In retrospect, the political and cultural climate in the early '60s seems both a time of innocence and also like a sultry, still summer day in the Midwest: an unsettling calm before a ferocious storm over Vietnam, which was not… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy’s vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
What I think is that Fox has done a very smart job of carving out their place. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
“postwar America. He learned the insurance business by day and braille by night. Before long the VA found him a job with an elderly… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The doctor didn't want me to play golf anymore and was worried about me fly-fishing. Golf is something I enjoy, but fly-fishing is a… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
We were empty nesters, our last-born child having departed for Duke. Meredith decided we needed a dog to fill the vacuum. She heard about… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
The real test of an anchor is when there's a very big event. Sept. 11 is the quintessential example of that, and that day… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share
