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The Day the World Came to Town opens with a history of the town and an explanation of the strategic military and commercial importance of Gander International Airport. On September 11, DeFede reports that Gander, with a population of approximately 10,000, accepted 38 previously unscheduled planes carrying approximately 6,800 passengers and crew, most of whom were stranded there until U.S ...
Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, played host to 38 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. Operation Yellow Ribbon ( French: Opération ruban jaune) was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September ...
Tom Brokaw. Thomas John Brokaw ( / ˈbroʊkɔː /; born February 6, 1940) [2] is an American retired network television journalist and author. He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). In the previous decade he ...
Tom Brokaw, the legendary newsman who spent more than five decades at NBC News, is opening up about his experience battling incurable cancer.In a preview of his upcoming interview with CBS Sunday ...
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After more than half a century, Tom Brokaw is retiring from television. NBC News announced on Friday that the renowned newsman will be leaving the network after 55 years. Brokaw is the only anchor ...
The Greatest Generation is a 1998 book by journalist Tom Brokaw [1] [2] that profiles those who grew up in the United States during the deprivation of the Great Depression and then went on to fight in World War II as well as those whose productivity within the home front during World War II made a decisive material contribution to the war effort.
Tom Brokaw, the anchor who rose from an early stint at a station in Sioux City, Iowa to anchor three of the nation’s best-known TV-news programs – “Today,” “NBC Nightly News” and, for ...