. >> we are really proud, because we are here at the uss alabama historical park. it's their 50th anniversary. so what better place to be on veteran's day than at the uss alabama here in mobile, alabama [cheers and applause] we have all these folks here, major patterson here. should say, he served in patton's army, and we solute you salute you. it is a special time to be here, and we're honored. because without our veterans, we don't have a single day of freedom. when major jacobson woke up, i'm told he said it's one more day to serve and be proud. we're thrilled to be here at the uss alabama. you're in mobile area, you need to drive up. and the majesty is amazing. we've got so many nice friends here. we're thrilled to be. and we also have a great group for the spanish fort high school and their marching band is here. so ladies, as i salute you, and we salute our veterans, god bless you. we appreciate you. and listen to the beautiful high >> and we appreciate you, al. be safe, honey, we love you! the rokerthon is working to fiedeed others. >> all of those people cam

so what better place to be on veterans day than at the "uss alabama" here in momole, alabama. we've got all t tse folks here. we have major patterson here. he servedd in patton's army, and we salute you. and so many other veterans here from the many wars back here. gentlemen, thank you so much. some more veterans in the back. it is just a special time to be here, and we're just honored because without our veterans we don't have a single day of freedom. when he woke up he said it's one more day to serve and to be proud. i'm honored to be in their presence. we're thrilled to be here at the "uss alabama" historical park. you need to come down and see this. and you drive up. the mag jesty of this. we've got so many great friends here. we also have a great group for the spanish fort high school and their marching band is here. ladies, as i salute you and we salute our veterans, god bless you, thank you. we appreciate you and listen to the beautiful high school music we have. >> and we appreciate y y, al. be safe, honey. we love you. >> the rockerthonon is pporting feeding america. e

the hurricane hunters are based here. good to see you. thank you so much. >> reporter: then it was all to alabama for a special veteran's day celebration. >> we are here at the uss alabama. historical park. what better place to be on veteran's day? >> reporter: once again, on the road with yours truly behind the wheel, heading southeast to the next stop. when i noticed -- >> hold on. >> reporter: we were running on empty. >> we can roll into the gas station. we're good. if we don't -- >> reporter: just in the nick of time. >> we were a little close to empty, but we made it, baby. on to pensacola. >> reporter: in pensacola, florida, it was nothing but blue skies and mighty blue angels. >> they're so trim, you know. if i had that jumpsuit on, it'd be like, does this make me look fat? because it would. next stop, my favorite co-anchors name, savannah. that's where we're headed. yeah, baby. southern hospitality. savannah, look what i found. it's your name. >> reporter: next stop, beautiful hilton head, south carolina, where some folks got a bird's eye view of team roker jr. thon thon in action. our next stop, elizabeth city, north carolina. >> welcome. >> reporter:

war, the united states will file a lawsuit against the british for the damages done by the uss florida and alabama, and the british will actually end up settling and making good most of the damage done by the confederacy on merchant shipping in the latter years of the civil war. covert operations at home, in 1864, the confederates will create an intelligence budget in the amount of $5 million to finance campaign sabotage in the north. $1 million of this will go to toronto, canada. canada at the time is pro-south. there is a pervasive belief that if the south does secede from the union, the united states will compensate by invading canada. not sure where that came from, but they will tolerate southern sympathizers. the first ring is operating out of toronto. it is carried out by thomas henry heinz, one of the more active confederate agents. his project is to organize pro-south northerners living in what we would call the old northwest today -- indiana, ohio, michigan, illinois. what heinz wants to do is reach out and see if we can organize all the pro-south residence of these northern states into a

the uss green lean. as -- four years years -- my whole life was an attack both. votes -- boats. there you see me as skipper of the queen fish. press 2008of alabama here you can get it on amazon. in these first two books, i have been asked if you went for the navy for permission. i -- if you have to ask the question, the answer is no. book, on my command, will be enough of a classified nature where i will have to go the full route. fish.is the queen i spent two years taking place in the building of her and took command for four years. the subject of the first book, unusual, we were loaded out for maximum, 180 days. one of the first things we did was take up a 1958 route, something i proposed when i was an instructor at the naval war college to retrace the route exactly. measure the ice thickness at the same time of year and hour and compare the two for global warming purposes in 1970. -- modern digital computer had not been invented so i wrote a program and analyzed this for my phd at the university of colorado-boulder. then we checked the extension of the mid-atlantic ridge for tectonic activity. that is about 1800 kilometers long, the slowest s