eastern, leon ellis will talk about his time as a prisoner of war. look at the mississippi in the last years of the civil war, and on electricity which you are ns history, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its affect on public opinion toward the vietnam war. and on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on oral histories, david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk in the vietnam war and a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to a joint session of congress. with president george w. bush in 2001, and president barack obama in 2009, exploring the american story. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. 6r7k9s. >>> american tv history, every weekend, documenting america's story, funding for american tv history comes from these companies who support c-span3 as a public service. >>> selected by president george washington in 1789 alexander hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury until january 1795. up next to american history tv, historian and author william hogeland talks abou

saturday, at 2 pm eastern on oral histories leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6 pm eastern on the civil war, a look at conservative on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war. saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures and history, american university professor joseph ankle on the cronkite moment. its effect on public opinion or the vietnam war. on sunday, by 2 pm eastern on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david nassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war, and sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001, and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. up next, stony brook history professor paul hilton tal

leon ellis and last name.that way i knew it was protecting them but at the same time i was hoping to get a letter and that was my angle to get a letter someday. i am laying on the floor of this torture room with my handcuffs. filthy. blindfolded. i'm crying like a baby, because i was not tough enough to beat them. i felt so ashamed that i let my country down. i let my teammates down. i was not able to beat them. i was just week. i was a weakling. much weaker than i ever thought. i played football both ways. i tackled 190 pound running backs. i never backed off from anything. combat flying. no problem. but this was something i could not be. i was so ashamed. so i get back to my cell and eventually we all get back together and i found out the other guys had gone through the same thing. we ended up in the same place. some did less time than i did. some did more before giving in, but we all did exactly the same thing. we filled out the thing with a bunch of bs and that was it. later they wanted me dug -- a few mon

. >>> leon ellis served in the air force in the vietnam war. his plane went down during a bombing run and he was held as a prisoner of war for five years. >> i grew up on a farm between athens and commerce, georgia. this was growing up in the '50s, i was born in 1943, so growing up in the '50s, my grandfather had been a farmer, we lived with him or he lived with us. my grandmother died and we kind of took care of my grandfather. he was winding down on his farming days, but we had mules. he had a pair of mules when i was real young. eventually he sold off the pair of mules and we had one mule that we used for gardening and we had a full acre of garden, so there was always a lot of work to do there. then we did some farming ourselves, so we grew corn and some hay and some wheat and some oats from time to time. and as a 12 and 13-year-old boy, i was plowing that mule, in the garden, in the cornfields and so on. before i was flying supersonic jets, i was on the south end of a north bound mule. it was a unique experience. you think about plowing mul

leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war. as a prisoner of war. for five years. saturday at 6 pm eastern on the civil war, a look at confederate -- on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war. saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures in history, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment. on sunday at 2 pm eastern, on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span three as a public service. trail of tears, president jack baker talks about forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. mister baker, members of the chero

leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6pm eastern on the civil war a look at confederate boat burners on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war and saturday at 8pm eastern on lectures in history. american university professor. joseph campbell on the cronkite moment, and it's effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war on sunday at 2pm eastern on oral history us army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w bush in 200. and president barack obama in 2009 exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about americ

i just put my father's first name, leon ellis, and last name in commerce, georgia. that way i knew -- it was protecting them but at the same time i was hoping to get a letter. and that was my angle, to get a letter someday. so i'm laying on this filthy floor, my hands handcuffed and blindfolded. i was crying like a baby because i felt so ashamed that i let my country down, i let my teammates down. i wasn't able to beat them. i was just weak. weaker than i thought. i had played football both ways, i tackled 190-pound running backs, i never backed off of anything. combat flying, no problem. but this was something i couldn't beat. and i was so ashamed. so i get back to my cell and eventually we all get back together, and i found out -- the other guys have gone through the same thing, and we ended up in the same place. some went less time than i did, some went more time than i did before giving in, but we all did the exact same thing. we filled out the thing with a bunch of b.s. and that was it. then later they wanted me to make a -- a few months later they wanted me to

eastern on oral histories, leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, a look at confederate vote burners on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war and saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his clerking during the eat san ramon war and a look at first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on cspan3, every weekend, documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support cspan3 as a public service. >>> cspan's long running series president eisenhower's treasury and defense secretaries and how their personalities and styles influence

leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years. saturday at 6pm eastern on the civil war a look at confederate boat burners on the mississippi during the last years of the civil war and saturday at 8pm eastern on lectures in history. american university professor. joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war on sunday at 2pm eastern on oral histories us army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w bush in 1 and president barack obama in 2009 exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. next on american history tv a session from a conference titled john marshall the supreme court

leon ellis served in the u.s. air force during the vietnam war. he was held in north vietnam as a prisoner of war for five years. up next he recount his years in a captivity including his torture. this was conducted by the atlantic history centers research center. >> i grew up on a farm near athens georgia. this was growing up in the fifties, i was born in 1943. growing up in the fifties on the farm and my grandfather had been a farmer, we live with him or he live with us, we moved in when my grandmother died, and took care of my grandfather. he was kind of winding down on his farming days. we still had mules, we had a pair of mules when i was really young. we

. >>> leon ellis served in the air force in the vietnam war. his plane went down during a bombing run and he was held as a prisoner of war for five years. >> i grew up on a farm between athens and commerce, georgia.

taught school area and when you everybody in the post office, so i just put my father's first name leon ellis and last name in commerce, georgia and that way on you if it was protecting them. but at the same time i was hoping to get a letter. and that was my my angle to get a letter someday. so i'm laying a floor this torture room is filthy floor in my handcuffs and leg irons and blindfold. and crying like a baby because i wasn't tough enough to beat him. i felt so ashamed. that i let my country down. i let my teammates down i wasn't able to beat him. i was just weak just a week much weaker than ever thought. you know, i played football both ways. i tackled 190 pound running backs. i never backed off from anything combat flying. no problem. but this was something i couldn't beat and i was so ashamed. so i get back to myself and eventually we all get back together and i find out the other guys have gone through the same thing and we ended up in the same place some went less time than i did some went more time than i did before giving in but we all did exactly the same thing. we filled out the

today at 2:00 p.m., leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of warars. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, they look at confederals on the mississippi -- confederates on the mississippi. tonight, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its effect on public opinion towards the vietnam war. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, u.s. army veteran david vasser taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected presidents' first addresses the congress, with george w. bush and barack obama. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back for our weekly spotlight on magazines segment. today we have nick troiano, the executive director of the unite america. we will talk about his article in the atlantic magazine, “party primaries must go." good morning. guest: good to be with you, jesse. host: tell the viewers what unite america is and what unite amer

leon ellis talks about his time serving in the vietnam war and as a prisoner of war for five years.urday at 6:00 eastern on the civil war, a look at confederate boat burners on the mississippi during the last years of the mississippi war. saturday at 8:00 eastern on lectures and history, american university history professor the moment and the public opinion to the vietnam war. sunday at 2:00 eastern on oral history. u.s. army veteran david flex on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. sunday at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected president first addresses to a joint session of congress with george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. explore the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> coming up today, a discussion on proposals to change the federal court structure with the american constitution society for law and policy. live coverage begins at 4:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> washington journal continues. host: all week we have been featuri

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