nor could that be married prior to joining the army nurse corp. women couldn't receive the pendent pay unless they proved their spouses were dependent upon them. if you had approval to get married you were not eligible for dependent pay. you had to prove your spouse or husband couldn't work or wasn't working for specific reasons. finally, most important for most female nurses single female nurses stayed in nurses quarters under the watchful eye of the chief nurse. she was charged to make sure the moral of the nurses was kept at a certain level. this was a nurse mother to make sure they weren't doing anything crazy or doing anything they shouldn't be engaging in. they had to live on base. they had to live at the hospital. women who were able to chose to live off base had to forfeit housing pay. if you didn't live on base housing you had to pay for it on your own. male officers could marry, they could have dependent children, they could receive dependent pay, and alliance for housing. they received a generous housing alliance. single men could stay

the marine corps was the last to adopt to the change. it was the last to step up and embrace the end of "don't ask, don't tell" when homosexuals were allowed to serve openly. you see the exact same argument being used in any change that represents a shift in the power structure. the same arguments were used to keep african-americans out of the monusco the same arguments to keep homosexuals out with the same exact ibis uses that women should be allowed to serve in ground combat roles in use. it wasn't until after it took a step and look at the entire institution of her history that a realize that seems to be the train the marine corps has been the most resistant to change throughout. >> host: a bit of irony. there is faxed it back that up but on the flipside of that the marine corps is pretty innovative and adapted when it comes a battlefield when it comes to mtv's assaults can use helicopters. >> guest: it's our mantra. >> host: you can rattle off a bunch of things but the cultural stuff, there's much more reluctance. >> guest: i think a

this is a fundamental flaw in the widmer way the marine corps. try topic they don't think anybody is hearing and seeing what they are saying and how they are operating. the marine corps was will say oh no we want to have more women join and if we have more women join we will think about integrating the camp are expanding the facility but you can't expand the facility and you can't have more women join until you do something with the facility. it's become the chicken or the egg scenario port lets you change one thing you will be able to influence the other side of the population. it doesn't expand by magic and there are 3500 available for women training every year. it's the size of the battalion. you are never going to have more than nine or 10% women in the marine corps but that's just the reality. >> we talked a minute ago on a personal line. the idea that there's this culture that has maybe had subpar span -- standards for very long time. some of the drill instructors and officers had come up in a culture and were raised in a culture. i want to

we love the marine corps. people who look at change agents and say we need to change things a lot of times perceived that is negative or bad but the problem is if the final woman looking for opportunities talent goes where talent is appreciated. women are not stupid we will go where we think will make the biggest impact and probably not in the service that doesn't welcome them into the fold. i wrestle with that everyday i i want them to join absolutely. but it's unfortunate that is where we are. >> to play devils advocate why is it important to have strong capable women in the marine corps? >> not even just strong capable women but it diversity of thought the group of people that are trained to think like the enemy before we go to war so there are not errors but we don't share that same mindset of other facets it is unfortunate we don't see change as a positive thing or just see it as good things for the service. >> i have heard that a few times. you co-author this with an army veteran as a shout out had a car

we love the marine corps. people who say we need to change for the marine corps overtimes are seen as negative and bad, but the problem is if i am a woman looking for opportunities to its public we are stupid. we are going to go where we think we make the biggest impact and it's not going to be in a service that doesn't welcome that so i wrestled with that everyday do i want women to join him absolutely but it's unfortunate that this is kind of where we are. >> host: to play the devil's devils advocate, why is it important to have been in the marine corps? >> guest: it's not even just a strong capable women it's the diversity. red cells are the group of or the group of people trained to think like the enemy so they can shoot holes in operational plans before we go to war so when we go plan doesn't have errors that are going to cost lives. we don't share the same mindset and other facets of the military so it is unfortunate we don't see change as a positive thing for people who propose change should as good thi

army corps determined there appears to be some there there. let's proceed but also look at a bigger program, probably more suited in terms of scale. so we did those two things in parallel. just a couple months ago we were awarded a scarce new start appropriation, the first slug of money you get for one of these things which is typically a multi-year source of funding that indicates federal commitment. we are excited about that. they are extremely scarce. only six awarded nationwide last year, only two that were flood studies so we were one of two, the previous year there was zero. so we are feeling very fortunate about this. what does that mean? it's a four-step process, you have to get authorization from congress to ask for money for a study and you have to ask for money for the study and get authorized by congress to build something and ask for money to go build something. so a four-step process. we were lucky enough to tap into the first part from 1996 that covered the bay. moving on, step 2 is to actually conduct the study with the court.

