primarily that is led by douglas mcarthur. so then they went through new guinea, and they slip through some places, and they headed towards the philippines. but least that is mcarthur school at the time. june of the 19th and the 21st, 1944, you have the battle for the philippine sea. in that case you have, the u.s. fifth fleet, 15 aircraft carriers. 15 aircraft carriers, against nine japanese aircraft carriers. and, in the process the japanese lose three carriers. to actually two submarines. so that is a setback for them. in the same timeframe, you have what is now known as the great marianne as turkey shoot. where the japanese naval air force, there's really not much left. a lot of their senior, best naval pilots died in that process. so that's where we are at in july. so july 1944, then you have franklin roosevelt, that goes out to pearl harbor. and sits down with mcarthur. and with admiral king, and others. admiral leahy, who is essentially serving as the joint chief of staff, that was not the official title he was there as

but the compromise essentially ended up favoring mcarthur's plan in large part and allowed mcarthur now to continue his attack, his invasion of the philippines, landing first. and also now the navy's going to have to think about kind of an adjustment to their strategy because they're not allowed to go all the way to formosa. now they set their eyes on iwo jima. that seems to be the next logical step for them. one more battle that i wanted to talk about while we're on this slide, and that's the battle of the latae gulf. these are naval battles essentially. four separate engagements all around the philippine sea. and what you've got is the bulk of the imperial japanese navy versus the u.s. third fleet. so, you've got six japanese carriers versus 34 u.s. carriers. a lot of fleet carriers, a lot of smaller junk carriers. but 34 u.s. carriers. the japanese lost four of their aircraft carriers. and they don't have the ability to replace those like the united states was doing at the time. the u.s. lost three of their aircraft carriers, but the advantage now is clearly on the allied side, on th

the decision was they made that finally to go to iwo jima and allow mcarthur to continue in advance in the philippines as well. a couple of months later, a couple of places later, the navy brass meets in seattle, you have the admiral's again and they hash things out. once again there is a disagreement. the disagreement is centered on where to go to next as far as the central pacific is concerned. he was all in favor to going all the way to formosa, thought that would be logical place to go. with remembering the conversation that they had before was in favor of iwo jima. it is tough to see but iwo jima is right here, this little star, the middle of nowhere. and of course they had already decided that iwo jima would be next, that starts in march. and then where to go after that? if not formosa, the next step was going to be somewhere in the islands and the logical place was okinawa. here's okinawa, the mainland, the surrounding islands. that was the decision that was finally made and they code named it operation iceberg. don't ask me how they come up with these names, they are always col

i would not be -- i would not have received the mcarthur award.was because of the people on the ground who are living the situation who told me what was going on and i listened to them. and i am very, very hopeful that's how we find a solution. >> yeah, i think -- i think that's the thing, that's the key message to me, is that being able to listen to what people's experiences are and share them with others and you took people to actually see what the -- what the conditions were on the ground and i think that was a lot of the power to clearly illustrate it to people who might be able to help you do something about it. .. .. and how scary and horrifying. thank you, thank you for taking the time to read it and asked me these questions. because of the end of the day, to think that we -- i want people, after they read the book tv hopeful. because, whatever we do, we have to do it in a way that it can have a positive impact on generations to come. and i believe we can do that. this program is available as a podcast, all "after words" programs can be vie

south city into the east bay, oakland, mcarthure boulevard, berkeley, not as intense in san jose butthe santa cruz mountains. winds are howling in half moon bay. strong storm, drenching rain, flooding, debris flow and damaging winds. flash flood until 4:00 p.m. there is a risk of mudslides and we are starting to see flash flooding. dangerous winds with a high wind warning. damaging winds already being seen with the downed trees and power lines and strong winds prompting the wind advisory. gusts up to 65 there. i will be back with an hour-by-hour look at the timeline. >> the roads are a mess right now. this accident happened on the lower deck of the bay bridge 30 minutes ago. a big rig jack knifed and there is a small fuel leak. three lanes are currently blocked. officers hoped to have it cleared by 11:30. >> let's take a live look at pg&e's website. there are a lot of them right now. the map has been busy all night. just about every out acknowledges because of the weather. thousands lost their electricity. >> in the north bay video in shows some of the first damage from the storm. a

south city into the east bay, oakland, mcarthure boulevard, berkeley, not as intense in san jose butring across the santa cruz mountains. winds are howling in half moon bay. strong storm, drenching rain, flooding, debris flow and damaging winds. flash flood until 4:00 p.m. there is a risk of mudslides and we are starting to see flash flooding. dangerous winds with a high wind warning. damaging winds already being seen with the downed trees and power lines and strong winds prompting the wind advisory. gusts up to 65 there. i will be back with an hour-by-hour look at the timeline. >> the roads are a mess right now. this accident happened on the lower deck of the bay bridge 30 minutes ago. a big rig jack knifed and there is a small fuel leak. three lanes are currently blocked. officers hoped to have it cleared by 11:30. >> let's take a live look at pg&e's website. there are a lot of them right now. the map has been busy all night. just about every out acknowledges because of the weather. thousands lost their electricity. >> in the north bay video in shows some of the first damage from t

