they came, a full battalion. their weapons, not ours, have been silenced.oughout the oppressive days and nights of june 1966 the operation hawthorn continued. the screaming eagles repeatedly beat back the prized units of the north vietnamese army. more than 500 of the communist aggressors are killed. it is the largest single battle of the war for the men of the 101st. the bitter struggle to preserve the freedom of this little asian nation is made more bearable as each man is strengthened in spirit and resolve. at last, the fighting is done. ♪ all the world had heard about the gallant screaming eagles. and the battles of operation hawthorn. in recognition of their outstanding victory, the premier of south vietnam comes to the little town. the premier and the deputy premier express the gratitude of the nation in a way that only fighting men could understand. these were some of the weapons taken from the enemy, the premier is told. in the hands of the communists, the arms of china, poland, czechoslovakia, even a variety of united states and french and british

later that day, the infantry battalion commander requested immediate emergency extraction of the remainingtroops, including four members of major kettles' unit who were stranded when their helicopter was destroyed by enemy fire. with only one flyable uh-1 helicopter remaining, major kettles volunteered to return to the deadly landing zone for a third time, leading a flight of six evacuation helicopters, five of which were from the 161st aviation company. during the extraction, major kettles was informed by the last helicopter that all personnel were onboard, and departed the landing zone accordingly. army gunships, supporting the evacuation, also departed the areas. once airborne, major kettles was advised that eight troops has been unable to reach the evacuation helicopters due to the intense enemy fire. with complete disregard for his own safety, major kettles passed the lead to another helicopter and returned to the landing zone to rescue the remaining troops. without gunship, artillery, or tactical air support, the enemy concentrated all firepower on his lone aircraft, which was immedi

touch.d daughters in battalion seventh calvary association.the purple heart. board. veterans advisory quads andusters searchlight association. vietnam veterans of america. 8:00-9:00 ptsd class washington. veteranson of vietnam of america. vietnam memorial volunteers and friends. veterans of the usa. new association. caisson veterans. the american legion. veterans of foreign wars. chapter one of maryland. 39th engineer battalion alumni association. amvets. third battalion eighth infantry. 82nd airborne association. aircraftirst marine wing. we ask that audience members remain standing and at attention until taps has been played and the honor guard has been done -- the honor guard has been dismissed. ♪ this concludes our ceremony, thank you for coming. [applause] announcer the american war in vietnam raged 50 years ago. lbj's war. was this veterans day weekend, american history tv looks back at this divisive war with 48 hour set of coverage, archival footage, and first time -- first-person reports from veterans. this is american history weekend,

and we weren't on the ground for 15 minutes, and it was the first battalion marines. they had been hit pretty bad. the day before, they had taken a lot of casualties. and i was no sooner on the ground walking over to link up with them, and all of a sudden, the north vietnamese had us surrounded like 30 feet, 40 feet away. and they were -- they opened up on all of us. one of the marines to my left -- i was looking through the tree line, the jungle. and there was a building on the other side. and he was yelling, let's get to the building! come on! get the casualties and we'll carry them over to the building! which turned out to be a catholic church that had been built during the french period. and it was a big, big church. for that size, you know, in that country, it was quite a large church itself. so we made our way to the church. and the enemy fought us up to the doors and the windows of the church. and a lot of things i didn't know for many years, and a lot of things i knew. but we were being shelled by them. and there was a movie cameraman with me. and we were the

his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machinegunner with company d, 2nd battaliont infantry regiment, 196th light infantry brigade, americal division, during combat operations against an armed enemy in the republic of vietnam on january 17, 1970. on that morning, specialist four sloat's squad was conducting a patrol, serving as a blocking element in support of tanks and armored personnel carriers in the area. as the squad moved up a small hill in file formation, the lead soldier tripped a wire attached to a hand grenade booby trap set up by enemy forces. as the grenade rolled down the hill, specialist four sloat knelt and picked up the grenade. after initially attempting to throw the grenade, specialist four sloat realized that detonation was imminent. he then drew the grenade to his body and shielded his squad members from the blast, saving their lives. specialist four sloat's actions define the ultimate sacrifice of laying down his own life in order to save the lives of his comrades. specialist four donald p. sloat's extraordinary heroism and selflessness above a

