In retrospect, the political and cultural climate in the early '60s seems both a time of innocence and also like a sultry,… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
There is certainly greatness in the '60s generation. They changed our attitudes about race in America, which was long overdue. They didn't… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an… — 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… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Continuous coverage of the war in the Persian Gulf will resume in a moment. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
The year of my birth, 1940, was the fulcrum of America in the twentieth century, when the nation was balanced precariously between… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — 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