival films, and visits to college classrooms, museums, and historic places. exploring our nation's past, every weekend, on c-span3. >> next, university of mary washington history professor william crawley gives a talk titled "harry s. truman: the "harry s. truman: the accidental , president and the triumph of true grit." professor crawley argues that many at the time underestimated truman, in thinking he was not up to the 1945, job. especially in comparison to his predecessor, franklin roosevelt. this video is courtesy of the university, from their "great lives" lecture series. >> welcome to today's grea

john wukovits.e 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 go

and let's all give a virtual round of applause to our presenter and my friend, john wukovits. [laughter] thank you very much, sir. john: thank you, jeremy. it's been a pleasure. great questions. i know you're always prepared, which is not always the case with some people elsewhere, but you, i know, are top-notch. so, thank think everyone else, e staff for their help in every other person i was there. >> we will get you back soon and we will see you all back next wednesday. have a great and safe weekend. >> university of maryland baltimore county professor william blake teaches a class about new deal era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power. professor blake argues that while many of president roosevelt's policies had broad support, the general public fearing and upset to the balance of p i

he is the author of many books, john wukovits. he came to us about ten years ago, we were just talking about this, came and gave a presentation on his book about boyington 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. "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 anniv

. >>> author john wukovits discusses his book "dogfight over tokyo, the final air battle of the pacific and the last four men to die in world war ii," telling the story of a group of american aviators who took

author john wukovits discusses his book dogfight over tokyo: the final air battle of the pacific andhe last four men to die in world war ii. the book tells a story of a group of american aviators he took off from the carrier uss york town on august 15th 1945. they were attacked over japan, shortly after receiving word that the war had ended. the national world war ii museum posted this online event, and provided the video. >> thank you all for joining us today, for what will 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 some five years since the

and let's all give a virtual round of applause to our presenter and my friend, john wukovits. [laughter] thank you very much, sir. john: thank you, jeremy. it's been a pleasure. great questions. i know you're always prepared, which is not always the case with some people elsewhere, but you, i know, are top-notch. so, thank think everyone else, e staff for their help in every other person i was there. >> we will get you back soon and we will see you all back next wednesday. have a great and safe weekend. >> university of maryland baltimore county professor william blake teaches a class about new deal era politics and the role of public opinion on issues such as court packing and executive power. professor blake argues that while many of president roosevelt's policies had broad support, the general public fearing and upset to the balance of power in congress to block some of fdr's initiatives, such as increasing the number of supreme court justices. this class took place online and the university of maryland baltimore county provided the video. prof. blake: we are going to be tal

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. hell from the heroes, i'm sorry, hill from the heavens 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. many years belated. 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. the 75th anniversary of the end of the war. we are going to get right to it so you can get as many of the audiences questions asked and answered by joh