so this guy, one guy had put "let's remember pearl harbor." and i know that was aimed at us. ♪ let's remember pearl harbor ♪ as we go to meet the foe but you know what we did? we said we're not gonna let them get us down, so we just kept in time with the music to let 'em know it wasn't bothering us. so they let us finish and eat, and then we walked out of that restaurant. ♪ let's remember pearl harbor ♪ and go on to victory - yeah, i remember. and part of it through my mother is that, driving to utah we did not stay at any hotels or motels. she said they wouldn't allow us, so we slept in the car. she said it wasn't that easy finding a place where they would feed us, restaurants you know, no japs and such. but every so often they'd find a restaurant that would take us in. - there were so much rumors, it was so frightful that we did not want to drive on the highway, so we all took the train. and whene got onhe train and en the pter came d in thevening h wouldraw allhe shade th it was panese people ithere. that they're gonna stop the train in the

he's writing this letter in december of 1941, after the of pearl harbor, knowing that he is about to get drafted into a segregated military, he's going to be asked to fight for potentially die for a country that doesn't yet treat him as a full citizen. and just to ground ourselves. remember that the entirety of the war, the is segregated in the army. initially black men can't serve in they're put in to supply the disco rolls in the navy black men are only allowed to serve as mass attendance will serve officers aboard ships at the start of the war. the marine corps isn't allowing any americans to serve. it's that until you get the war, they get the montford point marines, the first group of marines, everything in military life is segregated down to the barracks, latrines, the dining facilities. the red cross is even segregating blood from blood donors, even though there's no scientific basis to do that. so thompson is asking a really powerful question matters to him and matters to hundreds of thousands of other black americans. the pittsburgh courier uses thompson's letter to launch w

that the government has withheld the truth about casualties, that 11 or 12,000 men were killed at pearl harbor instead of the ever officially announced. they have even served the enemy propagandists by the incredible story that shiploads of bodies of our honored american that were about to arrive in new york harbor ought to be put into a common grave. all every access brought to. well in rome, tokyo directly quotes america them all by speech in the press, made damnable misstatements, such as these. the american people realize that in many cases the tales of operations cannot be disclosed until we are able. so ruthless that the announcement will not have to enemy military information, which it does not already possess. war government has unmistakable confidence in your ability to hear the worst without flinching or, losing heart. you must turn have complete confidence that your government is keeping nothing from you except information that will help the enemy in his to destroy us. in a democracy. there is always a solemn pact of cruelty between and the people. but must also always be a full use

and to believe the pearl harbor conspiracy theory one had to think that roosevelt and other national leaders had been involved in this from you know, massive convoluted plot to draw american tour knowingly killed thousands of americans in the process and then hit or faked evidence to conceal their crime. but that's how mccormick and his cousins saw the history of world war two in their view, japan and germany never posed a real threat to the united states the american people fought largely for three and a half years. at least in part to gratify franklin roosevelt's ego. so let me conclude by. just asking why is the story of the isolationist mainstream press of the 30s and 40s largely forgotten. and i would argue that historians of conservatism have often listened to the respectable voices of the elite media or intellectuals. instead of the voices of the enraged populace despite the greater reach of the latter. and the more highbrow quality newspapers may have influenced opinion leaders, but hurst mccormick in the patterson's shape the views of millions of ordinary americans. this was

news of pearl harbor came as unexpectedly as the attack. on the command. an officer wanted to see us all and he told us that, of course, pearl harbor had been bombed. i want to tell you something he said. this is an unusual situation. and we don't know what we'll ever happen. so he said, i want each one of you to remember that you are an american. you are an officer in the united states army and you know what? your duty and you're responsible what he is. he said there may come a time when there is no one to tell you what to do. and no one to guide you. but you will know what your conscious says and you will know the oath you have to take to protect your country. and always remember that later that day, december 8th, across the international dateline, the sounds of japanese aircraft were heard overhead. the naval hospital on guam was hit while in the philippines. baguio camp john jay forts dotson, byrd, clark field del carmen field nichols field cavity and corregidor were also struck and manila too was bombed. and with that we, heard this warning over the h