that are operating the volunteer battalions the national guard that are operating in the east of the country you know is very very much played down in the western media reports that all too often painted is that some fantasy of kremlin propaganda yes if you believe all the kremlin propaganda you probably thought nato secretary general would soon be in the ukrainian capital addressing and arguably undemocratic parliament where political parties are banned very happy to be back in ukraine back in the queue well joining me now is wiki leaks lawyer jennifer robinson she's a human rights lawyer and barrister daddy street chambers jennifer thanks so much for going on going underground before we go to some extraordinary news about julian as arjan wiki leaks just tell me a little bit about the. case you were involved in about benefit to lone parents who had suffered domestic abuse and were made homeless by government as a security policy it was part of the conservative government he austerity cuts which is cuts to benefits which they changed around around a controversy that certain families

fifth battalion association. 25th infantry division. military order of the purple heart.izon veterans advisory board. national dusters quads and searchlights association. vietnam veterans of america. 8:00 to 9:00 ptsd class washington. association of vietnam veterans of america. vietnam memorial volunteers and friends. jewish war veterans of the usa. the american legion. veterans of foreign wars. rolling thunder chapter 1 of maryland. 39th engineer battalion alumni association. am vets. third battalion eighth infantry. 82nd airborne association. and the first marine aircraft wing. we ask that audience members remain standing and at attention until taps has been played and the honor guard has been dismissed. ♪ [ "taps" playing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ honor guard, you are dismissed. this concludes our ceremony. thank you for coming ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >>> this week on q and a we look at the lives of the eight jewish justices who have served on the supreme court. our guest is the author of jewish justices of the supreme court. >> one of the themes of my book actually is the dec

fire from a vietcong battalion positioned in well fortified bunk irs. as it floyd into attack formation, its advance was halted by devastating fire. captain jacobs with the command element of the lead company, called for and directed airstrikes on the enemy positions to facilitate a renewed attack. due to the intensety of the enemy fire and heavy casualties to the demand group, including the company demander, the attack stopped and the friendly troops became disorganized of the although wounded by mortar fragments, he assumed demand of the allied company, ordered a withdrawal from the exposed position and established a defensive perimeter. dispute profrus bleeding from head wounds when chaired his vision with complete drard for his safety returned under intense fire to evacuate a seriously wounded adviser to the safety of a wooded area where he add mird life saving first aid. he then returned through heavy automatic weapons fire to evacuate the wounded company commander. captain jacobs made repeated trips across the fire swept open rice petitions evacua

1983, the vice president's older brother, first lieutenant greg pence also served with the third battalionent in beirut, lebanon just before the infamous derricks .ombings -- barracks bombings now, currently serving is the vice president's son, marine first lieutenant michael pence go is now in flight school. record quite a service for one family. what it tells me is that when it comes to caring, the men and women who have served our country, the vice president is a man we know will always do the right thing. myies and gentlemen, it is great personal pleasure and professional honor to present to you, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [applause] vice president pence: general mcconville and admiral michael, to the director, the distinguished members of congress and all of our honored guests, but most of all, to the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america and to all of our veterans who have worn the nation,of this great happy veterans day. [applause] there is a day in the spring when we remember those who served and did not come home. day, is theet

a battalion was a battalion when it got where it was going. and if you were a unit, let's say you were an infantry division and you were relying on support of your attached tank ba t talion, you knew that every company in your infantry unit would have tank support. it wasn't a case of okay, a third of the tanks broke down so charlie company, you're out of luck, you're going to charge that german position without a tank. again, it went to a ridiculous level. you go to the ordinance archives and it's box after box of the effects of mold on rubber in the pacific theater. and every individual component, the fuel pump will be subjected to a battery of tests. even once the tank was approved for production, there will still be qa. you'll come across a report that says test report of chrysler tank m 4 serial number, which you just randomly took off the line and tried it out to make sure the quality control was exactly what it was supposed to be. so sustainment. again, you've got the whole thing. amateurs talk tactics. professionals talk logistics. ano

