Tag: WWII
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Special
December 7, 2011, marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, an unprecedented event that drew the United States into World War II. There are less than 1,400 veterans of that battle still living. Most are more than 90 years old. This is Us spoke to a dozen local Pearl Harbor Survivors, […]
Place: Moffett Field
This Is Us visits Moffett Field and explores the history of the ex-base including Cold War spy planes and blimps used during WWII.
Profile: Dr. Masako Miura
Profile on Dr. Masako Miura an internee and physician at Manzanar Relocation Camp in 1942. Born and raised in California, Dr. Miura graduated from USC Medical School shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her entire family was interned at Manzanar, and she was one of the few physicians that could offer medical help to […]
Profile: Hans Skalagard
Hans Skalagard is a world renowned marine painter. He has been described as a “living legend” by art critics. Hans is a descendant of Vikings and was born in the Faeroe Islands of Denmark in 1924. He began painting at the age of 8, and at the age of 14 began to carry on the […]
Profile: Barbara Erickson London, WWII Pilot
Barbara Erickson London was in the vanguard of female pilots during WWII and by the age of 21 she was flying fighter planes as a squadron commander. Barbara was the first woman to fly a P-47 and she received an Air Medal for her service during the war — the only WASP to receive the […]
