We have a few things that speak to her connection to the room here. One of the things she wanted to highlight was the native American Heritage here in the hill country. We have a small collection of arrow heads there. She had an eye for copper and collected items through the years and had gifts from various friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed and where she featured the china you see here purchased in mexico. Very colorful. First lady mrs. Johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. It was important because it provided such a respite from the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency where the johnsons could come home, recharge their batteries and make the connection back to the land in this place they valued so much. First lady, ladybird Johnson Monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live on cspan. There are some serious scholars in womens studies. Most departments include their fair share of nonideological academics who offer straightforw
Learn more on American History tv. This is the story of willow run. The story that now can be told in full. [ bell ringing ] we are presently in whats known as hangar one at willow run airport. We are in bay eight. If you look out at a 45degree angle from here we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. There are a lot of stories that lead up to the building of the factory. With the war in europe turning hot when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. Roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place and the bombers were devastating england. It came out that bombers would be the way that you would have to fight world war ii. All the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the ne
Eviscerated. And theres the smelling that you never get over, to this day, i when i drive by a cemetery, especially if theyre using recycled water, i really think i can smell the dead bodies. One of the big reasons they took the iwo jimas, they would fly 1,000 miles, but they had to go over iwo jima to get to tokyo. So tokyo, i mean iwo jima would forewarn them by radar and they also had pursuit planes there that could shoot down the inj e injured b29s when they were returning. It got so bad that a friend of mine by the name of general randall who was there, he told me that they had submarines almost every 50 piles between tokyo and saipan to pick up the flyers. The battle for iwo jima, told by the men who were there, today at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Part of American History tv on cspan 3. I started with teddy roosevelt. I knew so much had been writ bn teddy, i needed another story. I got into taft, knowing he had been friends, knowing they had broken apart in 1912. When i figured out what
Known as hangar 1 at willow run airport. Were in bay 8. And if you look out at about a 45degree angle from here, we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. Theres a lot of stories that lead up to the building of this factory. With the war in europe turning hot. When the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. So roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place. And the bombers were devastating england. And came out that bombers would be the way that youd have to fight world war ii. And all the Auto Companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. Ford Motor Company was given the b24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. It was the newest airplane. Still in development stages and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. So ford said, im not just going to build parts. Ill bui
The great achievements of these men and women. I want to close, to reestablish a perspective on things because general eisenhower after the war in june 1945 returned to london to receive an award. His first remarks following the end of the war at the guild hall in london. You can see people standing on the facades of these buildings leaning out the windows to hear what this victorious general had to send. Troops a general eisenhower he deferred the credit and give it where it belongs. Im always reminded of that, these a gust moments when we run through these images in d. C. Lots of recognition on the part of the work of the monuments foundation, but it resounds the work of the monuments man. General eisenhower said this high sense of distinction i feel receiving this great honor is inescapably mingled with feelings of profound sadness. Humility must be the portion of any man here received acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends. He may have given everythi