they came under fire from an battalion sized enemy force.bserving to wounded men, he moved within 50 meters of an enemy machine gun to drag them to the relative safety of the landing zone. inspired by his courageous actions, the company began placing a heavy volume of fire from the enemy's positions. captain liteky begin moving up right through the enemy fire and administering last rites to the dying. noticing another trapped and seriously wounded man, he crawled to his aid, rolled on his back, placed the man on his chest, and crawled back to the landing zone. he returned to the action and came upon a man entangled in dense underbrush. intense enemy fire was directed at him, but he calmly broke the vines and carried the man to the landing zone. chaplain liteky personally directed medevac helicopters in and out of the area. despite painful wounds in the neck and foot, he personally carried over 20 men to the landing zone for evacuation. through his inspiration and heroic actions, he saved a number of lives and enabled the company to repost th

army private in the first battalion of the 7th calvary. his battalion was charged with pioneering a new kind of air warfare that the arm termed air mobile. colonel bruce crandall is a veteran master army aviator in fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and has led more than 900 combat missions during two tours in vietnam. he was drafted into the army in 1953 and in early 1965 he joined the dominican republic expeditionary force as a liason to the airborne corp and later that year commanded the first calvaries division company a., 229th assault helicopter battalion in vietnam. he received many awards including the bronze star medal, the distinguished flying cross with one oak leaf cluster and the medal of honor. dr. tone johnson jr. went to vietnam in 1963 as part of the seventh calvary regiment of the first calvary division. in november 1965, his unit was ambushed by the vietcong and all but destroyed. he received the bronze star for his achievement and in the recognition of his bravery during the campaign. later, recovering from the hospita

there were two full battalions of new york rifleman. they got to the st. lawrence river and said no thanks. [laughter] they would not cross. new england refused to fight because of the trade the carried on with england. it was so important to them financially than monday called on the massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, connecticut, rhode island militias, they all said we have to -- sorry. be that the regular army throughout 1812 and 1813. at the beginning of 1813, winfield scott, pike and read hampton were able to lead a small american army across the river into what is today toronto. back then it was called -- it -- it was called york was a , provincial capital. the problem was they get into town and there were a lot of pubs. they decided let's have a drink or seven. they got drunk and they burned down the parliamentary building. they burned down the archives in york in towards a few other buildings because it kept the m warm at night. the british never forgot it. soon after that, a large squadron showed up at the mouth of the chesapeake. his mission

he reinforced the devcon battalion, launched a fierce ground assault.acking enemy drove to within 20 meters of friendly position. only a river separated that the act, from them. -- viet cong from them. he sees a machine gun and returned recovery fire. efforts, and enemy recoiled his round and scored direct hit on the artillery. through the crew and sergeant davis into a foxhole. he struggled to his feet and returned it to the howitzer, which was burning furiously. disregarding a hail of enemy fire, he aimed and fired the howitzer, knocking him to the ground. he returned to the weapon to return and fire again. and enemy mortar injured him painfully. i complete disregard for his own safety, he loaded and fired three more shells into the enemy . disregarding his extensive andgies -- injuries inability to swim, he picked up an air mattress and struck out across the deep weber -- river to rescue comments -- comrades on the other side. he helps them across the river and protected the two remaining casualties until he could pull into safety. his outstanding he

. >> reporter: lieutenant curtis washington was an officer at the battalion aid station and worked atthe morgue. it was a job he took so seriously, that just to make sure he never sent a live soldier home in a box, on his own, he used to open up each body bag and take a pen to the feet. >> this is what we'd do. this is his foot, and i'd go. >> reporter: he was testing the plantar reflex. >> would do it twice. and i did that, and he went, "unh." and i did it again. "unh." and i said, wow. >> reporter: and that is how john colone came back from the dead. which john says is a mixed blessing. >> he lost his life. he lost his life. he lost his life. he lost his life. >> reporter: eight soldiers, about a third of his platoon, died that day. >> i still wonder why me? >> reporter: even today you keep asking that? >> absolutely. why did you survive? >> reporter: it is a hopelessly rhetorical question. but as we walk through the cemetery where he would have been buried, john shared what may be part of the reason. >> so that's when i thought let's do something. >> reporter: a few years ago, he s

