My mentor in the transition from the old Gabriel Heatter and John Cameron Swayze way of doing things was David Brinkley. He brought an entirely different style to what we were doing. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The cancer is in remission, and I will shortly go on a drug maintenance regimen to keep it there. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
