my book begins in the most sacred place in the world, normandy cemetery above omaha beach. this wonderful documentary concludes in that same sacred place with two great iconic figures. >> eighty-sixth battalion, 90th division, arizona. 29th division. woodward of the 29th. new jersey. 82nd airborne, kentucky. i think there's some 9000 boys who live here. i guess most of the cash into some d-day are here overlooking omaha beach. >> about 60% were taken home. >> end of the unidentified, there are some here, the names are missing of course. >> the unidentified are here. 15 missing -- 1500 missing. >> the names on the wall. spent this is cemetery includes all the d-day casualties, most of those back into the normandy fighting i suppose? >> the quartermaster, they would gather nearby the american monuments. as far as -- [inaudible] >> and, of course, this is just one of cemeteries that stretch, well, from here of around the world really. >> walder, this d-day has a very special meaning to me. i'm not referring merely to the anxieties of the day. the anxieties that were natural pa

he says when i served my church in france, i made a trip to norm norm normandy to see the beaches and felt enormous gratitude for the courage and sacrifice of these men. as i understand it, he was in france because he got some draft deferments. >> yeah, at that time, the mormon church had special deferments for their young men who served the church in any capacity. now, it used to be that at that time, if you were enrolled in the theological seminary or if you were a catholic priest, you got the same exception, but that was otherwise reserved for the clergy. it was granted routinely to young mormon men. in fact, no one in the romney family, his father included, ever submitted to the service that those graves at normandy represented. there's not a single military veteran in the romney lineage going back from him and his sons obviously had no intention of participating in the wars their father so strongly supported during their possible military service. but look, mitt romney's religion has been referred to twice and i think successfully. they dare not speak its name for some reason in

from his commander beaches of normandy. soldiers fighting on the battlefield. pointed out that this was an english regulations the. scottish didn't apply. the. played through the whole battle. because they thought he was. scottish bagpipe still retain their place as a weapon that can change the course of combat. eyes. of all the last night before the war and peace show comes to a close members of the british team reenacting the second. decide to give their russian friends from real surprise they've translated the famous wartime song into english and to sing it for the first time. for many years a symbol of soviet victory the song might just become an anthem for those reenacting the history of the second world. the war. wealthy british style. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report. full started here before going global and now it's calling the fire. log in. to. choose your place take your stand. to. make your statement. spread the word. stre

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from his commander on the beaches of normandy. the soldiers fighting on the battlefield. pointed out that this was an english regulations. scottish. didn't apply. as he played through the whole battle but. they didn't. because they thought he was . seventy years old scottish bagpipe still retain their place as a weapon that can change the course of combat. eyes. of all the last night show comes to a close members of the british team reenacting the second tank designed to give their russian friends from real surprise they've translated the famous wartime song into english and to sing it for the first time. for many years a symbol of soviet victory the song might just become an anthem for those reenacting the history of the second world.

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the week after the dramatic and successful investigation, invasion but take him to normandy where iave gone because i am a franco file and all of that stuff .. >> and also the emotional experiences with men of that generation wasn't that often. my father showed his emotions to he by showing me how to fish. >> rose: right. >> or taking me to the library and saying this is for you, all of us by giving me a book. so he was emotional, and loved me he gave you jame james b. ol. >> this is a man that trained me to be a black man of the 21st century from rural working class sweden. >> rose: and why -- i mean, he just knew? >> he always knew that as a man that, especially as a black man and as a young boy says our journey is different, how we react toward things, anger, we talked about anger a lot, a lot of -- talked about that in the book. he talked about rejection a lot, they will come, they come for everyone, it is just not yours, you are not the only one who is going to be rejected and he always told me you are going to be rejected more in life than someone will say something positive a

a church, a city in normandy which i am not pronouncing with a proper french accent.it was a saturday and there was a wedding ceremony. it was a very well-dressed bourgeois extended family there there and so forth. the priest was officiating and this lovely cathedral and so forth and after the wedding fell sir john and so forth, they stand down, the priest stands down then here comes the authority of the state, a clerk comes in right there in the church. and you know has him signed the registry and so forth. my parents were staunch atheist and very opposed to religion and were appalled at the idea that a government person comes into a church, just physically being there and performing official duties in a church setting. that was the view of, in their view and find a violation of our principle of free exercise of religion without state supervision thank you very much. so different countries have different attitudes. >> the gentleman for up and three in. >> my name is stephen. nixon could go to beijing, why can't romney go to dupont circle? [laughter] >> maybe he can.