1983, the vice president's older brother, first lieutenant greg pence also served with the third battalionent in beirut, lebanon just before the infamous derricks .ombings -- barracks bombings now, currently serving is the vice president's son, marine first lieutenant michael pence go is now in flight school. record quite a service for one family. what it tells me is that when it comes to caring, the men and women who have served our country, the vice president is a man we know will always do the right thing. myies and gentlemen, it is great personal pleasure and professional honor to present to you, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [applause] vice president pence: general mcconville and admiral michael, to the director, the distinguished members of congress and all of our honored guests, but most of all, to the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america and to all of our veterans who have worn the nation,of this great happy veterans day. [applause] there is a day in the spring when we remember those who served and did not come home. day, is theet

the second battalion was advancing when it came under heavy fire.attalion deployed into attack formation, its advantage was halted by d devastating fire. due to the intensity of the enemy fire and heavy casualties to the command group, including the company commander, the attack stopped and the friendly troops became disorganized. although wounded by mortar fragments, captain jacobs assumed command of the allied company, ordered a withdrawal from the exposed position and established a defensive perimeter. despite profuse pleading from head wounds, which impaired his vision, captain jacobs with complete disregard for his safety returned under intense fire to evacuate a seriously wounded adviser to the safety of a wooded area where he administered life-saving first aid. he then returned from heavy fire to evacuate the wounded commander. he made repeated trips across the fire-swept rice patties. on three separate occasion, he contacted and drove off vietcong squad searching for allied wounded and weapons, single handedly killing three and wounding seve

in 1983, the vice president's older brother also served with the third battalion, third marine regimentjust before the infamous baruch bombings that killed 241 american servicemembers and 58 french paratroopers. now, currently serving, is the vice president's son who is now in flight school. that is quite a service record from one family. what it tells me is when it comes to caring for the men and women who have served our country ladies and gentlemen, it is my great personal pleasure and professional honor to present to you the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [applause] [applause] pence: thank you, secretary. secretary mattis, secretary zinke e, all of the members of the cabinet, secretary wilson, general dunford, general silva, general mcconville, admiral michael, to the director regular era, the distinguished members of congress, and all are honored guest, but most of all, to the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america and to all our veterans who have worn the uniform of , happyeat nation veterans day. [applause] there is a day in the spring

that's correct, it was just to follow the route that the 6th battalion took. who ultimately lost their lives across the. the 6th battalion and the black watch formed up in crieff, and marched down to the battlefield. soa and marched down to the battlefield. so a good 17 others from edinburgh and the black watch jumped so a good 17 others from edinburgh and the black watchjumped on our bicycles and cycled the route that they took. each day, we read a snippet of war diary about what they we re snippet of war diary about what they were doing on that particular day 100 years ago. so it was very good, culminating in passchendaele. kevin stacey, thank you very much for talking to us today. lots of stories we have heard today, lots of acts of remembrance, and not just we have heard today, lots of acts of remembrance, and notjust here in london. this is where the national service took place, but of course services taking place at war memorials across the united kingdom today. coalition forces in afghanistan have also been paying their respects on remembrance sunday. b

a first ago this march, lieutenant in the united states army, first battalion 97th artillery, awoke at a massive vietnamese attack on a hilltop outpost. he and his brothers were outnumbered. it took minutes for the enemy to break through defenses in the fighting quickly came -- the fighting quickly became hand to hand. that young first lieutenant rallied his brothers to stand their ground. he ordered air and artillery strikes from a dangerously-exposed position, for four straight hours. as the situation worsened, he directed the withdrawal and provided cover fire and to ensure his brother's safety and to inflict maximum damage on the enemy he called in and artillery strike on his own position. wounded and unable to escape himself, he managed to escape detection for eight long days until he was rescued when american forces retook the outpost. at his conspicuous gallantry the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty he received, of course, the medal of honor. would you join me today and thanking a true american hero? medal of honor recipient first lieutenant brian thacker.