as smallwood's battalion trains, they undergo some of their first tests. they defend baltimore against a potential raid from british forces, and ultimately they are called to arms to rally around new york city. the british launch one of the largest invasions in the history at that time, where they invade first staten island and they attempt to invade new york city by landing first in long island. the british invade first, staten island, and then attempt to invade new york city by lending first in long island. these men are sent as reinforcements. their initial headquarters is near this stonehouse. on the night of august 27, their first real combat begins. the most desperate days of many of the lives of these men. they are called to arms. they wake up in the dead of night. they marched towards greenwood certainly, in and around the cemetery. they set up an order of battle. they face down the british, who have a demonstration force. a massive flanking maneuver goes around their position. these men held off the british for several hours. they come to the real

washington battalion and then the two of them merged and they became the lincoln-washington battalionthere's also an american medical unit, but the veterans of all of these things began calling themselves veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade because it was simpler and that is how people have referred to them ever since. so, when we meet of the -- when speak of-- so, when we tose americans who went spain, including dell berg who is the last known survivor of the group, they were the last participants. adam: when did you start your research on this book? -- brian: when did you start your research on this book? adam: i started being interested in the subject many years ago. one of my first jobs was as a daily newspaper reporter at the "san francisco chronicle." as it happened, to other reporters of the newspaper were veterans of the abraham like an brigade and when things were slow -- abraham lincoln brigade and when things were so, i would ask them about their experience and i got fascinated and. over the next couple of decades, i met other lincoln veterans and was actually good frie

. >> the texarkana fire department also responds, but battalion chief rick pavick doesn't see the vapor cloud. he's taken completely by surprise when the gas finds an ignition source and erupts 500 feet away. >> it was real crazy. it was amazing, is what it was, just to be that close to something that large and watch it spread out. >> when the gas ignites, officer mcadams' dash cam records the initial sound, but the explosion is out of view. >> the texarkana police dispatcher has a clear view of the train tracks and radios officer mcadams. >> we just had a huge explosion. we've got massive fire out here. all kinds of stuff on fire. >> as officer mcadams starts backing up, the flames race down the track and into the camera's view as the gas explodes over and over again. >> anywhere that vapor from the chemicals had gone just burned, whether it was on the ground, in the air. just nothing but a ball of fire and like a big fuse, it just kept going further and further. >> it was a big mushroom shaped fireball. it went up in the middle and then kind of cascaded down. >> you might want to back

as smallwood battalion trains, they undergo some of their first test. they defend baltimore against potential raid from british forces, and then ultimately, they are call to arms to rally around new york city. in the british lodge, one of the largest invasions in history at the time was the invade first staten island and the main bay an attempt to invade new york city by landing first in long island. these men are sent there as reinforcements. their initial headquarters is near the stone house. -- the night of august 27, their first real combat begins. it is the most desperate days of many of the lives of these men. are call to arms and wake up in the dead of night and they march towards greenwood cemetery. and they set up in order of battle, they faced on the british, which have basically a demonstration force, or a force to tie them down while a massive flanking maneuver goes around their position. these men hold off the british for several hours and then they come to the realization that they are surrounded. they had to fight their way back to the st

. >> hello, everyone i'm crystal the bringing glad commander another lowell 9 battalion commander as well at lowell high school and at many of the other programs at the the southern high schools in san francisco a lot of us have an entrepreneurial support system through the families before he have cadets that are not just fellow classmates we reach out for tutor ing one of the things my friend i help her out with math she's comfortable with me helping her and we have a mature relationship there and to support that we have gpas of 3.3 throughout the program awhile at the other students in the district might have something similar to a 2. 7 we're able to support students within our program and gradually also brings more students into our jc c program a lot of benefits that my fellow peers will mention thank you . >> (clapping.) >> come on. >> hello, i'm jason been in the sfusd basically as long as i've been in school one thing to focus on we're focused on service i remember in elementary up to now volunteering the first time and this is a focus in this service and something i wanted to