and as for the landings in normandy, general eisen howar directed the a-bomber command use the tactical support of the invasion and so we -- a lost bridges. >> the b-17 and b-24 together brought down germany in world war ii. they lost 80,000 to casualties and they won third, were killed, missing in action or pob -- p.o.w.s. with that many people as casualties, it's an emotional experience for the men and imagine what it was like for an 18-year-old kid to go there every day and to be shot at. >> i was -- . >> and we were on an active mission and there was a period of time when they were -- and they had a very severe humanitarian life as well. >> it's important that we salute the gentlemen and to thank them for what they did for us. >> it's a major part of history and why go and see the liberty bell? that is history. why don't you remember when thousands of people died in world war i and they're the heros, we're not the heros. >>> how about a dry christmas in christmas tree farmers in iowa said the drought could affect the holiday crops for years to come. this year's trees will be full an

did americans boys die in normandy and korea and valley forge for this? listen to the answers to those questions. it is another voice, it these quiet voice in the shouting. it is the voice of the great majority of americans, the non-shouters the non-demonstrators. they are not racist or sick. american ream. they give steel to the back pone bone of america. they are good people. they are decent people. they work. they sab. they pay their taxes and they care. like theodore roosevelt, they know this country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless ith is a good place for all of us to live in. and this i say, and this i say to you tonight is the real voice of america and this year in 1968, this is the message that will broadcast to america and to the world, let's never forget that the folks, america is a great nation and america is great because people are great with winston churchhill we say, we have not yurn nid all this way. across the central, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies because we are made of sugar candy.

american has never heard of him and the other 50% thought he was the guy tom hanks brought home from normandyok at that, you can open a can of beans with that. let's go back. there you go, they kind of look like a father and son in an ad for super cuts, don't they? they can borrow each other's clothes. they're two handsome devils. as a matter of fact, if you search paul ryan on google. the fourth phrase is paul ryan shirtless. this is why i love america, the man is nominated to lead our country, one of our first thoughts are, i wonder what his nipples look like? romney made the first move on the "uss wisconsin." he made a slipup when he welcomed ryan to the stage. >> join me in welcoming the next president of the united states, paul ryan? >> jimmy: i'm not sure, but i think mitt romney just fired himself. [ laughter ] hey -- thank you. see, the sun has been roasting us. and we just gave it right back. you know, there's an important new reality show i want to alert to you. it premiered last week on tlc. tlc used to be the learning channel. now, it's the opposite of that. the show is called "he

destroyers, cruisers, he designed the more manty -- normandy landing craft, he was also responsible for the iconic liberty ship which was the mass-produced cargo ship that helped win the war, basically, build ships faster than the germans could sink them. that was basically the way to build, his mindset. even throughout his very successful career, he still remained focused on the grand prize. >> watch the entire booktv interview on the work "a man and his ship" tonight at 8:30 eastern here on c-span2. >> all this week booktv is on c-span2 with your favorite book programs throughout the day. our in depth programs originally airing live the first sunday of every month feature a three-hour look into an author's work with questions from viewers. this sunday our guest is historian michael -- [inaudible] beschloss. so join us live this sunday at noon eastern for our three-hour conversation with michael beschloss on c-span2's booktv. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> how you guys doing? [applause] hi, everyone. can you hear me? oh, good, wow! [cheers and applause] [laughter] this is so excit

destroyers, normandy landing craft, also the man responsible for the liberty ship which was the produced cargo ship that helped win the war faster than the germans that's the way to build his mind set. even in his very successful career he remained focused on the grand prize building his thousands of longships and what really irritated him as the european governments subsidize their shipping companies with money to build bigger faster passenger ships not to be luxurious but had enough engine power to outdo the previous record-holder and this is when the atlantic the highest average speed meant something and it gives an exception to the american version. islamic tell the folks a little bit about we know that they could make a lot of ships and he had an obsession with the united states. talk about this because a lot of levels he was doing things other naval architects were not doing. >> when people asked him he said well i wasn't trained to pick up by the box in the 1930's a revolutionary engine high pressure which basically was circled around the previous on the british for the japanese d

don't understand in reading your essay is how you can say the enormity -- the unconstitutional in normandy committed by lincoln and roosevelt are even more growth than those of george bush and how you can feel roosevelt was a great man when he was one of the critical persons in creating -- >> you sound like a republican back from 1936. we passed all that. we move on. he gave us a world empire. i don't feel any need for augustus. i thought we were better off without one. the right wing which i assume you pledge your allegiance, the right wing at the empire. and the mess we made -- >> vidal is serious about roosevelt in the golden age. and really brought on or anticipated -- it was quite true. everybody in the services knows this. i had a cousin of my grandfather who was admiral of the fleet at pearl harbor which roosevelt has ordered and go back -- in san diego. a lot of things wrong with it but he got us out of the depression. he made the country matter in the world which it did not before and it does not matter now. >> let's move on to another question. before war breaks out in this room