the myth is they serve both the president and the press corps. it is often noted that the press secretary's office is midway between the oval office and the white house press briefing room. this is supposed to be indicative of the press secretary's neutrality. it ain't necessarily so. [laughter] john: press secretaries rarely mislead from the podium. current press secretary excepted. but reporters often have private conversations with the press secretaries, often with the understanding that whatever they say is on background, not attributable to him or her. i have had press secretaries try to mislead me, especially if they suspected i was messing -- i was sniffing around about a story that might harm the president. as a rule, press secretaries try to be honest, but there are exceptions. i will let my fellow panelists fill you in on what it's like today. >> christi, you were with barack obama from the illinois statehouse and when he was in the u.s. senate, and i think they just said that when you were at the "chicago tribune," how cute, he is runn

the 66th engineers were proved from the corps of epping near sexoss transfered to a new tank corps. as director of an entirely new branch of united states army, well bjoern was charged with organizing, arming, quipping tank units, supervising all tank activities within the united states, including procurement of officers and enlisted men and establishing the maintenance of tank camps. by march 10th or 1th, ike was given the assignment to go to new york to make aremains to go to france within the next few weeks. i went to new york to see exactly what will be retired. i wanted no him in embar occasion or shipment. too much depended on me walking up that gang plank for me to take a risk on a slip anywhere. minorities might have thought me a worry world but i worked my head off. within two days, i was back at meade. when ike returned to camp, he discovered the situation had changed. now that the 675th engineers was in a new branch of service it received a new designation as the 30 is -- 301st tank battalion and enough much to his dismay, ike found himself no longer in command of company

the press corps followed suit.y wore loud shirts too and they formed a little group of which president truman referred to them as the one more club, because they were always hollering, "just one more." the house is very simple. if you go to europe, you go to palaces. if you go to -- when we were allowed to go -- to the big white house, it is formal and very presidential. the little white house reminds many of our visitors of their mom's house with their grandmother's house or perhaps a favorite aunt. it is very humbly furnished. it is a very subtle elegance about it. i think the number one thing is that people coming in just go, i could live here. this feels like my house. it really is the people's house in so many ways. it is not a palace by any means. they get it. ly human.man was truman he was one of us. it would have been out of keeping with his character had they had gilded furniture or something. it was just inconceivable to harry truman to ever have anything like that. [captions copyright national cable sate

marine corps entirely.egacy of those that we honor here today, their tenacity and their fighting spirit of those who came before. few places on this earth mean as much to u.s. marines, and few battles bond marines even today so tightly to our history as belleau wood. as you look over the beautiful countryside today, it's hard to imagine the death, the destruction, the violence that occurred in a 20-day period over a century ago. more than 2,000 marines and u.s. soldiers lie here. along with french and german, who gave their lives on these grounds. to our french allies, before the united states was ever formed, you were the first to come to our aid in our fight for independence. since then, our nations have shared a long and storied history as allies, and today, u.s. marines are committed to strengthening those bonds today. to the local communities that help keep the history of this battle alive and welcome us and host us here every year, my most sincere thanks. to our german allies today, more than a centur

marine corps, u.s.rmy, we have our navy medal of honor recipient buried just behind the camera here. so so many stories to tell. and we're just trying to find ways to make that connection with the visitor who has very limited time at these sites. >> how about the hilltop for the chateau thierry memorial? is that under your direction as well? >> we manage the battlefield of belleau wood, about 200 acres of the original site of belleau wood and then we usually call it the chateau thierry monument. it's actually is a french-american monument the way it commemorates, built and maintained by the actually the american battle monuments commission. if you take a detailed look at the villages, the names of the villages inscribed on the monument and also why it was built. it's commemorating the french and american soldiers who fought and died side by side in world war i. kind of an interesting way to show this franco-american history and in shared linkages back to 1918. >> you mentioned being on the belleau wood

