so, that left two guys who got back to the carrier yorktown. four who didn't, four who were shot down. the air group was crestfallen. one of the guys said, you know, this is supposed to be our happiest day. the war is over. but it wasn't. it was our saddest day. because not only do we lose four good friends, but we lost them in the final moments. technically, you could say that these four were shot down after the war ended, if you want to, because they had been alerted that the japanese had agreed to a cessation of hostilities, but they hadn't yet officially signed the surrender document. obviously, that was in september. so they were crestfallen. one of the survivors, marvin odom, whose team was lost in the finger of overcast, said an interesting thing. he said he heard that howdy harrison said to the other guys, once they learned the war is over, let's continue on and take a tour over tokyo. and then they got shot down. i spent some time in the book explaining why that just was not feasible. first of all, how would odom know what he told those

now, the yorktown's ship's company would stay with the yorktown. they would board a carrier for up to six months and then they were rotated out so that they could teach what they knew to training aviators, and be incorporated into other squadrons because they wanted some experience fighters in there. in their off time, i'll call it, they were generally in the ready room, four ready rooms, one for each of the four squadrons. the ready rooms -- i was at the yorktown, it's floating, berthed off of -- that picture, it's point there in south carolina. they're not as large as we might think. they're cluttered. but they spent all their time there. that's where they would go to get the final information before a mission. and in the meantime they would be there playing cards or smoking ortizing one another, or whatever the case may be. so the aviators that i interviewed told me, yeah, that was pretty much our home base. the ready room, we had ours and then the dive bomber pilots had theirs, et cetera, et cetera. so that was pretty much it. there were -- off

wing at the battle of yorktown as well. he gives the attack in the battle of yorktown. but clearly, washington's relationship with hamilton becomes increasing the inseparable in the way they're working together to escalate the improvement. the american revolutionary war is obviously rchlt. >> lucas would like to know, how old was general washington when he resigned his position to start his new phase? >> how old was george washington when he resigned his position? george washington, at the end of the american revolutionary war, resigned his commission and went back into civilian life. throughout the war, he had deferred to civilian authority, although he was given more and more power by the congress, and there were some who wanted him to become the king or lord prote prote protector of the united states. george washington promised to give back his commission at the beginning of the war, and he followed through. the british, after a successful treaty in 1773, finally leave new york in november of 1773, and by december 23rd, 2

after that, they join the carrier yorktown and operate off the coast of japan in the final couple of months of the war. that is basically what the book is about. >> what's brought you to this book, why did you decide to write it when you did and what resources were out there, but did you use? >> >> i first came across this idea 10 or 12 years ago when i was researching for a biography of admiral halsey that came out in 2010. in there, he mentions in his autobiography that on the final day of war, some pilots were killed and he said they should never be forgotten. that struck me, so i filed that away because i had other projects coming up and then finally, a few years back, i turned to it and thought it's an intriguing idea if i can find out enough material to flesh out these four aviators. they obviously did not survive the war, so what about family? i thought to myself, if i can find two of the four and i get enough information on that, it will work. and i did. i found plenty of information from two of the four families. so that enabled me to flesh out those two, plus other material

they were moving in the long tradition of their country, a tradition stretching back across the flats of yorktownugh the rolling fields of gettysburg, up the rugged slopes of san juan hill. the man who had welded them into this integrated force had by noun may hit his own unique mark on the history of this time. , pershing was proving himself superb. to the men who knew him best by the nickname blackjack, he was no myth. he had confidence in then and they gave him their trust and respect. are looking north from montsec, which is the high ground. theas important that americans take montsec first because the germans were in range and they would have been villagesiberate the first, they would have been decimated by german artillery and machine gun fire. taken, itntsec was was a rapid progression. looking ahead north is the hattonchatel. i'm standing in the village of hattonchatel. skinner,n it's named she was a wealthy socialite from holyoke, massachusetts who took to heart this village that had been destroyed by the germans. the germans had occupied it liberated and it was by the american 26th divi

they were moving in the long tradition of their country, a tradition stretching back across the flats of yorktownthrough the rolling fields of gettysburg, up the rugged slopes of san juan hill. the man who had welded them into this integrated force had made his own unique mark on the history of his time. as a tactician, seeking victory through movement on a battlefield, pershing was proving himself superb. to the men of the aef, who knew him best by the nickname blackjack, he was no myth. the battle was his and theirs. they gave him their trust and respect. mitchell: we are looking north from montsec from the high ground. overlooking the whole salient. it was important that the americans take montsec first because the germans were in range, and they would have been able, had the americans tried to go around montsec and literate villages first, they would have been decimated by german artillery and machine gun fire. once montsec was taken, it was a rapid progression. looking ahead, north, is a village of hattonchatel which was conquered by the 26th division, a new england division, made up of troo

beginning of our history, jamestown, where on the new continent, the first permanent english settlement began. not far away, discover yorktown. here when the great corn wallace gave up his sword to washington, america became a nation. here, too, were ended many lives when american patriots fell in our great civil war. good men were lost in that conflict, which gave painful beginning to our modern nation. in washington, there echos lincoln's pledge that they shall not have died in vain, that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. it has not perished, nor has liberty, which thomas jefferson reminds us is a tree whose roots are nourished by the blood of patriots. many have been memorialized beside the potomac. brave soldiers. some are known, some unknown. further along the potomac, a goal of tourists for over four generations, lies peaceful mount vernon, a gentleman's estate, a quiet shrine. it is best described by the man who lived there. no estate in united america is more pleasantly situated than this. and now gaze down at williamsburg, a town begun 100 years before george wa