there are battalions of islamists. the question is, are there 70,000 moderates? the prime minister seems to have admitted that these forces are overwhelmingly islamist. >> the test is, are they prepared? the test we have had to apply, since we have had to consider, who are the right people to engage in the talks for the test settlement -- of all these groups is, are they prepared to lead within a plural political settlement that can in the end be democratic and take syria towards elections? that is one of the tests that is applied and should be applied. the nature of these islamists they are a group of non-extremist opposition whom we could imagine buying into a broader political settlement in syria. that isn't to say that all of them are exactly the same. there is a range of them. they are what we view as non-extremist. >> let me close, and then i will give richard ample time to develop a thesis, as well. america, was said in virtually all the opposition is it was so messed -- islamist one way or the other at this point. he went on to say -- i hope we can reach

this man was in a battalion i commanded in 1969 to 1970. in that area, if you can remember, it was the height of the anti-vietnam war. larry was a fervent christian. yet he was one of the very few who volunteered in a battalion i had over 90% were draftees. he was one of the very few volunteers. why, ifi asked larry, you are such a christian, are you here? i know you don't believe in combat as the way to resolve conflict. and i know that you don't believe we should be in vietnam. why are you here? his answer was simple. sir, i could not stay home when others were fighting this war. sir, also, the job that you and i are doing is the job of the beast. and the least beastly of us should be doing it. morford --rgeant's sergeant morford's message. he lived his sermon. he's the man that has inspired me to create an award every year at west point, the sergeant morford award, that sends west point cadets to china to teach preventative medicine in chinese high school. he, along with a corporal who was killed at age 24, are two soldiers that are reme

kevin: we spoke to the battalion chief that responded to the call. told me that there was an odor of smoke. the fire department got here. the first unit to respond and get in the station. the station is shut down now. saw very, very

the battalion cp. and walk toward the command bunker when i heard the familiar sound of incomie ining mortars. even before the first round hit i yelled incoming and dived for the nearest hole. just as the first round landed about 20 meters away. within 10 seconds other marines had dived into the very same hole on top of me. it was only big enough for two people to begin with. rounds continued to land all around us for the next minute or so. then there was a pause of about 30 seconds, and one last round landed right on the opposite edge of the foxhole. fortunately, all the shrapnel went forward in the same direction the round was headed, and none of it came back into the foxhole. as it was, that one round which completely destroyed the two company office structures next to my office and killed a small dog which was not smart enough to get into a hole when the incoming started. my office structure was only slightly damaged, and the only marine casualties from that last round were the two mild concussione

the sergeant from maui and the other guy, the officer battalion that was killed in combat. >> i am honoredthank you very much. >> steve is feeling the right way, am i right, steve clemons? >> steve, i owe you one and thank you both on this day. >> thank you. >> coming up, this weekend is the first test of the summer travel season for the tsa. we'll head out to orlando international airport and see how they are doing keeping the lines moving and passengers lines moving and passengers along the way. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. u're a set tbook a flight using your airline credit card miles. and surprise! those seats sometimes cost a ridiculous number o

atf is also investigating, the battalion chief says it is because a firefighter was injured. very latest out here, dawn, back to you. >> all right, sabina, thank you. police are offering a reward tonight for information leading to the person who shot and killed a teenager in north philadelphia. the 18 year old died yesterday on the 3300 block of north 13th street after police say he was shot several times. a 19 and 20 year old, both showed up later to temple university hospital, with gunshot wounds, according to investigators, and police believe it could be related to the fatal shooting. both victims were treated and released. right now developers do not have a motive, if you have any information, at all, you are asked to call police. >>> we're learning more tonight about a fatal car accident in voorhees, new jersey, police have identified the victim as 34 year old christopher gonzalez, they say he was driving on route 73 just before 4:00 this morning when he veered off the road and hit a pole. the crash investigation is still ongoing. >>> a new jersey teenager killed in a cr

