the rest of the men in the hospital had dysentery. they lay in their own excrement, too weak to move. one man stronger than the rest stood in the door. he wore only a short nightshirt. you could see he had no thighs, calves, hips. his legs were bones with great knobs for knees. his body was a skeleton covered with gray skin. sergeant donald j hall really spoke to us about the war. when he did, it was usually something as kids loved initially called by its nickname. he spoke of the truck he drove and how he once backed it into a farmhouse in france and how he literally swam in his oversized uniform. but, his only brief mentions about the flag were to my brothers. but it had been made by concentration camp prisoners. he said nothing at all about it to his daughters. it's no wonder this piece of history has such a pro-curious with having made its way the family from michigan to kentucky in 1959, shifted from closet to cover, growing dusty in the attic, and nearly being thrown out when we moved. ,fter researching its origins we siblings c

rest of the men in the hospital had dysentery. in their own excrement, too weak to move. rest.n stronger than the , nooks -- no hips. sergeant donald j hall rarely spoke to us about the war. did it was he spoke of the truck he drove and how he once backed it into a and how he would be in his oversized uniform. but his only brief mentions of the flag were to my brothers, that had been made by concentration camp prisoners. he said nothing at all about it to his daughters, so it is no wonder that this piece of history has such a precarious time of it. having made its way with the family from michigan to kentucky in 1959, being shifted from closet to cupboard, finally growing dusty in the attic and nearly being thrown out when we moved mom from the family home, but after researching its origins and pooling what little we could find, we siblings, and there are 10 of us, came to this flag must have been a painful reminder to dad, things he saw at langenstein and elsewhere, things that must have been cruel and heartbreaking, something that he certainly would not have with his sm

diarrhea, dysentery, and scurvy tormented the inmates.ntered had enjoyed combat, death in -- endured combat, death in prison or something entirely new. -- men die here grace fast. just over a week later, he likened the death to the falling leaves in autumn. sergeant20, sarge or -- oliver gates counted 11 dead since they had arrived on that may day. and he wrote, quote, more than ever -- here we get nothing to eat and no care. prisoners were dying in their tents, and open son, anywhere, and everywhere. onh little to do but focus the suffering, the impact of so much death, especially this kind of death, unheroic, helpless, was profound for those who did survive. by mid august, sergeant grossman wrote in his diary that he scarcely knew what to write. terrible,ity rate was he said, the weather was unbearable, and men's hearts were thinking -- sinking. by mid-march, sergeant savage said that nearly every day, someone died. days, a man would look forward and wonder who's turn was next. grossman estimated that prisoners were dying at a rate of 4

shinoda and his comrades suffered from starvation, malaria and dysentery.e says the number of soldiers who died during the retreat was far higher than the number lost in the battle. >> translator: hunger and illness were bigger problems for us than defeating the enemy. a 40-degree fever could last for three day, and there were new ice packs or water pillows. when people's symptoms worsened, their urine turned black. when we saw that, we started digging graves. everyone in that state died within two hours. >> reporter: since the war ended, shinoda has been commemorating his fallen comrades and praying for peace. >> translator: at the shrine, i told my friends who died in action that the country is at peace now, and there should be no more war. >> reporter: he says he must tell young people about the misery and absurdity he experienced during the war. the old veteran put his 70 years of yearning for peace into the book. kyoko fujita, nhk world. >>> it's time for the latest in business news. policymakers from the european central bank are seeing downside risks

he had dysentery and was vomiting because of the water. we haven't had clean water for two years. it was cut off, so we had to dig wells to drink and wash ourselveses. >> hospital laboratory experts say the crisis could have been avoided if there were simple measures to provide clean water. >> translator: we're currently suffering from cholera outbreak and four days yesterday as a result. they have visited the hospital here to look at the situation. we are not putting in proper measures. >> reporter: health experts say the outbreak may spread because of the high number of displaced people living in local refugee camps. they escaped the fighting in anbar province and the disease is difficult to contain if it spreads into camps. doctors at this hospital are worried they won't be able to cope with a large outbreak of chole cholera. the government isn't do enough to provide clean drinking water. one of the things you need for clean drinking water is chlorine tablets, and they say here that the government isn't supplying them with enough. >>> after years of delays, nepal has formally a

