george patton, leads the cavalry down pennsylvania avenue. his saber flashing.he write about it later. he said that half a dozen of those guys are going to have trouble sitting down for a couple of weeks. he's very much blood and guts. he had been wounded in world war i, and had been saved, his life had been saved by a young private named angelo. angelo gets the distinguished service cross for saving patton's life. angelo is one of the vets that is being thrown out of washington in july, 1932. when angelo comes to the, to look up patton, the day after, patton tells the sergeant who has brought angelo to him, i don't know this man, take him away. patton is patton. eisenhower, right from the beginning says, let's talk about this. let's be cool, to mcarthur. and eisenhower is eisenhower. and of course, mcarthur crosses a bridge against presidential orders, just as he's going to be doing in the 1950's. so, yeah, they were all the same. their character is absolutely forged at that point, i think. >> me, too. >> yes? >> bill roist, a member of the club. one thing i wa

. >> george s. patton got down on his knees on this rug and he was blessed before he went off to war. >> reporter: president dwight eisenhower died here in 1969. and for decades, every commander in chief has been drawn to walter reed in times of war. over the past ten years, 18,000 americans wounded in iraq and afghanistan have been treated here. critical care nurse rosemary ettinger is inspired by their spirit and determination. >> young soldiers, all they want to do is get better to get back to their troops. >> reporter: a scandal broke out for poor housing conditions for outpatients which led to improved care military wise. and where do the wounded go now? the more seriously injured will be moved to a new high-tech rehab center at bethesda naval hospital. and what happens to walter reed? the 113 acres here is prime real estate. the city of washington gets most of it for commercial development and housing. even a center for the homeless. >> but the colonel is confident the legacy of walter reed will live

. >> and so two star general george s. patton came to this room, got down on his knees on this rug. >> reporter: right here? >> right here. and general pershing blessed him before he went off to war. >> reporter: president dwight eisenhower died here in 1969. and for decades, every commander in chief has been drawn to walter reed in times of war. over the past ten years, 18,000 americans wounded in iraq and afghanistan have been treated here. critical care nurse rosemary eddinger is inspired by their spirit and determination. >> young soldiers who all they want to do is get better to get back to their troops. >> reporter: but in 2007, a scandal broke over poor housing conditions for outpatients, which ultimately led to improved care militarywide. and where do the wounded go now? the more seriously injured will be moved to a new high tech rehab center at bethesda naval hospital. and what happens to walter reed? the 113 acres here is prime real estate. the city of washington gets most of it for commercial development and housing. e

general george patton came here to ask pershing's blessings before world war ii.g men and women who suffered grievous injuries in the prime of life have learned not to just walk again but to hope. >> you come here and see guys with the exact same injuries you or worse running on a treadmill, doing pushups, lifting weights and gives you a lot of hope, wow, if they can do it, i can do it. >> reporter: sergeant benjamin seekell lost a leg below the leg. three young men who lost all four limbs. brendon was one of them. where could they meet for the first time and have a conversation like this. >> what happened, man, get your leg blown off? >> i ail lit of ied and rpg took that off and five gunshot wounds. what happened do you man? >> i got hit with an rpg? >> you're lucky as hell to be alive. >> reporter: where else could a reporter ask marine sergeant raymond mackey a stupid question and get an answer he'll never forget. what is the hardest part, pain, sense of loss? >> reporter: the hardest part is knowing that your unit is there without you. >> reporter: that's the