much if i tell it today. 36 years ago this march, a first lieutenant in the united states army, 1st battalion, 97 artillery, awoke at dawn to a massive north vietnamese attack on a hill top outpost. he and his brothers were heavily outnumbered, it took just minutes for the enemy to break through their defenses and the fighting very quickly became hand-to-hand. history records in that moment that that young 1st lieutenant rallied his brother to stand their ground. ordered air and artillery strikes from a dangerously exposed position for four straight hours. as the situation worsened, he personally directed the withdrawal and provided cover fire and to ensure his brother's safety, and to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, he actually called in an artillery strike on his own position. wounded and unable to escape himself, he managed to evade detection for eight long days until he was rescued when american forces retook the outpost. for his conspicuous gallantry, at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty he received, of course, the medal of honor. so would you join me today

members of catalonia ousted government nine of them have been questioned over charges of sedition and battalion by spain's national court will go to barcelona and brussels for the latest also coming up the man accused of carrying out the new york terror attack appears in court but shows no remorse now u.s. president trump is calling for the death penalty. and will take a look at why some hindu nationalists want to demolish the taj mahal that's causing big controversy in india. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us spain's state prosecutor has asked a judge to issue a european arrest warrant for dismissed a catalan leader carlos pushed him off he is currently in belgium and have refused to return to spain for questioning about his role in the region's declaration of independence spanish prosecutors have asked the. country's national court to jail all mine dismissed members of catalonia as government whose demands deputy oriole you get us was among those who appeared in court for questioning today the ousted lawmakers are under investigation for supporting the region's independence f

of duty from may 13 through 15, 1969, while serving as a combat medic with charlie company, third battalion21st infantry, 196, light infantry brigade, america americal division. the company air assaulted into an area. on may 13 with complete disregard for his life, he ran 100 meters in an open field through heavy fire to rescue a comrade too injured to move and carried him to safety. that same day, second platoon was ordered to search the area when the platoon was ambushed by a large north vietnamese army force and sustained heavy casualties. with complete disregard for his life and personal safety, private first class mccloughan led two americans into the safety of a trench while being wounded by shrapnel from a rocket propelled grenade. he ignored a direct order to stay back and braved the enemy assault while moving into the kill zone on for more occasions to extract wounded comrades. he treated the injured, prepared evacuation, and though bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds on his head and entire by, refused -- entire body, refused evacuation to safety in order to remain at the battle

. >> the battalion chief crashed into a utility pole sparking the blaze. >> i saw the utility car come down the street with its lights on, then fireworks. >> the suv had croighten fire and rescue on the side snapped the pole in half. they say firefighters on every apparatus were headed to a call. it happened at 5:30 this evening. >> i have seen it come down the road. he skidded and he went around there and hit the pole. >> hours after dousing the flames, peco worked on the lines. no one was taken to hospital. 50 back out here live, jim. you can see the road closure roads went up by penn.near cedar road. we are told there are a lot of questions around what happened. police are investigating. reporting live, channel6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you, >> cyclists are renewing calls for the city to provide more protection for them. the crash is under investigation. >>> a man that sucker punched a man with cerebral palsy will head to prison for three to six years. barry baker pled guilty to hitting the man. he begged for leniency today but the judge called him a bully, predator and

>> reporter: battalion chief smith says change has been slow to come at the academy. >> i would hope that, you know, the fire department would take it as an embarrassment, that, you know, this keeps popping up. now either all of these groups o'people are ju of people are just, you know, fabricating untruths or there is some truth to it. and i just don't know there is a willingness to make the changes that are necessary. >> reporter: fire chief white had no comment today. a department spokesman told us she just received the letter and is still reviewing the allegations. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story for your investigative unit, give us a call, 1-888-996-tips or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >>> friends and loved ones are asking for help in tracking down a driver in a hit-and-run accident that killed a single mother of two. this happy saturday night in south san francisco near san bruno town center. friends say that night 44-year-old teresa gonzalez attended a friend's concert when an uber driver came to pick her up, she was struck by