professor anderson: right, not , take a shot in the chest and go out, just nasty stuff, disease, dysentery, diarrhea, fever. stuff you would prefer not to have on your death certificate. you want to go out a little bit more -- especially coming from the chivalry -- you want to go out a little bit higher than that. any other bad thoughts? these are southerners, right? are they supposed to be thinking bad thoughts? a full flower of the nation being tried in battle in a very romantic era? student: that the confederacy could not stand that identity -- prof anderson: are we strong enough? are we strong enough? not just are we strong enough, but littered throughout this chapter are references to fathers, the revolutionary fathers. that scene with squire mcdonald, descended from jasper mcdonald, all that kind of stuff. are we of their metal? -- medal? are we worthy to be founders of a nation of our own? that is a powerful, powerful fear, if you think about it in the context of 19th-century romantic nationalism. we still, to this day, the founding fathers are enjoying a rebirth right now. they sti

he had dysentery and was vomiting because of the water. we have not had clean water for two years. we had to dig wells to drink the water. >> hospital laboratory experts say the crisis could have been avoided if there were simple measure to provide water. >> we are suffering from cholera outbreak, four died. the baghdad governor, director of health directorate visited the hospital to look at the situation. we are not putting in the proper measures. >> the outbreak may spread because of the high number of displaced people living in refugee camps. they escaped the fighting and doctors fear the disease will be difficult to contain if it spreads in the camps. >> doctors at the hospital are worried they won't be able to cope with a large outbreak of cholera. the government is not doing enough to provide clean drinking water. one of the things you need is chlorine tablets, the government is not supplying them with enough. >>> mcdonald's said it is partnering with other big-name companies to help the united nations feed refugees in europe and the middle east. during works animation, maste

he had dysentery and was vomiting because of the water. we haven't had clean water for two weeks. it was cut off. we had to dig wells to wash ourselves. >> the crisis could have been avoided if there were simple measures to provide clean water. >> we have four people died yesterday from a cholera outbreak. the health corrector has visited the hospital here to look at the situation, but we are not putting in proper measures. >> health experts say that the outbreak may spread because of the high number of displaced people living in local refugee camps. they've escaped the fighting in anbar province and doctors fear the deceased will be difficult to contain if it spreads from the camps. >> doctors worry they won't be able to break with a large outbreak of cholera, saying the government isn't providing clean drinking watering. one thing you do need for clean drinking water is chlorine tablets and they say the government isn't supplying them with enough. >> egyptian media sources are reporting two injured in an explosion in cairo. the blast targeted the ministry of foreign affairs buil

he had dysentery and was vomited because of the water. the water was cut off so we had to dig wells. >> reporter: hospital laboratory experts said crisis could be avoided if there were simple measures to provide clean water. >> translator: we have four people that died yesterday of the cholera. the baghdad govror visited the hospital to look at the situation, but we're not putting in proper measures. >> reporter: health experts say it may sprayed because of the high number of displaced people in local refugee camps. they escaped the fighting in anbar province, and doctors say it's difficult to contain if it spreads into camps. doctors at this hospital are worried they can't cope with a larj outbreak of cholera. they say the government isn't doing enough to provide clean drinking water. one thing you need is chlorine tablets, and they say here that the government isn't supplying them with enough. >>> pop francis has met the former cuban leader fidel castro during the first ever visit to cuba as pontiff. earlier thousands gathered in havana

rain and they were needed meanwhile for us will watching and waiting for things to happen we did dysentery recall of stowe showers that is supposed to meet holmes was special for the into the night. >>reporter: before dawn to round us consult the model future past four yes the show some rainshowers perhaps as early as noon today for around san jose and the sow that it does not mean it will strike the ground and make a career on the radar but the bonanza happens for this evening cover of a portion of the east bay and out of the south bank of hover around into about 9:00 for tonight less check the temperature is with over task has the was 7 is for most of the east bay shore line 69 also offered a word we get for the to the east in the east bank that would start to see some numbers pop to the upper '70's to in the second of all the recalled or low dry is a maybe will bring us will a temperature of a mad at a little bit of a catalyst for maybe another shower to watch out for that will be signed monday to take a look at the traffic situation. >>george: for the westbound ride an early-morning st