very many the ships of the pacific fleet were even in pearl harbor. some of those that were there were hit very slightly and others that were damaged by the read the fleet by now or are still undergoing repairs and when those repairs were completed the ships will be more efficient. fighting machines than they were before. there are parts that will be lost. more than a thousand planes at pearl is a baseless. we further read rumors. the japanese do not know just how many they destroyed that day. and i am not going to tell them. but i can say that to date and including pearl harbor, we have destroyed considerably more japanese planes than. they have destroyed of our we have most certainly suffered losses from hitler's u-boats in the atlantic, as well as from the japanese and the pacific. and we shall suffer more of them before the of the tide. but speaking for the united states of america, let me say once and for all to the people of the world we americans been compelled to, but we regain it. we and the other united are committed to the destruction of th

very many of the fleet were not even in pearl harbor.ing repairs and when the repairs are completed the ships will be more efficient fighting machines bam theyho were before. the report that we lost on the plains of pearl harbor is as baseless as the other rumors. the japanese do not know just how many planes they destroyed that day, and i am not going to tell them that i can say that defeat and including pearl harbor, we have destroyed considerably more than they have destroyed of hours. we have most certainly suffered losses from the boats in the atlantic as well as from the japanese into the pacific and we shall suffer more of them but speaking for the united states of america led me say once and for all for the people of the world we have been compelled but we will regain it. we are committed to the destruction of the militarism. we are dealing with increasing our strength. soon we will have the offensive and we, not they will make the final piece. they know what the masses are like and the people of korea know in f their flesh the h

there's also the whole pearl harbor, world war ii, the depression thing. the historian, doris concerns goodwin. she linked up with bradley cooper on this project. this looks terrific. >> thank you very much. it was a great pleasure to work on this over a period of time. it combines not only documentary, which people experts and historians talking but it has actual scenes and archival footage. you get the story from these dementions. you feel like you're back in that period of time. >> neil: it's amazing. that particular scene where we had the national bank holiday, i liken it to today where we have some banks that are barely surviving. we rescue them and all that. nothing like what was going on back then. a contagion that was clearly spreading and there were fears that he could botch it. >> you're absolutely right. what happens is the brunt of the depression, the financial crisis, really struck in february before he was inaugurated. some of the banks had failed because they invested in the stock market, which had collapsed. others were strong, but so many

and then of course after the after the japanese had attacked in pearl harbor six days after that five days after that hitler declares, he's had enough of roosevelt's nigging and nigging at him and decides to declare war on the united states the german declaration of war in the us comes before the congress declares war on germany and therefore at the end of 1941. no wonder churchill was jubilant. no wonder he was walking around a white house hoff naked in a sort of flannel long flannel shirt of being he's just punches. he said germans had it. to service union and had attacked germany and now is three big powers. against to one and a half two and a half and the odds were on the side of the productive power churchill recognize that you need a time and fighting leadership to carry it through. so there was a story there of a broad deleon attempt which went failed because of a hubris of the political leadership in japan and in germany, there might be some lessons for our own time in that very point that you just made people. yes, please the back. it gives you questions too that again. yeah,

it was turned off the day after pearl harbor was bombed in 1941.ere could be an attack in california. >> at the presidio, a wreath presentation and a flyover by the u.s. coast guard. member speakers participated in this event, including former speaker of the house nancy pelosi. it was also a powerful day of tributes in the south bay. more than 500 people gathered in san jose. a solemn tribute to fallen soldiers. the ceremony's featured speaker, the gun salute joined in flyovers. they joined lawmakers there. the purple heart recipient led the pledge of allegiance. >>> in virginia, the president honored the troops, those who gave all. arlington national cemetery famed for the white marble headstones. he spoke of the pain for all the families of all the fallen soldiers. >> we must never forget what these marble markers represent. a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a sister or spouse, a friend, an american. >> president biden's remarks came during the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he was joined by first lady jill

when pearl harbor was bombed, he realized that he had the entire west coast, equally, as pearl harbor became fearful. he signed executive order 9066, which ordered the traditional numbers, 120, 000, but now through the research, the number is over 125,000. i quote 125,000. >> what they used to be, you corrected something i said, i'm talking with the japanese camps, it's important that is what we have these discussions, to say they are american, they were americans intern, by the american government, guarded by american soldiers, order there by the american president. >> exactly. with the japanese american and german camp, the operative word is american, right? we have been saying it for 80 years now. japanese camp, that it has been come excepted. i always correct people on their grammar. they were run by the government of japan, we are americans in an american camp, right here in the united states. we were in the swamps of arkansas, and we moved there to a segregation camp. that was determined by one of the clumsiest loyalty questionnaire, which had two key questions. >> let me read t