. >> a truck filled with explosives was driven into a compound, the midst of a marine battalion headquartersthe four-story building collapsed on about 150 or 200 sleeping marines. >> wearing green fatigues and driving a yellow truck. the guy was smiling. >> israel had gone into lebanon to try to create a buffer zone against the palestinians, the plo. >> a battalion of american marines came out to separate the israelis from the palestinians and oversee the withdrawal of the plo from lebanon, but it got sucked in to the lebanese civil war. >> the civil war is between christians and muslims, and to the muslims it looked like we were supporting the christians. >> a big debate broke out afterwards. should we have ever put our marines in that kind of vulnerable position when they didn't have a clear mission. they were just kind of sitting there. >> the united states in the middle east was faced with an array of small forces, little cells, underground, not knowing who they were, where they were and even what they wanted. >> there are no words to properly express our outrage, and i think the outrage

and his battalion was ordered to reinforce the company. according to the u.s. army center of military history during the battle that followed, the dauntless courage and resolute and intrepid leadership of sergeant first class kaufman were directly responsible for the success of his company reflecting distinct credit upon himself and upholds the esteemed traditions of the military service. in recognition of that, it's entirely fitting and appropriate that sergeant first class kaufman's life and service be memorialized by naming the v.a. community-based outpatient clinic in his hometown after him. h.r. 1762, as amended, satisfies the committee's naming criteria. it's supported by the oregon congressional delegation and it is supported by many veteran service organizations including the american legion, the veterans of foreign wars, the military order of purple heart. i understand that this bill is also supported by the oregon county veteran service officers association and the american red cross. i'm grateful to my good friend, mr. walden, f

she complained to the battalion chief and when sherri voss attempted to take action, upper management stopped her from doing that. >> reporter: this attorney is representing mag guy hernandez -- maggie hernandez. >> he wanted to hug her. he made certainly innuendos toward her. told her he would like to see her in a bathing suit. >> reporter: the captain stalked her by using a software. >> he wanted to know if she went to the bathroom. >> reporter: the captain was upset with hernandez. after she was moved to another station he continued to stalk her. >> he admitted at a hearing that he looked to find out where she was and then he recorded it in his own outlook. >> reporter: she said the captain was given a written reprimand. >> stalking and harassment, yt much more than a written reprimand. he is continuing to stalk her. >> reporter: in the weeks since nicole mittendorff took her life, several firefighters are contacted her. >> i talked to one firefighter who observed harassment of nicole based on this alleged affair in the fire department, not just online but in the firehouse. >> repo

. >> hello, everyone i'm crystal the bringing glad commander another lowell 9 battalion commander as well at lowell high school and at many of the other programs at the the southern high schools in san francisco a lot of us have an entrepreneurial support system through the families before he have cadets that are not just fellow classmates we reach out for tutor ing one of the things my friend i help her out with math she's comfortable with me helping her and we have a mature relationship there and to support that we have gpas of 3.3 throughout the program awhile at the other students in the district might have something similar to a 2. 7 we're able to support students within our program and gradually also brings more students into our jc c program a lot of benefits that my fellow peers will mention thank you . >> (clapping.) >> come on. >> hello, i'm jason been in the sfusd basically as long as i've been in school one thing to focus on we're focused on service i remember in elementary up to now volunteering the first time and this is a focus in this service and something i wanted to

a person tweeting in his house and a guy running a battalion. we looked at mostly with your material support. in term of extremist content, we look at notes -- nodes. if someone is tweeting at one follower, i was interested than tom if there tweeting others. if they connected and talking. that is what i become more interested, the connections to it. >> a little bit more about the who rather than the what. >anymore questions? you considered walking or making fun of them and following their practices? the men seems to be guys who can't get a date except by kidnapping? i think there would be a lot of room to make fun of some of the things they do. you can make fun of the but putting them in context, these two seem to be guys that candidate -- can't get a date. >> this is an important question. what kind of counter messaging be affected. -- effective? >> as opposed to countering. term ofis where the counter messaging falls apart. what we're talking about our people share their views and ideas. one thing we have seen from content on social media is t

send an american marine battalion into mosul. eleanor: real easy to decide these issues in the comfort of studio.vision pat: then you got the problems with the russians and the south china sea and a lot of folks want to get into a dust-up with iran. them the world. pat: we're stretched pretty thin. our assignment? john: we'll live in expectation. facebook vs. conservatives. >> the fact is that we have listing,of them black in a lot of cases, conservative news. john: facebook is the popular social media website used by peoples of millions of every day but facebook is news.ing conservative so says michael nunez, editor of website,y news gizmodo. mr. nunezt this week, outlines claims by former facebook employees that facebook news curators block conservative cws events such as the annual pac conference from appearing on news feeds. notable, says mr. nunez, asserts thatook its news feed is operated under algorithms,mputer not human editors. while facebook denies this, to is furthereport evidence of media bias towards liberals and aga

