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Cspans original series first ladies at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Next, we look at rachel johnson. This is American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. From the National Mall in washington d. C. , the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of victory in europe day continues. May 8 marks the day when germany surrendered to allied forces, ending world war ii in europe. Next, a flyover by world war ii aircraft. The planes fly in formations representing the major battles of world war ii, from pearl harbor, through the assault on japan. The wildcat and the gauntlet. When the u. S. Marines stormed the shores in august of 1942, they had reached their peak. This bold, unexpected offensive would prove to be a critical turning point in the war on the pacific. A small airfield on the island was the focal point of six months ....
Active bush pilot in alaska. He drove here from alaska by himself and will be on board one of the b17s. Rear admiral Edward Whitey fatener shot down nine enemy aircraft wildcats and f6 hell cats for the navy. Today hell be flying in one of the texans that comes by early in the flyover. Al tucker flew the p38 lightning in europe during world war ii before being shot down over germany on his 22nd git gatcombat mission. He was a prisoner of the germans. Mr. Tucker will be in one of the steerman biplanes during todays flyover. Weldon briton lives in virginia, but in 1945, he was a p51 mustang pilot based in the Pacific Theater and hell be participating in the flyover as a passenger in one of our b17 flying fortresses. Also with us today on the ground are foreveterans who participated in a Discussion Forum last night at the ....
The Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo at the Lakeland Linder International Airport kicked off on Tuesday and is expected to welcome more than 200,000 visitors. ....