>> all four tanks on the lct that i was on were lost. i had to write a supply truck for a couple of weeks before i got a replacement tank. i didn't like that supply truck because it was carrying mostly gasoline and ammunition. [laughter] and i wouldullet probably be shaking senate -- shaking hands with st. peter, i guess. i finally got another tag and then we had to get another crew, tankse of the four 'crewmen, tournament on the four tanks, 12 were killed, three wounded in five of us survived.

and five of us survived. we had to get in the tank crew. we hadabout two weeks -- to get another tank crew. it was about two weeks. had a second tank at the battle of mauritanian, where the launched a massive attack. we got out of that one safely. well, not safely. and got hit on the arm with a piece of shrapnel. >> another question from the audience? thank you all for attending. thank you especially to our veterans.

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orbiting device. the telstar receives its power from batteries that are recharged by the sapphire coated solar cells, which in turn are activated by rays from the sun. as it hurtles through space at a low point of hundred 60 miles to a high of 3500 miles. the telstar is set aloft from cape canaveral atop a four delta rocket. /governmentindustry effort, the team and sosa for at&t. is a $50 million phone call for the telephone company. -- it is a $50 million phone call for the telephone company. call for the orbiting of 20-20 five orbiting satellites like the telstar. when one passes out of range, another will be in position. there is a receiver and transmitter in great britain at cornwall. in france on the coast of brittany.

even when telstar is launched, the french rush to complete their installation to receive a signal. the rocket climbs far into the atmosphere and the telstar is about to separate and orbit the earth each 2.5 hours. with the sixth orbit and through the night, the telstar is in range of both the u.s. and european stations aired pictures are received clearly in france. the signals are beamed from this 18 story dome that houses the supersensitive horn waiting nearly 400 tons. an antenna so delicately tuned that it picks up a mere whisper of a signal from the satellite and amplifies it again billions of times for rebroadcast over cables or the air. now comes the historic moment, a moment compared in significance

with the first message sent over the telegraph. this is the first picture transmitted to outer space and received back again on earth. scenes of the dome at andover or flashed across the sea where it man marks so proudly it waves. what does the future hold? transmission will be continuous around the world. both the size of the earth can be an photographic content. if the brink better understanding -- it could bring a better understanding. >> with the live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span two, on c-span three we complement of showing the most relev