ground response includes 3 engines, 2 trucks, 2 coastal units stationed at battalion 8 and battalion 7 along the coast. one rescue squad [inaudible] when we get on scene to your question supervisor campos, we do work with the ggnra and have some of our radios so they know we are out there and do a excellent job and work with the coast guards to help spot the victims if they float away. [inaudible] surf rescue. rescue boat 1 and water craft 1 and 2. they have rapid response and maneuverability to get around rocks and assist with all ocean bay operations and events. a victim requires 6 rescue swimmers. [inaudible] two of the primary team go in and intercept team stays on the beach if the victim is floating too far and try to intercept where the victim is going and the nob [inaudible] there for members in the water if they get in trouble so they have rescuers ready to go. as mentioned the two rescue swimmers and intercept team on the slide. we also send our chief coordinateed by a chief officer. that is a older chief, he is retired now. the structure is a command system used to manage t

ground response includes 3 engines, 2 trucks, 2 coastal units stationed at battalion 8 and battalion 7 along the coast. one rescue squad [inaudible] when we get on scene to your question supervisor campos, we do work with the ggnra and have some of our radios so they know we are out there and do a excellent job and work with the coast guards to help spot the victims if they float away. [inaudible] surf rescue. rescue boat 1 and water craft 1 and 2. they have rapid response and maneuverability to get around rocks and assist with all ocean bay operations and events. a victim requires 6 rescue swimmers. [inaudible] two of the primary team go in and intercept team stays on the beach if the victim is floating too far and try to intercept where the victim is going and the nob [inaudible] there for members in the water if they get in trouble so they have rescuers ready to go. as mentioned the two rescue swimmers and intercept team on the slide. we also send our chief coordinateed by a chief officer. that is a older chief, he is retired now. the structure is a command system used to manage t

ground response includes 3 engines, 2 trucks, 2 coastal units stationed at battalion 8 and battalion 7 along the coast. one rescue squad [inaudible] when we get on scene to your question supervisor campos, we do work with the ggnra and have some of our radios so they know we are out there and do a excellent job and work with the coast guards to help spot the victims if they float away. [inaudible] surf rescue. rescue boat 1 and water craft 1 and 2. they have rapid response and maneuverability to get around rocks and assist with all ocean bay operations and events. a victim requires 6 rescue swimmers. [inaudible] two of the primary team go in and intercept team stays on the beach if the victim is floating too far and try to intercept where the victim is going and the nob [inaudible] there for members in the water if they get in trouble so they have rescuers ready to go. as mentioned the two rescue swimmers and intercept team on the slide. we also send our chief coordinateed by a chief officer. that is a older chief, he is retired now. the structure is a command system used to manage t

kevin: we spoke to the battalion chief that responded to the call. he told me that there was an odor of smoke. the fire department got here. the first unit to respond and get in the station. the station is shut down now. saw very, very they evacuated the station out of an abundance of caution. i'm told that some type of trash and debris maybe newspaper got underneath the third rail. that is what sparked the fire. it was described to me as very minor. why did metro shut the station down for the rest of the day? after the ntsb report and grilling from the public, they want to make sure they are taking every necessary precaution as possible. this is the metro police department. they have the escalateer going down to the station blocked off. we spoke to a number of commuters that are, to say the least, frustrated. take a listen. >> this is an annoyance. yeah. there was a problem here this morning. i thought i wasn't going to get here this morning. i got in this morning but i can't comb go home this way. one of those things. >> you can't be surprise. it's

kid tweeting in his parents house and guy running battalion. when we scoped out the report, communicating threats depending on nexus to isis. then in terms of extremist content we look at notes. if someone is tweeting to one follower, sure, yeah i guess they're an isis supporter but i'm less interested than i am if they're tweeting to 10 or so nodes pushing out new and interesting content that hadn't seen before. if they're connecting to them or talking or communicating let's talk on dm. that is where i start becoming more interested, is connections to it, not just the speech. >> a little bit more about the who, rather than the why. >> yeah, yeah. >> any other last questions? wait for the mic. >> have you folks considered mocking or making fun of isil in some of its practices? for example, the men seem to be guys who can't get a date except by kidnapping them. and i would think there would be a lot of room to make fun of some of the things they do. you can't make a lot of fun out of beheading but -- putting them in context, these do seem to be