it was really following the route that the 6th battalion took.le had a lot of scottish servicemen who ultimately lost their lives. but the black watch took part in the battlefield. so a good 17 of us from edinburghjumped on our bicycles and we cycled the route that they took, each day being given a snippet from theirwardiary as to each day being given a snippet from their war diary as to what they were doing on that day 100 years ago. it culminated in passchendaele itself. kevin stacey, thank you for talking to us. we have heard lots of stories today, lots of act of remembrance and not just here today, lots of act of remembrance and notjust here in london. this is whether national service is taking place, but services are taking place at war memorials across the uk today. now some breaking news to bring you about the meeting that was had by richard ratcliffe, the husband of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, and the foreign secretary borisjohnson, a phone call that they had today. a statement released by the free nazanin campaign says mr ratcliffe had a

. >> after your white house fellowship -- >> i commanded an infantry battalion in korea.ardingof the most years i've had in the army. to train opportunity these young people and give them a ged education and anguish as a second language. >> you went to europe. >> i was a young lieutenant for two years. . worked for cap weinberger i was his military assistant, senior military assistant. we became exceptionally close. after two years, it was time for me to move on. they got me an assignment in germany where i took command of the division. says,y the chief of staff we've change. the family is packed. stuff is moving. mr. weinberger wants you to stay here for another year. and i said not take a division? that's right. then he said something that is quite right, just remember, you are here to serve. you serve where we need you. the secretary of defense wants you to stay on. yes, sir. i went in that evening to see secretary weinberger. he knew i was disappointed. he said, you're not going to get a division. i know that disappoints you, but ,ext year going to get a corps and tha

the battalion street crashed into a utility pole sparking an incredible blaze. >> i seen that come down the road, he skidded and to avoid them, he went around there and hit the pole. >>> bucks county dispatch reported nobody was taken to the hospital. >>> happening today, hillary clinton will be in philadelphia for an event promoting her book. shell appear at the academy at 7:00 p.m. she has been traveling the county talking about her memoir what happened. the focus is on the 2016 presidential campaign. >> yesterday was great, but today it has to come to an end. >> reporter: yesterday was 64 degrees for the high. today will be nice, kind of mild in the afternoon, it will all end. that sounded ominous, didn't it. storm tracker 6 live double scan, no worries this morning, we're dry, but we'll be using double scan to attract showers later tonight. let's go outside and see what it looks like over the commodore barry bridge. we have more cloud cover than we saw yesterday, we'll see the sunshine mixing through it today. let's look at the current numbers, 38 degrees, it's chilly right now in p

morris single-handedly destroyed the enemy force that had his battalion pinned down. in the fog of gun fire, he had been shot two more times. he didn't stop. >> you take every effort you can to recover his body. you don't surrender a body to no one. you are doing what you've got to do. that's it. >> is that your motto? >> that is my motto. do what you've got to do. >> what he did was make sure the body of sergeant first class ronald hagan got home to his wife and four children in milwaukee. morris' wounds were painful. his fingers had toby re-attach -- had to be reattached. the brothers who fought with morris that day returned to fighting. they feared they might not survive the war, so they hurdwried to get recognition foe morris' heroism. >> the actions that morris took were truly remarkable. there was little doubt in my mind that they needed to be recognized with a very serious valor award. >> recommendations for valor awards come from commanders in the field. the medal of honor requires eyewitness accounts, and approval goes all the way up to the president. >> so w