i was born before world war ii and remember that when we went from a corps, the army air corps to theair force, i'm wondering whether you see any -- the situation was different then than we have today, but were there any considerations then that might be applicable today in making this decision or transition? >> thank you. right here behind you. >> thank you. sandra with space news. thanks all for having this panel today. i wanted to pick up on secretary's point about momentum and the air force presumably had some momentum going with some things they want to do in space. based on your experience, all of you, when you look at potentially a two-year process to reorganize dod or the air force, how likely is it to disrupt or slow down or potentially roll back some of the momentum in the air force, and how difficult will it be for them to stay focused on doing some of the things they are doing in space? >> thank you. one more here, in the sixth row, in the white shirt. >> i'm with talk media news. my question follows up on the first gentleman. the air force 70 years ago was a brilliant air

tank corps association. as you review the experience gained in the active service of your country, you can take added satisfaction that your fellow citizens understand and appreciate the importance of your contributions to the security of our nation. i wish you a successful and enjoyable reunion. general ofcommanding the second army had quartered fort meade, maryland, was a fitting surrogate to represent the 34th president. as a young officer, parks had tanknded company a's 333rd battalion and camp colt. , the pine was planted with soil from all 48 states and territories of alaska and hawaii. in most cases, the soil was taken from a significant historic site. texas sent earth from the alamo. -- first gave art from from the shallow met battlefield, where andrew jackson defeated the british. then, the national commander of the world war ii war tank association presented the bronze plaque. it bore a simple inscription, seen here. car.d states army tank this spot marks the site of camp of the united states army

was third corps commander major general dan sickles. idea of thean volatility that came from this political general, there is the marriageof sickles' close to the eve of the civil war. sorry about that. got me to a piano recital once and i thought it was funny that there was somebody sitting next to the pianist, just to turn the pages of the book, now that i am turning pages, i understand. it does not seem funny anymore, it seems important. anyway, while a united states congressman from new york, den sickles, found -- dan sickles, found his wife was having an attorneyth barton key, general of the district of columbia and son of francis scott key, author of the star-spangled banner. on 27 february 1859, sickles shot and killed key in the ensuing high-profile murder trial, sickles became the first dependent to successfully use the defense of temporary insanity to gain acquittal. a knownhimself was adulterer and regularly appeared in public with known prostitutes. four years later at the battle of gettysburg in 1863, the powerful democrat

if one agrees and look at the facts over decades, does news corp have a clear right wing agenda? that is obvious. do they sensationalize, racialize and divide? yes. does that compare to cnn, nbc, cbs, abc, "the new york times", "the washington post"? no, one is not like the other. they have a right to exist but we have a right to confront what they are doing to our country and not simply stand idly by because we fear -- >> staffers say that makes me feel unsafe leaving my building in midtown manhattan, is that a problem. >> not if you say rerespect all media and defend all media's rights but also have to berespe media and defend all media's rights but also have to be able to espect all media and defend all media's rights but also have to be able to say if it's affecting it in a way -- >> are you doing this because you want to run for president? >> my term goes to 2021. >> i think bernie sanders hit a vain. i wonder if you view this as a wedge issue. >> i've been talking about the corporate media since 1980. >> you have withbeen. >> let's go through examples. here is some of what

the lack of respect between men and women in the marine corps is legendary.n the squad bays -- male recruits in the squad base all the time -- if they are slower, they are told they are women, they are the p word. it becomes normal to say derogatory things about women. that is the dilemma women have in the marine corps when they graduate from boot camp. that is the culture they are brought into. announcer: watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. announcer: shell shock is a term coined during world war i to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the relentless and sometimes days long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure under the bonds -- bombs in the trenches. next on american history tv, historian rachel levin downstate -- rachel levin downstate -- rachel levandowski gives a talk about psychiatry and world war i shellshocked. a historian in the secretary of the defense historical office, ms. leave and dusty details -- she details the nature of shellshocked and the lessons learned and sometimes not l