ground response includes 3 engines, 2 trucks, 2 coastal units stationed at battalion 8 and battalion 7 along the coast. one rescue squad [inaudible] when we get on scene to your question supervisor campos, we do work with the ggnra and have some of our radios so they know we are out there and do a excellent job and work with the coast guards to help spot the victims if they float away. [inaudible] surf rescue. rescue boat 1 and water craft 1 and 2. they have rapid response and maneuverability to get around rocks and assist with all ocean bay operations and events. a victim requires 6 rescue swimmers. [inaudible] two of the primary team go in and intercept team stays on the beach if the victim is floating too far and try to intercept where the victim is going and the nob [inaudible] there for members in the water if they get in trouble so they have rescuers ready to go. as mentioned the two rescue swimmers and intercept team on the slide. we also send our chief coordinateed by a chief officer. that is a older chief, he is retired now. the structure is a command system used to manage t

. >> reporter: as the sun rises in virginia, officers of the 249th engineer battalion play a friendly game of football frisbee. among them, 28-year-old captain simratpal singh, the first sikh american soldier in 35 years to receive permission to wear his religious turbin and beard while on active duty. >> ever since i was a kid, i have had a fascination with being a soldier. >> reporter: in the 1980s, president reagan passed an executive order calling for all troops to look uniform, which meant no facial hair and no religious headwear. to captain singh, his b his faith, but in 2006 on his first day as a cadet at west point he was forced to shave his beard and remove his turbin, something he had never done perfect. >> i remember one of the hardest things to do was look in the mirror the next day and have that self-image of yourself just shattered completely of what a good sikh is supposed to be. >> reporter: did it look like yourself? >> it was hard to adjust, you know. >> reporter: last february after a decade of service which includes being awarded a bronze star for valor, singh deci

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washington battalion and then he two of them merged and they became the lincoln-washington battalion. it had the name of some canadian patriots but actually it was all american patriots. but the veterans of all of these things began calling themselves veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade because it was simpler and that is how people have referred to them ever since. so, when we speak of these americans who went to spain, including del berg who is the last known survivor of the group, they were the last articipants. brian: when did you start your research on this book? adam: i started being interested in the subject many years ago. one of my first jobs was as a daily newspaper reporter at the "san francisco chronicle." as it happened, two other reporters of the newspaper were veterans of the abraham lincoln brigade and when things were slow, i would ask them about their experience and i got fascinated. over the next couple of decades, i met other lincoln veterans and was actually good friends with two more for many years in the san francisco bay area. have been fascinated by their

battalion 6 was temporary battalion chief hayes did a excellent job and notified of emergency message. the floor burnt between the third and top floor. it is a good thing to let all units know that. we do that numerous times to keep the members safe. truck 11 did a great job laddering the roof. they put a 5 ofoot ladder in a tight area. [inaudible] fire fighters did a great job avoiding obstacles. division 3 requested second alarm because of the number of floors involved and hose lines. kept extensive damage [inaudible] the patio rooms were totled and there were fire extension to the kitchen areas. fire extended on all 3 floors and there were two minor fire fighter injuries. post operations went well. both fires use of the i pad provides the support specialist for tool for safety and accountability on the fire ground. pier 35 bay rescue. worked with sfpd. the 5150 subject was removed. april 12 worked with dme during national telecommunicator week. visited the dispatch center and attended the [inaudible] april 12, golden gate bridge joined with national park and u.s. coast guard and br

second in command i have finals tomorrow but decided so far microfilm and any battalion and before a before i invade to support them i wanted all cadets to have the same opportunity as me. >> i good don't washington high school i'm a company commander class of approximately 20 kids and someone in the company is made of to push to the call of the chair to grow physically and mentally and in within the jotc in the program physical fitsness and health and nutrition and have a team that is mostly dedicated for the physical fitness so i'm in support of this solution and thank you. >> thank you . >> (clapping.) >> hello my name is jeff i'm in the program a cadet and in the upper class that is approximately thirty kids and all freshmen which is hard to control but i'm actually here before you guys to ask to accept the resolution for the cadet program and that's it thank you. >> thank you thank you for the students that stayed so late. >> good evening board and audience i'm here today to ask you not to include the lifting of the district wide fund band for the jotc within the resolution the