was just 23 years old when he landed at normandy on d-day. hfs it was his job to help direct u.s. forces along with supplies on to the shore. despite being injured into the invasion, he also helped lead g. i. 's off the beach. he was later award a bronze star for his heroism. he died saturday at a retirement home in bethesda. he was 92 years old. >>> all the making headlines this morning, tropical storm isaac still posing a threat to the gulf coast at this hour. >> the slow-moving storm is weakening but flooding is forcing many to leave their homes. we are live with an update when fox 5 morning news continues. president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened

war ii, but determined to join the fight he dropped out his senior year and landed on the beach of normandy on d-day. he was engaged throughout the theater of operations and participating in the arden, central europe before returning home to brooklyn on christmas deneene 45. we make snarky jokes and show cat videos, so that is about even. >> it is about even. >> who is he? who is he? it is ridiculous. where is my legion of honor? >> was that not rhetorical? >> apparently it was. it was accidentally raw for rail. rhetorical. saudi judo athletes will wear a head scarf. they don't call it judo, they call it xinusp gi da. paul, did you come here from a brawny paper towel commercial? >> really? that's where you are going with? >> i understand it would have taken you half an hour to craft that, but it took me three seconds. as fast as i could type it it was down. >> this is men's flannel and that is wal-mart. >> that was awful. you said as long as it doesn't put her opponents at a disadvantage you are fine with it. here is my concern, what if an opponent rips off her headscarf. you were concerned

. >> bill: that of course, is d-day and normandy france. >> who suffered the most military deaths in world war ii? c is correct. doocy still reads with two to go. killing you, isn't it? it's to the killing me, doocy. i'm fair and balanced. if you win legitimately i don't have a problem. all right, question number 4, to this day the japanese surprise attack on pearl harbor remembered as one of the country's greatest trials. >> december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the united states of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked by a naval and air forces of the empire of japan. >> bill: which u.s. ship bombed thatay saw the greatest loss of life with 1177 casualties? a the arizona? b, the a, that was easy. i know it was easy. but you don't have to raise your cards up that fast. >> she was pulling hers up -- >> bill: let me barack this to you. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> bill: millions of people are watching at home. they are playing along with you you two pinheads. >> forgive me, professor. sorry. >> bill: can we get replacements? [ laughter ] last question. one of the

he designed normandy landing craft and it was also the man responsible for the iconic liberty ship which was the mass-produced cargo ship that helped win the war. basically, build ships faster so the germans can sync them and that was basically the way he built this mindset. even throughout his very successful career he still remained focused on the grand size, building his thousands of ships. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> there are two wonderful books out now about where al qaeda and the taliban are. steve mccullough is working on one. seth jones from the rand corporation is working on the other one. david maraniss is working on another biography at this time, and there are lots of great books that had come out every year by a serious journalist/historian's that are worth reading. a book on steve jobs is a perfect example on that. is an international best-selling phenomenon and all the things we can learn from it. >> what are you currently reading? >> i read eclectically actually. i read a wonderful book written by a british -- about his father in world w

that unidentified republican is true, we have seen fake ads, this would be the grandest since the normandy invasion, but you have to hold out -- you have to keep one eyebrow up. but this is -- this is -- we knew this was going to be a big and important election. if this is true, this makes a bigger and more important election because it makes the chasm as clear as possible when have you really now mitt romney owning small government, fiscal conservatives. he is embracing it fully. he is doing that. and have you president obama, who has been talking about stimulus. he's been talking about what he calls investment and the need to raise taxes on top earners, this is mitt romney putting forward in one person, saying, i have the completely opposite view. now youville a very stark choice with ryan, if he's the man for the undecided, remaining undecided votes. >> so suspense has been building since this. you said this would be suspenseful if this was the biggest fake of all time. it doesn't seem to be going that way, certainly seems like -- >> no. but -- and think about this. something unusual th

during world war two which is an incredible achievement, destroyers and cruisers, he designed the normandy landing craft. also the man responsible for the liberty ship, the icon to liberty ship which was mass-produced cargo ships that helped win the war. basically that was the way to go in his mind. even throughout this very successful career he still remained focused on the grand prize, building his ship. and what really irritated him was that european governments subsidize their shipping companies with vast amounts of money to build bigger, faster passenger ships, ships that are not really luxurious, but also had an of engine power to outdo the previous record holder, and this is a time when the highest average speed across the atlantic really meant something. and so that was the obsession to build an american version. >> tell the folks gathered here a little bit about, we know that he could make a lot of ships. we knew he had an obsession. talk about his innovation. on a lot of levels it was doing things other naval architects were not doing. >> well, he actually credited when people as

