>> george welch is a fascinating man. most people are familiar with him in connection with pearl harbor. he was one of the few army pilots they got airborne that they to go fight the japanese. he was the son of a chemist and went to purdue, studied in engineering and got into the military before pearl harbor and happen to be in the right place at the right time be five by you think that this is a forgotten story? >> what made him a forgotten hero in the context were talking about is he was involved in a test pilot involved in early test flights of america's first jets. the contention has been from a large number of people that he went faster than the speed of sound, broke the sound barrier, which doesn't exist by the way, before chuck yeager did. chuck yeager got the credit because it was a government operation and political reasons and other things so he got the credit and got famous and no one heard about what george did. abby: what made you so fascinated with the story, dan? >> i like the underdog. despite the fact i w

george was a nonconformist, he did things the way he wanted and according to george welch. i like that that's the mark of a good fighter pilot in an interesting person. abby: a lot of bravery from him and we are able - - before you can cover the story and talk about it now. thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure. >> sign up right now you can see it all including george welch forgotten american hero. >> looking at the beginning of mankind doctor warner genius worked for nazi germany took the two parts in the blueprints of the working government. united states comes out of world war ii. >> bad ethical scientific achievement has you humanity. >> there is a gap we are losing. >> this nation should commit itself to land a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> so who gets to the moon first? to make kennedy said to nasa i know you don't know how to go to the move but i already pledged it so figure it out. >> lift off. >> one small step for man. >> ent forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. are you in