mcarthur thought it was the unsinkable aircraft carrier. 25 million people in a place the size of indiana. if the chinese military continues at its current rate to improve its military and we're the only people that are willing to sell weapon systems to taiwan, there's a certain inevitability about some sort of reintegration. now, again, the panda huggers, the libbal ares basically were thinking as china progressed economically it would liberalize and it just flat hasn't happened. the chinese are getting more harsh and hard about it. so the question is, back out. do you want to go to war with one-fifth of mankind to save indiana full of chinese people. >> our next question. did the i know i pronounced that inappropriate is their goal only the removal of the chiang dynasty? >> if you pick up a book on sun yat-sen. sun yat-sen was a medical doctor. sun yat-sen went to school in hawaii and a very, very interesting man. the idea was socialism. and i would argue the idea was that the people of china had to be educated and had to be brought forwa

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that's what they did to mcarthur in 1954, it and helped get him out of there?hink absolutely, david. i said this yesterday, i think it's important. if i were the vice president i would convene a meeting, you don't have to have a vote on the 25th amendment, to send a signal there are guardrails that mr. president you don't get to do anything you want. it also sends a signal to our professional national security infrastructure that everybody hold your powder here, don't do anything crazy the next 125 dayday -- 12 days. it's a terrible way to run a country, but we crossed that threshold. a little deference to biden on this because people are angry, upset, want their pound of flesh, i'm angry, upset, but if you put this guardrail on, i like the idea of a censure. you look at the incitement language, when you look at the rally language of people who are i mean, using words like fight and combat and go wild, it's hard to argue you didn't incite that. and that's why every member of congress should have to sit through the police officer's funeral in the rotunda and tak

who was led by lieutenant paton, and mcarthur on horseback. people beaten people killed. but dr.ing said they did not succeed, but they did start edging into the political consciousness of washington. something about obligation, to the poor and starving people. which helped to lead to the gi bill 12 years later. he said we may not succeed when we go to washington for the poor peoples campaign, but one day america will wake up. we are leading a witness. he told the staff and one of the meetings, we have to finish on what we have left, even if it is next to nothing. that's according to the book of revelation. he was leaving the witness of the completeness of his vision, of what is at stake in race relations. and then he was diverted into memphis. and he was diverted into memphis, because of your stormy weather. you've always had stormy weather. and on february 1st, 1968, you had tornadoes and gully washers, and not only in memphis but the whole country was worried about whether elves or would be safe getting cross county cross town with priscilla so she could deliver her baby. at t

and mcarthur on horse back, beaten, people killed. but dr.ng said, they didn't succeed but they did start etching into the political consciousness of the people there in washington who saw it and felt guilty something about obligations to poor and starving people and when they petitioned that helped lead to the gi bill 12 years later. and he said, we may not succeed when we go to washington with the poor people's campaign but one day america will wake up. we are making a witness. we are leaving a witness. he told his staff in one of the meetings, we have to finish on what we have left even if it's next to nothing. quoting the book of revelation. he was leaving a witness about the completeness of his vision, of what's at stake in race relations. and then even from the poor people's campaign he was diverted into memphis. now, he was diverted into memphis because of your stormy weather. you've always had stormy weather. and on february 1st, 1968, you had tornadoes and gully washers and the attention of not only memphis but the whole country as t

it also mentions a copy has been sent to general mcarthur and a copy was sent to the admiral.his is the closest to get to the actual order of the dropping of the bomb to her hiroshima. that is dated the 25th of july and it does say after about august 3rd. it does give a date for that. at that point there waiting for a response for the putts than that clear asian. another document that sometimes used incorrectly to talk about the authorization of the bombing. this is from the secretary of war to truman and it's a few days later. it's the 30th of july. this one is harder to read so many of these historic documents, they can be difficult to read but if you close in on this one this is from stimson he's talking about the recent ultimatum that's the ultimatum that was made at pot stan. and the dramatic results of the tests that we've heard about already. and the suggestions made by the british of which secretary of state burns as well aware. he is giving recommendations of what to do. amid talk about the context of that in a minute. this is a two page or because truman writes on th

as i always do in these affairs, i will end with the words of douglas mcarthur, these proceedings areosed. thank you. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, a discussion on slavery. and emancipation. former interpreters at the colonial willamsburg foundation talk about bringing african-american stories to life and how they felt compelled to tell their ancestor stories appropriately. panelists include american civil war museum ceo christy coleman and curator rex ellis. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> history professor gunter bischof looks at summits in iran, quÉbec and moscow. he reviews the postwar decisions made during t