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as the second battalion deployed in attack formation, its advance was held by fire.command of the company called for air strikes on the positions to facilitate a renewed attack. due to intensity of the heavy casualties including the company commander, the attack stopped, and the friendly troops became disorganized. although wounded by mortar fragments, captain jacobs assumed command of the allied company, ordered withdrawal from the exposed position, and established a defensive per immer. despite bleeding from head wounds, with complete disregard from his safety, returned under intense fire to evacuate a seriously wounded adviser to the safety of a wooded area where he administered life saving first aid. then returned through heavy automatic weapons fire to evacuate the commander. captain jacobs made many troops across the rice paddies evacuating wounded and weapons of the on three separate occasions he drove off viet cong squads, single handedly killing three and wounding others. his actions and extraordinary heroism saved the life of one u.s. adviser and 13 allied

the mission that he had, that they gave him, was our battalion commander got shut down. who happens to be the brother-in-law of general westmoreland, colonel frederick vendors in, who had just come on , and he was killed, and they were trying to rescue him, so tom had a pretty big role. >> right. >> absolutely. i think that is one key thing to remember that west moreland, you know, he was a human, too. our country was involved, and west moreland's brother-in-law -- >> you remember, he had just gone back, and he, wesmoreland came back to lead the search himself, and we could not find his body. >> he did eventually recover. >> yes, they found his body was about three other people still in the helicopter in the bottom of the river. >>one other thing before we do questions, things back home affected the soldiers who were deployed over there. 1968 was a divisive beer in the united states. -- was a divisive beer in the united states. an assassin killed dr. martin luther king jr.. that reverberated over to vietnam. what was the effect of that killing in your unit? >> first of a

the rest of the battalion racing to rescue them. unprotected. exposed.g masses of armed militiamen. >> we see the charlie company truck just like the one we were riding in, rode down the road to us, four flat tires. engine on fire. wounded. >> it was shocking at first to see these battle wounds. the best word i can come up with is it was just like a tidal wave. >> reporter: in the wake of that tidal wave, those dozens wounded, eight dead. at almost exactly the same time the shooting began -- >> reporter: we've been reporting on this story since 2004. only a few images of the battle existed then. but the soldiers' memories have echoed for us through the years. >> when you go to a veterans ceremony and you see the old veterans get together and hug and cry, you never really understood it. i understand it now. >> reporter: and we understand that feeling today. 13 years later. this is just extraordinary. to see the flags and to see -- >> reporter: when we returned to sadr city in a way -- >> these should be basically a match to the real buildings right here.

rc2, ba at all -- battalion 8, a very complicated rescue and extrication. at one point, which has never happened in my career, there was a call for a field amputation, the patient was so trapped into his vehicle. that fortunately did not need to happen. i responded to the scene and within about ten minutes the crews had been diligently working to extricate the patient were successful in doing so, and i would like to say even though it took that length of time, the new tools that have been distributed to our rescue squads as well as all of our truck companies made the difference in making that a successfully extrication, albeit a very lengthy one. hats off to the crews that did a phenomenal job on that rescue that evening. on the 26th, i had the privilege to pin more badges on h3 level 1 e.m.t., and h2s recently, that had paramedic licenses that stepped up to become fully cross trained h3 level 3 firefighter paramedics. i believe just under 30 people that we, over the course of two days, were able to acknowledge and like to acknowledge the e.m.f. division an

>> be battalion chief smith says change has been slow to come at the academy. >> i would home the fire department would take it as an embarrassment that this keeps popping up. now either all these groups of people are just, you know, fabricating untruths or there's some truth to it. and i just don't know if there's a willingness to make the changes that are necessary. >> the fire chief had no comment today. a department spokesperson told us she just received the letter and was still reviewing the allegations. nbc bay area news. >>> if you have a story for jackson you can call the investigative unit or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >> jeff ranieri is with us now. we made it to the weekend. a big day tomorrow, a lot of veteran days celebration. >> weather is going to pull through. sun coming back out. it really looks beautiful for the first part of the weekend. let's get you into your weather forecast. and what i have been starting off with a lot today is la-nina, that's due to the major interest around la knee ya and el nino. as we know it now, la-nina has currently d