well, let's remember, of course, in this pearl harbor, which was hit by japanese kamikazes in what year on december 7, 41, if my memory serves me correctly . half-heartedly, i will sew the historical process a little bit by bit so that we understand how difficult everything was that it was flooded in the 15th year in april , if i am not mistaken, and the americans entered the war as far back as the 17th, why when the reich reich minister zimmermann telegraphed through his german embassy one of the they were intercepted a telegram to mexico that we will sink everything. only then did the americans dare and in fact it was a turning point in the war, that is, a huge landing of americans on the continent began. there was a moment when even 250,000 per day were landed, which was a colossal, simply colossal force, and they already understood that they were this war lost the armistice of compiègne , i wouldn't want to make any such predictions , god forbid they don't even sound so very scary, but still i wonder what you said there is a scenario and according to which will join the war and we a

well, before we get to the emergence of, we actually have to go back to 1941, pearl harbor. they are dots of intelligence all throughout the us government, but they're not able to be put together in order to warn the president of an incumbent incoming attack because of pearl harbor, the office of strategic is created or says the uss major general donovan is in charge and basically they create the modern intelligence apparatus. all of the directorate s that are here at cia are created during world war two. and a lot of the ways that we do our operations today, the lineage goes all the way back to the uss, one of our great stories is about the gold coins of the office that we now have on display. these are $20 gold coins from the 1800s. they're worth thousands of dollars now. but back then in world war two, donovan created or collected almost $2 million worth of these gold coins with the idea that in denied areas in france and norway, all throughout europe, that they needed a way to pay for things for their existence. those countries and these gold coins were the perfect way i

. >> who bombed pearl harbor? japan bomb pearl harbor. >> china. >> russia. >> i don't understand. ♪ >> what's your name? >> precious. >> that's a precious name. >> oh, precious. >> what do you want to tell jesse waters. >> happy memorial day. >> this is my world. >> i love you, i love new york and love coney island. >> so today we're honoring the people who died for our country, but memorial day is also about something not quite as important but very important. and that's avoiding traffic. don't be an idiot. fill up your gas tank. check the oil. if you cause a traffic jam on memorial day, just don't do it. okay? be smart. leave early in the morning. i swear to god, if you cause a traffic jam, i'm not going to say it on memorial day, it wouldn't be right, but just don't do it. texas, lindsey, california, needs to curb his own toxic masculinity. sloppy gentleman. got to go in the make name bracket. >> glenn from new mexico, only california would remove the physical tests to be a cop. we went from defunding the poli

as you might imagine, it was turned off after pearl harbor was bombed, they were fearing an attack on california. since 1964, the signal had only been turned on once a year on december 7th, pearl harbor day, to honor survivors. that changed last year when it was lit up on memorial day and again on veterans day in november. >>> and there will be memorial day events across the bay area today. the benicia post cemetery is holds a service beginning at 8:00. in alameda a service with color guard and live music begins at 10:00 this morning. and at the presidio, a special ceremony and salute at the national cemetery is happening at 11:00 this morning. >>> also today, the state park system is paying tribute to the members of our military. admission is free for veterans and active and reserve military members. you must show a valid military i.d. or proof of discharge to receive free admission to mount diablo, redwood national park. there are more than 130 national parks in total. the list can be found on the state parks website. >>> it's going to be cool. we're still looking at some of the mil

he was also staff sergeant station on guam any joint because of pearl harbor. my older brother kirk was a vietnam era vet. he served in the navy the sixth fleet in the mediterranean. my little brother dennis was in the army and he went to vietnam. the only one in my family that didn't serve. i never felt good about that. i feel a common obligation, a patriotic obligation to get back to a country that's been so good to me. so great my family. i know that the same thing. i would rather not spent my winters in iowa brother might spend my winters in new hampshire. i'd rather not take the financial hit because i'm not flush like some the other people. the lookout obligation to do this. thank you for that powerful monologue. as to your question, look, if joe biden can fog up a mere tray is good to be the nominee. peace often dominates gonna be kamala harris and depending on when he hands the baton to her and eventually he will. she could finish out his term and then run to more full terms so he we could have almost 10 years of kamala harris. i feel this way about 45.