although he later denied having made the comment, douglas mcarthur reported to him, kennedy should have been court-martialed for letting a japanese destroyer mow him down. the matter of kennedy's heroism related to the pt-109 presents an ink blot test that could be seen either way. condemned who ineptness caused much suffering or as a courageous hero whose bravery helped to save the lives of the remaining crew members. kennedy himself did not when asked about his alleged heroism he said with typical wit it was involuntary. they sank my boat. in any case, it certainly did subsequent political career no harm as evidence by the proliferation of pt-109 during the campaign and when was the last time you saw a tie clasp? i don't know if they still make them. but in those days, a lot of men wore tie clasps and the pt-109 on it. political career began successfully after the war when he was elected to the house of representatives in 1946 where he remained until he was elected to the u.s. senate from massachusetts in 1952. now, kennedy's years in the senate deserved brief comments concerning both

attorney general jeff sessions and also you had worked closely with bob woodson who i believe was also mcarthurecipient, but as a conservative and i'm just curious, you know, they were very unlikely characters as i was reading the book and i think everyone who's watching this program has a good idea as to who jeff sessions is and maybe less about mr. woodson , so if you could tell us a bit about him, but what it was like to work with people whose political views may be didn't really square with yours, but who you were able to find sort of collaborative common goals with. >> well, you know, growing up in a community or in a state that is now very red and has been very red for a long time, so i have learned how to navigate in this situation and with mr. woodson, i met mr. woodson after i guess he was elected president and i was invited to a faith-based-- a young man that i had met in detroit's and over i was working for jc watts at the time in jc was from a community similar to our county so i was invited to the faith based summit and i went at the summit mr. woodson spoke in something he said so

is stimson and the chief of staff and then it also mentions that a copy has been sent to general mcarthur and a copy has been sent to admiral nem its. this is the closest you're going to get to the actual orders for the dropping of the bomb on hiroshima. and that's dated the 25th of july. and it does say after about august 3rd on the -- so it does give a date for that. and at that point they're waiting for a response for the potstown declaration to the japanese. the other document that's often sometimes used incorrectly, ought to talk about the authorization of the bomb is this memo and its response, and this is from the secretary of war, to truman and it's a few days later. it's the 30th of july. and this one is harder to read. and, you know, some of these historic documents can be difficult to read but if you close in on this one, this is from stimson to the president. and he's talking about the recent ultimatum. that was what was made at potstown. the dramatic results of the test we heard about already and then suggestions made by the british of which secretary of state burns is well a

general mcarthur ran them out of town and f.d.r.as elected, he had his own bonus army, people came into town and had tent cities near the capital. so f.d.r. decided with hopkins, they decided to put these men to work. this is the time the civilian conservation corps and the federal emergency relief administration, so many veterans were given a job and about 700 veterans were given the job to go down to the florida keys and help build the highway from the tip of florida all the way to the end of the florida keys. a lot of the portions of that road were already there, but there were some gaps. so there were 700 veterans in florida in the keys at these different camps. it was the end of august and a hurricane was coming in. a lot of them had never experienced a hurricane, so they were kind of excited with the prospect. one of the problems is the florida railway had an agreement with the people working at the work camps to evacuate the men if a hurricane threatened, but there was a slight misunderstanding. the people at the camp who wer

as i always do, i will end with the words of douglas mcarthur, these proceedings are closed. >> you're watching american history tv. explore our nation's mast on c-span 3. today, we're brought to you by these cable television companies as a public service. >> history professor gunte gunter bischof talks about what proceeded the yalta conference. the national world war ii museum hosted the event. >>> greetings, ladies and gentlemen. a pleasure to see you all here, and many, all are familiar faces because you're so loyal to our programming and we saw most of you in november and we hope to see most of you again in november and in between in september for our memory conference. unfortunately, doctor stoller tried his best, slipped on the way, caught his balance, but all three flights from burlington, vermont were canceled to get him here yesterday. he is very disappointed that he could not make it back and present. but we're very fortunate in this great city of new orleans to have one of the leading scholars in this field here to fill the breach. and enlighten us with the first panel of th

mcarthur.thern papers chronicled how civilians, particularly blacks, guided p.o.w.s who fled andersonville. on august 21st, 1864, the washington star published the odyssey of andersonville prisoner. after two months at andersonville, they dug a 65-foot long tunnel. comrades waited in the swamps, were fed cornbread and water by slaves that work in the fields, and another slave guided them to the river. mcholly was recaptured in alabama and returned to the area. they attached a 65-pound ball and chain to his ankle. he sawed out, escaped again, was, again, recaptured and this time took a parole on a pledge not to escape which he, of course, he had no intention keeping. he procured a rebel uniform, hitchhiked and convinced authorities there that he was a confederate soldier trying to reach atlanta. to his surprise, they found that one new comrade was a soldier who detained him after his first escape and another was a guard at andersonville. both failed to recognize him. finally, they appeared befor