Thank you all for joining us today for what is going to be a great conversation about a really engaging and a book that maybe should have been written before john got to it in the last 75 years since the war, dogfight over tokyo the final air battle of the pacific, and the last four men to die in world war ii. Its a great book. Hes the author of many books, john wukovits. He came to us about 10 years ago and gave a presentation on his pappy boynton book and we have not managed to get him back here. We tried and he was going to come in april of this year but of course, things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. But im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Four crew and country and then tin can tightens, which won the samuel l morrison naval award when it came out. Probably the most prestigious award regarding naval history. So congratulations on that. John was supposed to come in april and we were
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Of course, things got a little out of hand and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. But im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Thencrew and country and tin can tightens, which won the samuel l morrison naval award when it came out. Probably the most prestigious naval history. So congratulations on that. John was supposed to come in april and we were able to work in the Distance Learning team to bring the program to you all. This one specifically has to do with our theme of the end of the war. To get right to it so you can get as many of the audiences questions as asked asked and answered by john. Im going to start off with a handful of my own questions. Lets give the audience a reef summary for those who have not read the book. Give them a brief summary. John the dogfight over tokyo explains the story of the last four americans to die in combat in world war ii. By that, i dont mean to say they were the last four men to die e
Voters politicians promise to accept the results of the us president cast doubt on the chances of an honest election. So in crowds of people whove been out for a 2nd night calling for justice for Brianna Taylor the africanamerican was killed by police in a home in louisville in kentucky from los angeles to new york demonstrators are demanding that all 3 officers involved in the shooting be arrested and charged on wednesday a grand jury decided not to file any charges against him and in taylors hometown protesters defied a curfew which is now been extended through the Weekend Police want people want Police Reforms and an end to wonderful violence against minorities and National Guard is on hand in louisville to keep peace in the past 2 nights they have been several arrests john 100 reports now from louisville. In louisville the price of protest can be high. It ends at the city jail where those with a window can look down on ground 0 of the demonstration where they were arrested theres a