in 1941, with the bombing of pearl harbor by imperial japan, the u.s. entered world war ii, president roosevelt signed executive order 9066, ordering 120,000 japanese-americans living on the west coast into internment camps. including the families of these photos. >> again, it is assumed that it was related to some requirement to have identification. as a part of the internment camp experience. >> reporter: sue is the unofficial historian . >> it took a while for us to stretch these out, you can see how crinkled those are. >> reporter: 14 years ago, it was clyde's wife, myrtle, who gave her the original film, and she immediately realized she had stumbled onto something important. >> i was worried that i would be able to do justice to it, i'm just one small person that came upon this treasure trove of history and i wanted to get it to the right place. >> reporter: that is when she reached out to david, the executive director of the center of arts in marysville, where 5 years ago together, they brought photos to life. >> it was quite an experience. >> rep

. >> translator: when learning about world war ii in canada the focus was usually on pearl harbor. because what we learn differs in each country, dialogue is essential to understand one another. >> reporter: the junior conference kicked off with a visit to the peace memorial museum. then the students listened to the testimony of a hibkusha, an a-bomb survivor. >> it's hard to put into words. >> nuclear weapons now are a thousand times more powerful. nothing being done about this is also an issue. >> it was not my first time to go visit the museum, but seeing this again and again with everyone here has made me find new things and from different perspectives. >> reporter: on the final day the students presented their results of their discussions. >> we recommend education globally of the history and dedication to prevent similar harm from occurring to people in the future. >> translator: people have different opinions, but we all have the same goal -- global peace. i could really relate to many things discussed at the conference. i will share this experience with my family, friends,

we have broken the diplomatic -- which is a major break through and pearl harbor was coming so we had a feeling that pearl harbor was coming because of the abrupt change in the messaging that all of that was started in 1939, 1940 and what puzzled me at love to see the files on ralph hauenstein and see what it was that this was an organized operation. it's not obvious. >> would all love to see that data. if you get your hands on it let us know. >> it's available. i've had several projects at the university of pennsylvania where he continued to teach -- to teach and i've been there for four years. i would recommend this to people in the audience who are interested in service records and things like that is a basic. she documented the fact fact that her great grandfather was involved in a prisoner exchange and i had no a idea we had any contact with the chairman army at the command level but in fact there was one in january of 1945. it h happened in the campaign at her great grandfather's -- so there's a lot their and ralph and dwight eisenhower's service record i've read bits and pieces

>> every time i read it, i read the stories of heroes that have fought in the war, d-day, pearl harbor, greatest generation and every time you hear these stories, you are inspired to hear their stories and great stories of what they did and stuff. >> tell us a little bit about it. >> i am history person. i met you on the 20 anniversary of 9/11. you are familiar. >> thank you for calling in. stephanie from illinois, what's on your reading list? >> i have to be honest, i am calling for my husband who is passionate about the book he is reading, but he has had several strokes so he doesn't speak as well, i am speaking for my husband. he loves -- he wants other people to know about this book. it's called the enlightenment and why it still matters. >> the enlightenment and why it still matters. >> the enlightenment and why it still matters. >> stephanie, i'm going to suggest something. we are going to put up the text number. it's hard to understand you, but we are going to put the text number up, sent out text quickly and will be able to read that much easier. let's try jesse in panama city

we had been attacked at pearl harbor. we witnessed as many and some of you did, but very few. one at galvanize as this country and to action and unity that we have never seen since it also brought people in to the effort to wage war that was total from grand children to grand parents and all in between. and everybody immediately took up the call to do their part to wage war and to defend our freedoms. like many of my contemporaries, i did not talk about my war experience since for nearly 50 years, mainly because they were too painful. i still had nightmares. i still had the effects. that war left on me for the simple reason that no body goes to war and comes back the same person. i don't care who you are or what your experiences are, but war in itself is futile. we learn nothing from war. we never have and perhaps never will. and all it does is satisfy somebody's outsized ego. that's what causes war. but we don't prove anything by war. we see a perfect example of that in ukraine today. but there are many other examples that are just as pointed. i. would like to give you a litt

