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Best-selling author honors veterans with WWII tales

Marion Watkins, Sen. Bob Dole and Tom Brokaw chat before the Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
Marion Watkins, Sen. Bob Dole and Tom Brokaw chat before the Legacy Lecture at the National Defense University in Southwest D.C. Tuesday. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
The crowd applauds the arrival of Sen. Bob Dole at Tom Brokaw's Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
The crowd applauds the arrival of Sen. Bob Dole at Tom Brokaw’s Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
Tom Brokaw joked with the audience at the National Defense University in Southwest D.C. Tuesday as he shared WWII tales during his Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
Tom Brokaw joked with the audience as he shared WWII tales during his Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
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Marion Watkins, Sen. Bob Dole and Tom Brokaw chat before the Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
The crowd applauds the arrival of Sen. Bob Dole at Tom Brokaw's Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
Tom Brokaw joked with the audience at the National Defense University in Southwest D.C. Tuesday as he shared WWII tales during his Legacy Lecture. (91欧美激情/Kristi King)
Author Tom Brokaw on The Greatest Generation (Kristi King)

WASHINGTON — In honor of Veterans Day, New York Times best-selling author and journalist Tom Brokaw told tales about World War II at the National Defense University in Southwest D.C. Tuesday.

Brokaw’s talk was part of the annual Haydn Williams World War II聽Memorial聽Legacy Lecture series sponsored by , a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping聽the legacy, lessons and sacrifices of World War II聽alive.

His lecture included lots of light moments exploring stories聽from his 1998 bestseller聽“The Greatest Generation” — a following the stories of men and women who lived through the Great Depression and World War II.

“They learned how to work together and get things done,” Brokaw聽said about the generation.

91欧美激情’s聽Kristi King聽contributed to this report.

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