The First Lady of World War Two | Webinar

In this webinar, author Don Carleton gives us some interesting insights into the lives of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby. In 1917, William became the 27th Governor of Texas. During WWII, Oveta was the first director of the Women's Army Corps. In 1943, she was commissioned into the U.S. Army as a Colonel.

In his webinar Author Bob Richard shows photos of Fleet Admiral Nimitz visiting Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. Richard's father was the photographer that captured these special moments with Nimitz.

On April 18, 1943, Operation Vengeance was set into motion. The secret mission was to shoot down the Japanese bomber transporting Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy. This webinar will revisit highlights from the 1988 Admiral Nimitz Symposium, held in Fredericksburg, which focused on Operation Vengeance. You will hear recordings from naval historian Roger Pineau and two of the P-38 pilots, John Mitchell and Rex Barber, who share their recollections of the events that resulted in the death of Admiral Yamamoto.