he enlisteded in the navy after pearl harbor and became skipper of this convoy ship.oats in the atlantic. he helpe free prisoners of war from the island of boreno. >> we said where are the americans? the japanese didn't let them live. they worked them to death and that was it. to me that was the best thing i ever did in the war. i felt like i accomplished something. >> reporter: later he enjoyed a 68 year marriage to the love of his life and bellow bridge partner marilou until she passe away in 2014. it is clear alfie has gone through some tough times but in all the pictures h seem to be the guy with the biggest smile on his face. >> i always had a very happy disposition. i always smile. people ask me how are you. i always say no complaints. even if i have complaints because i know they really don't care. that's my outlet. and so, i am known around where i live as no complaint al fie. >> reporter: life aboard a ship taught him the importance of getting along with people. he didn't let politics or religion ruin morale so he is concerned about the political division in

a posibles bombardeos, desde 1974 una vez al año el 7 de diciembre las víctimas del ataque de pearl harboresidente joe biden visitó el cementerio nacional de arlington en virginia, el mandatario colocó una ofrenda en la tumba del soldado desconocido puso >>> y acto seguido se dirigió a la multitud señalando que nunca olviden el precio pagado por mantener la democracia y recordó a un veterano de la guerra de irak que murió en el año 2015 >>> con la cámara en vivo del puente de golden gate de san francisco le informó que esta día festivo la batalla de caminos estará resguardando las carreteras desde las siete de la noche hasta las nueve de la mañana. estarán revisando aquellos que deban al volante >>> pueden enfrentar multas de más de $10,000 y autoridades del condado alameda identificaron a un hombre que murió ahogado en un lago del este de la bahía y hacen énfasis en la importancia de tomar precauciones al estar cerca de los lagos, fátima navarrete nos informa >>> el médico forense del condado alameda identificó al niño de veintiseisava y al hombre que perdió la vida en el lago en las tard

it was turned off the day after pearl harbor was bombed for fear there could be an attack on californiathat signal has only been turned on once a year on december 7th to honor the survivors. that changed last year when it was lit on memorial day in may and again on veterans day in november. >>> hundreds gathered at san francisco's land's end put on each year by the "u.s.s. san francisco." it was part of the most significant fighting in the pacific during world war ii. 100 sailers, 7 marines were killed in action there in 1942. today's ceremony honoring the last surviving member of the "u.s.s. indianapolis." two torpedos struck and sunk the ship. the u.s. navy discovered the survivors. gray right here was one of them. >> it is a great event to memorialize these wonderful people that gave, you know, their lives for our country. we have people from every conflict we have ever had that come. >> the ceremony was organized by the members of "the u.s.s. san diego" foundation. the cemetery holding a memorial day service tomorrow. in alameda, a service with color guard presentations. live music

in 1941 with the bombing of pearl harbor by imperial japan, the u.s. entered world war ii. president roosevelt signed executive order 9066 ordering 120,000 japanese-americans living on the west coast into internment camps, including the families in these photos. >> again, we have to assume since there were so many in the same timeframe that it was related to the requirement to have identification as part of the internment camp experience. >> reporter: soo is the unofficial historian of the county. >> ucl crinkle beaux-arts. >> reporter: soo immediately realized she had someone do something important. >> i am worried i would not be able to do justice to it. i am just one small person who came on this treasure trove of history and i wanted to get it to the right place. >> reporter: that is when sue reached out to david reed, executive director of the yuba center for the arts in marysville, where they later brought the photos to life. >> seeing them en masse like that was quite an experience. we worked for weeks curating the collection, getting the enlargements created, and ha

sailors forever entombed in the twisted hull of the uss arizona resting on the seabed of pearl harborite headstones of 9387 americans enshrined in france overlooking the sands of omaha beach. as well as the more than 81,500 americans who still remain missing. have never returned home. the search for these missing will continue. until they are all brought home. it is our final solemn promise to these heroes and their families and our nation. each of these americans epitomize our tradition of honor, you those that defines our armed forces and defines our nation. individually, they represent the single life cut short, life events never accomplished, and the depth of our hearts, together they represent the indomitable spirit of the american military. they are a permanent reminder that freedom is a gift to us all. a gift paid for those who gave in the words of lincoln who gave the last full measure of devotion and today we honor them. we remember them. today, we say their names. in doing so we ensure their sacrifice will never be forgotten. we will forever walk among these giants as we con

