Fairbanks, alaska. During world war ii, this base was part of a secret operation. Aimed not at tokyo but berlin. In this very hangar hundreds of u. S. Military aircraft flown from the lower 48 by americans were delivered to soviet pilots. All part of a global multibillion dollar effort to that one goal. Keeping russia in the war against hitler. The soviet union was an unlikely ally. Churchill once described russia as a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma. In europe, churchill and roosevelt agreed to deal with the brutal soviet dictator joseph stalin. Tonight hear from american pilots who flew the treacherous route to this base, meet an American Hero who fought with the red army and russians who defended their homeland against one dictator while living under the iron fist of another. Its the untold history of americans and russians in the titanic struggle of world war ii. Berlin, may, 1945. The german capital in ruins. Soviet Red Army Soldiers celebrated at the feet of nazi
Availableforsale outside today and they will all be signinggn copies of their work. You can find the schedule for when they will be available to sign in your program. I encourage you to visit with them. Thank you for doing this. This is wonderful and we are excited about it. Our moderator for the panel today is jerry is the author of Theodore Roosevelt in the assessment. Assassination. Thank you chris. Thank you all for choosing to come to the mississippi History Panel this afternoon. We are fortunate that we have authors for interesting books that cover the entire range of mississippi history from the earliest historical up to the late 20th century. We couldnt ask for a better panel of authors that a wider range of mississippi history tot talk about today. I would like to introduce the authors. To my far left is jim barnett. Retired director of Historic Properties division of the Mississippi Department of archives and history. Author of two books published by the University Press of m
Friends of the National Report to memorial. World war ii memorial. The program is earning minutes. 30 minutes. Welcome to the memorial as we commemorate and celebrate vj day. Victory in world war ii. Ladies and gentlemen, our ceremony for todays event includes my cai deck. He has been a journalist for and is a weekday morning news anchor here in washington dc. You can see him monday through friday on wake up washington from 4 30 a. M. To 7 00 a. M. Mike was honored with the local emmy nomination for his prime time special, cool schools, the future is now. Please welcome our masters or moneys come a great american, hideck. E hello. Good morning and thank you for joining us for such an amazing experience here at the world war ii memorial. This is your world war ii memorial. Im honored to be a masters of ceremony as we commemorate and remember the allied victory in the pacific and in the end of world war ii. Can everybody here ok . I just want to make sure the microphone is close enough.
Usa nine can washington, d. C. New mike was honored with a local emmy nomination for his primetime special, cool schools the future is now. Please welcome our master of ceremonies, a great american. Good morning and thank you for joining us for such an amazing experience here at the world war ii memorial. This is your world war ii memorial. I am honored to be your master of ceremonies as we commemorate and remember the allied victory in the pacific and the end of world war ii. Can everybody here ok . And you are over the fountain send airplanes . I want to make sure the microphone is close enough so you can hear. A grateful of nation, we salute those of the greatest generation who helped to preserve the freedom around the globe. We offer a special salute to the men and women of the armed to serve andntinue sacrifice in our ongoing war right now of terrorism around areworld and their services deeply appreciated. [applause] all of these wires and veterans, past and present, paid a debt o
Our master of ceremonies a great american. [applause] good morning and thank you for joining us for such an amazing experience. This is your world war ii memorial. Im honored to be a master of ceremonies. Im trying to make sure the microphone is close enough. We salute those of the greatest generation who helped to preserve the freedom to run the globe. We offer a special salute to the men and women in the armed forces who continue to serve and sacrifice in our ongoing war right now of terrorism around the world. Their service is deeply appreciated. [applause] all of his warriors and veterans past and present data debt and everlasting appreciation to our country. It is now my pleasure to introduce our official party for todays commemoration, our keynote speaker for today ceremony world war ii veteran colonel james rickey. Yet army, retired. The superintendent of the. Ational mall at moyle park the honorable paul the chairman of the board for the National World war ii memorial. Our chap