, he is also known for getting up on the trenches surrounding yorktown with his spyglass observing the battle while there are shells rattling around him and bullets whizzing through the air, and often officers are saying, general, come away, and he'll say, you can retire to the back if you like, i feel perfectly fine. so washington led from the front when it was necessary and put himself out there. the terrible defeat of braddock in the french-indian war, he had multiple blows through his coat and his hat and interestingly unscratched. so washington was never wounded throughout his many wars and conflict. >> we have a multi-part question from william. he would like to know what happened to general lee. was he captured or did he i have in to the british. >> all right, so these are three questions. i don't know if i can do them all justice, but let's start with the first one which is a question about charles lee, was he captured, did he desert is to the british? charles lee is a really interesting figure in american history and not well known today, certai

to get out of the way of the hurricane and also to help their allies and turn the tide at the battle of yorktown and it was a major turning point in the revolution. it wasn't the end of the american revolutio revolution ba longshot, but it helped for the beginning of the peace negotiations, so i thought that was a great -- it's just fascinating for me to learn about that element of the american revolutio revolution tw nothing about. >> now, technically when we read about the american revolution, the role in the course of history is rarely if ever mentioned and you've described a major historical [inaudible] one way to look at it not just those i talk about in the book but they have a massive impact on that region local history. however, that impact has rippled that goes out well beyond the area of landfall. and if an economist could go back and gather data on all of the hurricanes from the late 1800s and look at the reverberations of each of those not just in the community region or state, but to the broader economy, i think that hurricanes would come to be seen more clearly as a major determina

if you think about the victory at yorktown, we are not going to get that victory without the french navy. eventually, the war slowly turns in our favor. 1783 back in paris, john adams and benjamin franklin sign a peace treaty. back in 1783, the continental congress can finally breathe that sigh of relief and note that we have achieved american independence. but that is not the end of the story. there is more to do. go back to 1776. each colony, each state writes its own constitution. each one is different. each one has its own set of government. i will use pennsylvania. this room was pennsylvania's legislature. pennsylvania decides to write a constitution that is so radical for a state that they get rid of the position of governor. they will not have a chief executive for pennsylvania. they will have a democratically run legislature as opposed to the standard two houses that most states will use. this room was pennsylvania's legislature. pennsylvania decides to write a constitution that is so radical for a state that they get rid of the position of governor. they will not have a chief ex

out of the way of the barricades and also to help their allies and help turn the tide for the battle of yorktownwhich ended with wallace surrendered to george washington. this was 21781 which is a major turning point in the market revolution. it is not the end of the market revolution by a long shot . but help to move degrees, the beginning of the peace negotiations. i just thought that was a great, fascinating for me to learn about it an element of the american revolution. they knew nothing about. jack: typically when wait read about this. write about the american revolution, the course of that history is rarely if ever mentioned that you have subscribed a major talk about whether in florida. eric: one way to look at it is that the weather as you said, the major part of it if you look at each individual hurricane. not just was that attack about in the book. they have a massive impact on that region local history. however, an impact has ripples that go out will be on the area find full and although it didn't do it in my book. if an economist can go back and gather data on all of the hurricanes i

to get out of the way of hurricane and to help their allies, and helped turn the tide at the battle of yorktownwhich ended when lord cornwallis surrendered to george washington on october 19, 1781, which was a major turning major turning point in the american revolution. it was not the end of the american revolution by a long shot but it helped to grease the skids for the beginning of the peace negotiations. i just thought that was a great, just fascinating to me to learn about that come an element of the american revolution that i knew nothing about. >> typically when we read about that, the american revolution, -- rarely if ever mentioned. you have described a major historical agent in the weather. >> one of the way to look at it is that the weather is, as you said, a major historical actor. but if you look at each individual hurricane, not just the ones i talk what indie book, but they have a massive impact on that regions local history. however, that impact has rippled, they go out well beyond the area of landfall. although i didn't do it in my book, an economist, as an economist could go b

think about the men who thoughtt at lexington and yorktown. fought that revolutionary war for eight and a half years and put everything on the line. think about the civil war over 800,000 casualties, one battlefield after another, his speech in gettysburg, think about the beginning of the last century when we were then attacked by the progressives, the marxists coming out of germany, the revolution against our revolution but think about world war i where they save the world again, the vietnam war, the korean war and the other wars and what did we fight for? did we fight for free college? to be fight for higher taxes? did we fight for open borders and illegal aliens? we fought for our nation, our unity, for these values. who do we rely on more? benjamin franklin? thomas jefferson? george washington? george mason, james madison, or aoc? and pelosi and schumer and biden, biden is a dimestore politician. he's been a politician for 47 years. the man has accomplished absolutely nothing, 39 years in the senate, eight years as vice president. are we go

yorktown, virginia, a supporter of joe biden. this is jean. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. the 1994, they want to hold biden accountable for that, but they do not realize what transpired, and the fact that trump took an ad out on the central park five. i will stick to my points. the recentation, trailing of the biden bus. let's talk about the flag. wantst to criticize, 45 to criticize, those who do not kneel for the flag. i am a soldier. i am a patriot. we do not want to talk about or at hisis riot, speaking events, where he displayed air force one coming out, but people brought in another flag. they are replicating the flag with the blue stripe. i am definitely supportive of law enforcement, but it needs to be reformed. and let's talk about -- host: let's talk about support of joe biden. exactly why are you supporting him? caller: integrity, ethics. host: are you supporting joe biden or not? caller: yes i am. we talk about his ethics, integrity, belief. let's talk about patriotism. did trump serve, did his son serve, are they even registered for selective service, as well as h