in maryland, to the american merchant marine convention. the armed guard will be there as will the u.s. maritime service. they are going to honor us with the dedication of the medal that we're about to receive. and a is a louis my brothers, my sisters in arms. i say if you are moved in any way by what i told you, i ask you to find an american merchant marine. they are alive, we keep dieing on them and there is not enough members left. as i wrap this up i will say my final words are this. when you are with others will you tell them about us? will you ask them to visit the world war ii memorial in washington dc. tune in to find out what goes on in our lives, and say to whoever you're talking to, that we gave up our yesterdays for their tomorrows. god bless the united states of america, and god bless you for tuning in today. >>> weekends on c-span 2 are an intellectual feast. we will bring you the late nest nonfiction books and authors. >>> we are creating wifi enabled lists so students from flow income families can get the tools they need to

. >>> now on american history tv, dave yoho provides the history of the merchant marines during world war ii. >> thank you, and thank all of you who have taken the time to be with us today. by the way, i want to send a very special thanks to holly who is the executive director of the friends of the world war ii memorial. thank you for inviting me to participate in this educational experience. look, moreover, i stand before you today representing the united states merchant marine. and the veterans of world war ii. i'm here to honor those who are living and those who have died, who represent a glory rows and e heroic contribution to the efforts and the ultimate success of your country's participation in that great war. on december 7th, 1941, we were as a nation 130 million people versus the 325 million-plus that we have today. and we were drawn into world war ii after an attack by the japanese. december 7th. several days after that brutal attack, germany and its allies also declared war on us. and this begins our story. and thus the identification which we have been latest the greatest

i am going to be speaking five days from now in maryland to the american merchant marines and the maritime. i'm going to be there because they are honoring us with the dedication of the metal which we are soon to receive the congressional gold medal. i salute my brothers and my sisters in arms. i say if you are moved by anyway -- and anyway they would have told you the merchant marines have kept us alive because there aren't enough members left. so as i rap this up i will say if you have any questions i will answer most of those except dealing with my age and verly. my final word service, when you are with others will you tell them about us and we asked them to visit the world war ii memorial in washington d.c.? or some distance away. tune in to find out. and then say to whoever you're talking do we gave up our yesterdays for their tomorrow's. god bless the united states of americaistory for more of the state in history. >> good evening and welcome tonight history and for those of you are not familiar with the history on path, the series what we have been doing for the last two years n

. >>> now on american history tv, dave yoho provides the history of the merchant marines during world war ii. >> thank you, and thank all of you who have taken the time to be with us today. by the way, i want to send a very special thanks to holly who is the executive director of the friends of the world war ii memorial. thank you for