but not the same unit, not the same battalion or company. yeah, and tom and i still do not understand all of that, how that happened because as you said, he was north, colonel patton's, and we tried to put it for transfer to see if we could get together. we talked at least a couple of times on the phone, but one day, unit, which in our is still kind of a mysterious -- >> they were going to send me south to be somewhere around. >> and of course one of the intervening events was kind of important. that was -- within a few days after tom arrived in the country, the largest enemy of fence of the war broke out jenny -- january 31, 1968. both of you were involved in a. >> yes, i got there, i landed he was, 4, 1967, and what, january 30? that, as you said, was a defining time for that war, for the optics of it, for the casualties. those who have an opportunity to look at ken burns' magnificent document and get some historical reflection of what really happened on that -- it is still being debated and so on. but that really did fine, i think, our se

i started working with the commanders of the battalions to find out what they need. >> every day we hearbout people like patti lewis helping others but it's also great to share a story about communities that take the time to say thank you. >> i wanted to thank everyone for coming here today on very special occasion. >> for years patti has been serving veterans through her n non-profit america for our veterans. >> i knew there was a lot of marines that my son was serving with and sailors that didn't have families. and weren't getting packages. i knew if i took care of the whole batallion these guys would be covered. >> reporter: but at some point, her own personal problems got nearly to the level of the people she serves every day. >> i had to learn how to survive but i decided at the same time i didn't want to stop working with my military. report roar survive what? patti is on permanent disability. her son suffers from ptsd and a brain injury. her husband cannot longer work while dealing with a esophageal cancer. bills piled up. her car barely made it to her husband's doctors appointmen

are pausing to celebrate the core's 167 years in as much as, the date marks the day two marine battalionsolution, service members took time out of the duties to hear the annual birthday prod proclamation. >>> the names of more than 58,000 service members are read aloud. today the man read the name della rosa, it's also his name and the name of his fallen uncle. paul wagner joins us now. >> reporter: we went to the paul in hopes of finding a story that would reflect the true meaning of veterans day. we were not disappointed. he walked up the steps and on to the stage. the names of the fallen in his hand, a proud and humbling moment for an army vet who never paid tribute to his uncle at the wall. a moment you won't forget. >> it's a unique people don't have it. . >>> he was killed along with the medic who came he don't help. gum >> i've been at a loss for words. i put my hand on his name at the wall. >> reporter: he said his heart was in his throat when he saw his uncle's name, and they made an edging from panel 16 west. >> i've heard this story my whole life and then to see not only his na

for three years i was assigned as chaplain to the 2nd 327th infantry battalion also known as no slacko recount the deployment to afghanistan. so i decided to carry a camera. but it wasn't the photos, it wasn't the video that changed my life. it was understanding the stories behind them. >> we were going into two known enemy strongholds. no one had ever dared go up there. >> the russians hadn't even been up there. >> i hear this crack. then i hear something really odd. >> rpg! >> i had to make peace with the fact that i was going to die. >> casualties started adding up. >> i brought him over here, i'll bring him back. >> we want to thank all of those in uniform and those who have served. "no greater love" is in theaters now. speaking of love it was the chinese philosopher lao tsu said, being deeply loved by someone gives you strength. loving someone deeply gives you courage. thank you for watching abc news. as always here online at abcnews.com and on our "nightline" facebook page. thank you for the company, america. have a good weekend. >> great contestants, amazing questions, and 1 mi

i started working with the commanders of the battalions to find out what they need. >> every day we hearple like patti lewis helping others but it's also great to share a story about communities that take the

. >> lieutenant childers was in our battalion, alpha company, happened about 400 meters to my right duringiraq. you know, personally, that left an endearing mark in my life. when i was in colorado i made a decision to drive up north to wyoming where he laid to rest. >> reporter: some of the gravers he visited were of those who lost the war with himself. >> sometimes you get emotional. >> reporter: one took his own life in 2008. >> as marines, we're not supposed to quit and i felt like, you know, he turned his back on us but i can't put myself in his shoes and i can't say let that bring me the reason why the gw grad left his job in i.t. sales last year to embark on his three month odyssey. >> it felt me with purpose and filled me with an understanding that, you know, i might be looking for help and searching for meaning and purpose, but other guys are searching for it, too. >> reporter: something for all of us to think about this veterans day. in falls church, virginia, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> and i hope he found that meaning and purpose he was looking for. >> absolutely. >> it's a

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