the doolittle raiders serve as a model of excellence. am which accomplished that mission is an inspiration for all of today's military and all of america. the raiders with the support of our army navy and american industry, achieved the unimaginable. consistent with the wishes of our doolittle raiders, the national museum of the united states air force, located at patterson air force base at dayton, ohio placed their congressional medal on permanent display in our world war ii gallery. containing the 80 silver goblets, one for each raider donated by the city of tucson to the raiders in 1959. the medal will go on display this weekend. helping to form and educate the american public about the doolittle raid and our military heritage and secondly to inspire and motivate current and future generations of american youth toward greatness as exemplified by the raiders. more than one million visitors annually will visit the medal. in just a minute, you will hear a prerecorded statement from lieutenant colonel retired dick cole. jimmy doolittle's

the doolittle raiders serve as a model of excellence. which accomplished that mission is an inspiration for all of today's military and all of america. the raiders with the support of our army navy and american industry, achieved the unimaginable. consistent with the wishes of our doolittle raiders, the national museum of the united states air force, located at patterson air force base at dayton, ohio placed their congressional medal on permanent display in our world war ii gallery. containing the 80 silver goblets, one for each raider donated by the city of tucson to the raiders in 1959. the medal will go on display this weekend. helping to form and educate the american public about the doolittle raid and our military heritage and secondly to inspire and motivate current and future generations of american youth toward greatness as exemplified by the raiders. more than one million visitors annually will visit the medal. in just a minute, you will hear a prerecorded statement from lieutenant colonel retired dick cole. jimmy doolittle's co

. >> coming up next, the congressional gold medal ceremony honoring the two little -- doolittle tokyo raiders. later, a chance to hear about veterans issues with gary sinise . house and senate readers held a gold-medal ceremony honoring the doolittle tokyo raiders. the 80 man unit conducted the first air raids on japan in april 1842, or months after the attack on pearl harbor. two volunteers are still alive today. this is 50 minute. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the u.s. senate, mitch mcconnell. [applause] senator mcconnell: good afternoon everyone and welcome. normally, speaker boehner would preside over the ceremony. sadly, his mother passed away. he asked me to send his deepest regrets he is not here. pursuant to hr 1209, we will present a congressional gold-medal to the doolittle tokyo raiders. it is being presented to the raiders for their outstanding heroism during world war ii. after today's ceremony, it will make its way to the museum of the air force in dayton, ohio, where it will be permanently placed. the director of the museum is with us to receive the

then, the doolittle tokyo raiders are honored with the congressional gold medal for their service during world war ii. actor gary's and been involved in veteranss' issues since the 1980's. he recently talked at the national press club in washington dc.\ this is one hour. [indiscernible] president hughes: welcome to the national press club. my name is john hughes. i am an editor for bloomberg first news. i am the president of the national press club. our guest today is actor humanitarian gary sinise. he will discuss challenges facing america's servicemen and women, and what can be done to improve their lives and support their loved ones. but first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table. this group includes press club members and guests of our speaker. from the audience's right, angel lee this, president of d.c. media connection. max r publisher of stars and stripes. jen judson, defense reporter for politico and cochair of the national press club young members committee. amy ficklin editor with war and communication news. derek perkins, staff writer for marine corps times. jim l