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the camp in western thailand and came to escape the oppressive military government in mian-mar or bermas known there and it is between ethnic arnes and government soldiers. >> translator: my husband die and children and i could not survive there and they didn't pay us, telling us they didn't have money, so many people died there. >> reporter: since then the number of people living in the camps along the border has grown around to 120,000 and ironically living in a country with a military government following thailand's coup just over two months ago. in resent weeks soldiers tightened security at the camps following announcement they plan to start sending people back. most refugees along this stretch of the border come from just over the mountains there in the korin state and the national union fought for independence or autonomy for more than 60 years and recently signed a cease fire deal with the government but sporadic fighting continues. negotiations are underway for a nationwide cease fire and talks are being held with most rebel armies including the north where fighting has been pa
the camp in western thailand and came to escape the oppressive military government in mian-mar or bermas known there and it is between ethnic arnes and government soldiers. >> translator: my husband die and children and i could not survive there and they didn't pay us, telling us they didn't have money, so many people died there. >> reporter: since then the number of people living in the camps along the border has grown around to 120,000 and ironically living in a country with a...
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Aug 14, 2014
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the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went through and so forth. would you be kind enough to describe that moment in time about the bail out and what went on? >> can you describe when you bailed out of your mitchell bomber after the raid on tokyo in china when you were at 8,500 feet. can you describe that? >> well, first i can tell you it was in my opinion the scariest time of the whole mission. you're 9,000 feet in the middle of a very active warm front and lots of lightning and rain and so forth. looking the down at the black hole in the bottom of the airplane wondering what you were going to do a
the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went...
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the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went through and so forth. would you be kind enough to describe that moment in time about the bail out and what went on? >> can you describe when you bailed out of your mitchell bomber after the raid on tokyo in china when you were at 8,500 feet. can you describe that? >> well, first i can tell you it was in my opinion the scariest time of the whole mission. you're 9,000 feet in the middle of a very active warm front and lots of lightning and rain and so forth. looking the down at the black hole in the bottom of the airplane wondering what you were going to do a
the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went...
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the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went through and so forth. would you be kind enough to describe that moment in time about the bail out and what went on? >> can you describe when you bailed out of your mitchell bomber after the raid on tokyo in china when you were at 8,500 feet. can you describe that? >> well, first i can tell you it was in my opinion the scariest time of the whole mission. you're 9,000 feet in the middle of a very active warm front and lots of lightning and rain and so forth. looking the down at the black hole in the bottom of the airplane wondering what you were going to do a
the only air drops that we ever did was own berma. the air commandos themselves did most of the air drops. >> colonel cole, i was a commando pilot in vietnam in the first commando squadron. the most memorable moment in my life was spending an hour with you over our favorite beverages in 2009 at the air commando reunion. one of the most significant things that i took from our conversation was how colonel doolittle determined when it was time to bail out and the procedures y'all went...