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[applause] we hope you enjoyed todays ceremony. Thank you very much for coming. We are honored to welcome nearly 500 people from the air force and marines and merchant marine. This event was conceived in large part to recognize the contributions they made it to ultimate victory in europe and the pacific. Several will be on board the aircraft participating in the flyover. He is now 96 years old and still an active pilot in alaska. He drove here from alaska by himself and will be on board one of the b17s. A rear admiral shot down in the aircraft for the navy. Today he will be flying in one of th...

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. ...

[applause] we hope you enjoyed todays ceremony. Thank you very much for coming. This concludes the ground portion of todays ceremony. The arsenal of democracy world war soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guard, merchant marine. This event is to recognize the contributions they made to ultimately seal victory in europe and the pacific. Several of those veterans will be onboard aircraft participating in the flyover. One was a b17 pilot for the Army Air Forces in world war ii. He is now 96 and still and active bush pilot in alaska. He drove here from alaska by himself and will be onboard o...

Representing the United States of America Kathy silva accompanied by world war ii veteran, mr. Les jones. Reptding the National Park service and friends of the National World war ii memorial, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks karen cucarulo and friends of the National World war ii memorial mr. Jo sigh i cant bunting iii, and mr. Ewing miller. Representing the country of australia, brig are deer david krieg, australian atache accompanied by world war ii veteran mrs. Barbara martin. [ applause ] representing the country of belarus and the United States pavel shalowski. Mr. N...

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 pilo...