after the landings in normandy general eisenhower directed that the 8th bomber command be used for tactical support of the invasion. so we went after a lot of bridges, a lot of german airfields. >> the b17 and the b24 together brought down germany in world war ii. they had 250,000 members. they lost 80,000 to casualty, roughly 1/3 killed, missing in action or p.o.w.s. and so with that many people as casualties it's a very emotional experience for those men. imagine what it was like for an 18-year-old kid to go up there every day and be shot at. >> five days after my 18th birthday i was in the air force. we were on active live mission. we dropped bombs before the end of hostilities, but there was a period of time when people were starving to death. they had a very severe humanitarian life as well. most people don't even know of our mission, you know. >> it's important that we salute these gentlemen and thank them for what they did for us. >> well, if is a major part of history -- it is major part of history. why go see the liberty bell? that's history. why go see the washington monument? why

and that is the establishment of the two key of normandy. very well documented historical case of establishment of a particular predatory state. subsequent to that in 1066, the normans, the northmen conquer england to come over with their nights, the conkers to his admirers is able to defeat the english army and established their state and england. a number of interesting things come from this as well. predatory state focuses on extraction of revenue from the population and also the english language as well. english as you may know i'm told right in close don't have any way to verify this personally has the largest national vocabulary of any language in the world. any language can invent new words. in terms of just normal national vocabulary, english has the largest in a relatively simple grammar. some of your english is your second or third or fourth language. you know how difficult it was to master english language. i run, you run, we run, they ran, she runs in compared to other easy languages with the 17 cases. what happens is the two lan

when he was just two, his father who fought at normandy was shot dead by a hitchhiker while on home leave as youngsters the boy were se ilitary school while their mother finished her degree. they all eventually moved to florida. it was one night in 1960, allman says, that changed everything. >> you went to a concert and heard otis reading and others play. what did you hear? what changed? what happened? >> it was one of those reviews that they don't have anymore. otis took it, by the way. i mean, he would run back and forth across just a quarter-mile long stage. he was about 7'2 ." i mean, built, god! my brother, i remember him going, you know, like, hey, man, his jaw was open. he said, "man." and the music was going. he said something like, "i've got to have me some of this." >> brown: there was, however, a realistic streak in young greg allman. he writes that he had actually attended to go to college and medical school. >> i mean no pun, but everybody and their brother had a band, a rock-and-roll band >> brown: yore looking around sayinge're not going to make it here. >> we're not going

destroyerers, cruisers, the norm normandie landing craft, and their liberty ship, the cargo ship that helped win the war. basically built ships faster than the germans can sink them. that was his mindset. even throughout his successful career, he still remained focused on the grand five, and what really irritated him was that the european government subsidized their shipping companies with vast amounts of money to build bigger, faster passenger ships, ships not only to be luxurious but also had enough engine power to outdo the previous record-holder and this is the time when the highest average speed across the atlantic meant something. that was the discussion to build an american version. >> tell the folks gathered here a little bit about -- we know that you can make a lot of shipsful we knew he had an obsession with the united states. talk about his innovation, though. a lot of levels he was doing things other naval architect weren't doing even to he was self-taught. >> when we asked him why are you so innovative, he said i one formally trained and think outside the box, and he used

after the landings in normandy general eisenhower directed that the eighth bomber command be used for fact cal support of the invasion. so -- for tactical support of the invasion, so we went after a lot of bridges and german air neils. >> the b72 -- airfields. >> the b72 brought down germany. they lost 80,000 to casualties. roughly 1/3 were killed, missing in action or p.o.w.s and so with that many people as casualties it's a very emotional experience for those men. imagine what it was like for 18- year-old kids to go up there every day and be shot at. >> five days after my 18th birthday i was in the air force. we were on active live mission. we dropped bombs before the end of hostilities, but there was a period of time when people were starving to death. they had a very severe humanitarian life as well. most people don't even know we flew those missions, you know. >> it's important that we salute these gentlemen and thank them for what they did for us. >> well, it is a major part of history. why go see the liberty bell? that's history. why go see the washington monument? why don't yo

that was the generation that fought through the depression, stormed normandy, and that won world war ii. again, there were those who said that we shouldn't fight that fight. it was not of our concern. some of those did it out of principle, but many of them did so because they didn't want to sacrifice maybe their sons or sacrifice materially. they were unconcerned about the principles upon which the american founding was based. move forward now another 80 years from world war ii and where are we? we're in the present day. i'm going to ask yourself, i'm going have you ask yourselves are you willing to choose the spirit of freedom over material comfort? are you prepared to do so? are you preparedded to make the sacrifice? i ask this questions a lot of times to students. why are you committed to the free enterprise system? imagine for a minute it's never happened, never will, but just imagine for a minute that someone created an economic system that was not based on free markets, but that actually created more prosperity. would you embrace it? would you give up your freedom and individua