in 1941 with the bombing of pearl harbor by imperial japan, the u.s. entere world war ii.resident roosevelt signed executive orde 9066, ordering 120,000 japanese-americans living on th west coast into internment camps, including the families o these photos. >> since there were so many of the same timeframe, let's assum that it was related to some requirement to have identification. as part of the internment camp experience. >> reporter: susan moyers is th chief historian of the county. and 14 years ago it was clyde busch's wife myrtle who gave he the original rolls of film. sue realized she had stumbled onto something important. >> i was worried that i would not be able to do justice to it i am just one person who came upon this treasure trove of history, and i wanted to get it to the right place. >> reporter: that is when she reached out to david reed, executive directorthe yuba center for the arts of in marysville. years ago, they brought the photos to life. >> that was quite an experience >> reporter: they put 100 of them on display. >> we worked for weeks carrying in t

this is pearl harbor day. my father was a world war two veteran, was mustered in on december 2nd, 1941, five days before pearl harbor. and so we're grateful to all of those who served and all of our wartime settings as well as in peacetime. thank you again so far. let us turn to a war. vietnam. there are so many books that on the vietnam war, on president kennedy. and of course, fred has a book on the subject. what prompted you to do another book on the subject and particularly studying the withdrawal plan? president kennedy around the vietnam war. and how is it different from other books that have come before? well, thanks for the question and thanks for creating the opportunity for me here and everybody else at the miller center not only to participate in this event, but really to help me write the book because without the miller center community, that really would have been impossible. and the book itself is a little unorthodox, as you note. there really aren't all that many books on kennedy and vietnam. th

were imposed against nazi germany until hitler declared war on the united states four days after pearl harbor ask ourselves, what made the holocaust possible? one part of the answer is indifference. the failure to heed these warn signs -- warning signs and the utter silence of germans as their neighbors were deported, their possessions stolen, their synagogues ransacked and, yes, the silence of the entire world. another part of the answer is the widespread anti-semitism that permeated europe for centuries, long before the nazis came to heeding these lessons is urgently needed as the holocaust and the surviving generation is diminishing and we face holocaust ignorance, denial, distortion and manipulation and spread like a virus through social media. new for the lesson of survivors and lesson of allied commander dwight eisenhower, as my colleague said when he saw is you must believe. next book took this theme even further and anticipated our world today. she wrote, denying the holocaust, on truth and memory, which led to her historic trial with a holocaust denier david irving and recognizing th

so pearl harbor. some of those soldiers aree amot buried on the battlefield whereo they fell, others inre foreign cemeteries. we have a beautiful monument ine our own country for those nevere recoverer d a tomb, forldier the american soldier known only t o god , the tomb of the unknown soldier. memori thatal is who we honor on memorial day, which begets the question of what we are honoring sacrifice, duty, bravery, all true.ty, brav but what precisely did they die for? what was it about america thata made it worth dying?ab for? can you imagine giving your life so others can criticize you , so others can protest you , so others can speak against you , vote against you when you payyo. a steep price, you do haveen hea the right to question what you paid for. when y when you're footing the bill,ha you have earned the right to evaluate what you spent. these men and women who gave their lives for our country. i am sure marvel at what current americans think this country owes them. those who simply ask thatt

i mean, you know, to be crude about this, japan started this at pearl harbor. they were aggressors in china. and with us, they were guilty of all sorts war crimes and. yes, we did use this horrible weapon and it has the feel of an atrocity but as i've been arguing for the last hour, it was necessary. so i don't really think the united needs to formally, you know, apologize to japan. i think there needs to be a recognition on all sides that we will never use these weapons again. that's what needs to happen. well, let's see if we can squeeze in another call. let's go to robin, who's calling from rochester, new york. robin, good morning. yes, hello. can your guest give any details about what the aviators, what their thoughts were about delivering bombs and what they felt when the when the bombs are dropped on japan and also, were there any firsthand accounts on the ground when the bombs are dropped from any bomb, any? were there any foreign correspondents at the time when the bombs were dropped? they were in the airplanes. there was kind of amazement at what they