general jonathan wainwright, defender of the rock. death march. ♪ they moved on. ♪ until australia itself lay open to invasion. at his milburn headquarters, general macarthur faced grim facts. 500 planes against .he thousands of japanese ofinst him more thousands miles of japanese invested islands and controlled cds. against him was time, space, power to preparation. a new area that seemed huge against the united states. american industry and laborers were converted from the nonessentials of peace to the necessities of war. conversion was slow, than the european theater at first call. there was little to spare for the pacific. little to travel 10,000 miles from factory to foxhole. the longest supply line in the byld, i supply line secured naval victory in the coral city -- coral see, and land victories in the galapagos islands. ♪ the japanese were still on the move. march 2, 1943. a strong enemy convoy was crawling through the bismarck sea. the fifth air force struck with every plane they could get off the ground. ♪ score, 22 shattere

wainwright and the other general step forward and accompany me while i sign. the representatives of the united states of america will now signed. let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that god preserve it always. these proceedings are closed. ♪ ♪ >> american history tv is featuring c-span's original onies at 8:00 p.m. eastern sundays throughout the rest of the year. c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house withrical association, questions from c-span's audience. we tell the stories of america's 45 first ladies. now, florence harding. this is about 90 minutes. susan swain: florence kling harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was warren harding. she was a significant force in her husband's presidency and adept at handling the media. despite hardships, scandals, her husband's infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, florence harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. susan swain: good evening. and welcome to c-span's series first ladies:

general wainwright in general personal, step forward and accompany me while -- and general principle steps -- gene percival step forward and accompany me while i sign. >> the representatives of the united states of america will now sign. >> admiral halsey. >> let us pray that peace now restored to the world and that god will preserve it always. these proceedings are closed. [cheering] to you, beloved comrade vowake this solemn the fight will go on on fight will still go ♪ wonow that we've onwill still go the fight will go on ♪ e saidrence harding onc that she had only one hobby and that was her husband. was a significant force despite her husband's infidelities and her own poor health. she would help to define the role of the modern first lady. tonight on the original series "first ladies," examining the public and private lives of the as firstt served ladies from martha washington to michelle obama. on c-span3. 45, 70 years ago, american forces dropped to atomic bombs over japan. up next, peggy bowditch remembers going up in los alamos new mexico next to robert oppenheimer who becam