officers of the 249th engineer battalion play friendly football frisb frisbee.old captain, the first sikh american soldier in 35 years, to receive permission to wear his religious turban and beard while on active duty. >> ever since i was a kid i had fascination with being a soldier. in the 80s. president reagan passed executive order calling for all troops to look uniform. which meant no facial hair. no religious head wear the to captain singh his beard and turban are sacred articles of his faith. in 2006 on his first day as cadet at west point he was forced to shave his beard and remove his turban. something he had never done before. >> i remember, one of the hardest things to do was look in the mirror the next day and, have that, have that self-image of yourself just shattered completely. of what a good sikh is suppose to be. >> reporter: did it look like yourself? >> hard to adjust. >> reporter: last february after a decade of service included being awarded a bronze star for valor for diffusing ieds in afghanistan, singh decided to stand up for his beliefs.

we started to include african-americans in some of those battalions. one of the things that the army air force did was recognize that we needed more pilots. we needed people to protect fighters. a group of african-american pilots that became known as the tuskeegee airmen. really couple of good movies about them area --. the tuskegee airmen flew thousands of missions between may 1943 and 1945. 66 tuskegee airmen died in combat. certainly the tuskegee airmen were not the only african-american men to serve valiantly during the war. it is the one that most of us have heard of. african-american men continue to serve in every branch of the military. by the way, every branch of the military was segregated until 1948, when harry truman decided that was not appropriate. they served in segregated military units. they fought and died for democracy. yes? 1948. they went off to war and they fought and died for democracy. a man named a philip randolph, the initial a philip randolph, a philip randolph was extremely he said to african-american men, fight for freedom.

german soldiers discussing a heavy artillery barrage that would have wiped out the whole american battalion. with this critical information, he swam back across the river and reported his findings, enabling the american troops to take cover before the attack began. because of his actions, he saved 1,000 american lives. for all his efforts, he was awardeds coulds of medals, include -- he was awarded dozen -- awarded dozens of medals, including two french military medals, and the american medal of honor. these are the highest honors that both countries can bestow. at the end of the first world war, mr. van iersel moved to the city of sierra madre,cal, in -- california, in my district. he became a citizen, got married, and started a family. but then world war ii broke out. and mr. van iersel knew he could not sit idly by. he and his three sons all reported to the army to enlist and to serve their country. but mr. van iersel was turned away because the army told him he was too old to serve. well, he would not let this stop him. undeterred, mr. van iersel talked his way into the marine corps. he

courageous trouble using -- and true blazing honoree, the native american code talkers, the 100 infantry battalionnese american 442nd regimental combat team, the tuskegee airmen. imagine they were out fighting for freedom, you were out fighting for freedom, while being deprived of it in many cases at home. again, you are making america more american. [applause] it is our privilege to add the 65th regiment to the veterans of the 65th infantry regiment with us today, and your families, who shared your sacrifice and contribution to america, to all those around the country -- thank you. thank you for your service, your leadership, your courage. thank you for your honor and your fidelity. thank you for defending freedom and enriching our great democracy. thank you for blessing america with your service. god bless you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable harry reid. [applause] sen. reid: on may 19, i was given a unique honor. but it was 1996. i represented the u.s. senate with the dedication of the moment -- the monument of remembrance. i will never forget that day. i was a fairly new sena

before that happen, your father was conscripted into one of the hungarian labor battalions. tell us about that. ms. grosz: the worst thing was that the first thing and the worst thing was that they took forced labor all the young men from about 18 till 45 or so. they took all the men who were the heart of the people. and remained there the children and the own people -- the old people, the young people. and they took them to live, country.bor, in the and also, i think in other parts of hungary. and they worked, they worked so hard. them.ey tortured i don't know, i still don't have the answer for that. us,hey wanted to kill because we were the enemy, the jewish people, why did they have to torture us before that? why did they do that before the killings? you know, one example who did not happen -- but to my husband. it was two jewish people there who were forced laborers. and a hungarian soldier who was the guard said, you say that you are stinky jew. and they said, the man said, why should i say that? and he said, because i told you so. so, if you don't say that that you are