"afterwards"ht on retired marine corps general on gender bias in the military. she is interviewed by military times read -- a military times reporter. that it not held to a high standard coming out of boot camp, how does that affect the rest of her career? that becausem is the marine corps does not want to change what happens at that foundational level and because everything is so segregated. those stereotypes persist any stereotypes, as i mentioned theier, they feed into perception that women can't because they are women. then they are not respected. the lack of respect is legendary. hear male workers who happen to be slower that they are women, that they should be sent battalion. he becomes normal to say derogatory things about women. that is the dilemma that women have when they graduate from boot camp. the culture that they are brought into. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> the c-span bus has arrived in hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capitals tour. we are visiting honolulu, with the help of our spectrum cable partners. >> we a

marine corps, entirely.ay we are performing our duty to uphold the legacy of those we honor here today. there tenacity and the fighting spirit of those who came before. few places on this earth mean as much to u.s. marines. few spots are held so tightly to our history, even today, as belleau wood. as you look across the countryside, it is hard to imagine the death and destruction and violence that occurred over a 20 day period, a century ago. more than 2000 marines and u.s. soldiers died here, along with french and german, who gave their lives on these grounds. to our french allies, before the united states was ever formed, you are the first to come to our aid in our fight for invitation -- for independence. today u.s. marines are committed to strengthening those bonds. to the local communities that helped keep the history of this battle alive and well, send hostess here, every year, my most sincere thanks. to our german allies today, more than a century ago, the battle lines were drawn. sides were taken. yo

the marine corps is the only service that separates men and women

then we send in the 7th corps during the korean war the chief of staff of the army. he will go in there and then leonard will command the fifth core. the fifth core will consist of the big rig one first infantry division, the second and the 29 29th infantry division. all of those will be part of the fifth corps landing in a place called omaha beach. all right? this is the landing beaches we just talked about and these are the ports they will be coming out of for the invasion. portland, portsmith, the entire area of the british coastline now is owned essentially by the military for this invasion. stock piles, large stock piles of equipment. i'm going to run through this quickly again. tons and tons of equipment stock piled for the invasion across the channel. the destiny, these are churchhill's words, the destiny is tied to an lst. the landing was supposed to take place in may. when eisenhower and then montgomery take a look at the plan and they expand it, they need more landing craft. they need more lscs. now they call up to the united states to see how many more the

and the lack of respect between men and women in the marine corps is legendary. it's the stuff ma male recruits hear in the squad base all the time. you hear male recruits who happen to be slower told that they're women that they're the p word that they should be sent to fourth battalion so it becomes normal to say derogatory things about women. so that's sort of the dip lemme ma -- dilema women have in the marine corps. >> if you missed any of todays program we'll show it again tonight at 8:00 eastern. and you can find it any time online at cspan's video library. thursday american history tv continues with a look at the life of martin luther king jr. we'll show a 50th anniversary commemoration from march. and friday the world war i centennial ceremony at a look at various aspects from the war from discussions at u.s. army heritage days. >> this weekend on american history tv during real america our weekly look at historical films. the 1943 war department film why we feet: divide and conquer explaining the causes of world war ii. real america saturday night at 10

the battle is iconic in marine corps history.here's no other world war i battlefield for the americans that is set up like a national park service battlefield in the united states. in 1955, felix dewelder dedicated this monument that he designed. it's the archetype of a marine. he's looking tough with his shirt off. there were two regiments of marines that fought in this area. the fifth and sixth marines. part of the second u.s. division, it was an army division. during that period they lost almost 10,000 wounded and killed. about 1800 of those marines were killed. >> edward lengel, takes through how the battle of belleau wood unfolded and its significance. >> the second division and one army brigade, one marine brigade, is moved up to the marne river at the beginning of june of 1918. even the marine brigade is commanded by an army general, general james harvard. the french commander in the region, general jean-marie degoode say as soon as the second division gets here we need to throw it into the attack in a place called belleau

in terms of the marine corps, i was not able to find the statistics for the marine corps in 2018 but in 2017, they were 184,000 strong. the marines, you are a department -- part of the department of the navy and the marines are an incredible partner with the navy. we are one naval force. are 200 84week, we active ships across the united states and worldwide. we have three current aircraft carriers deployed. we have three amphibious assault ships underweight and over 3700 aircraft operational with the marines having over 1300. i have a caveat -- this information is unclassified. you are all fine to hear this information. i am not giving you anything you could not find online. i went online in tension late to get this information. today, is oursay own personal opinion. we are not here to represent the navy or any political point of view. providing a point of view from our experience. in terms of what you might see in your own districts, when a ship deploys, a deploy with certain fleets. they are organized in an operational structure. when you see the military members in your districts,

if you're in the office accord. -- officer corps. he distinguishes himself at the tail end of one of these battles, stumbling upon a large contingent of turkish soldiers. he does not even have his pistol, but he has his swagger stick. he is with the british army after all. he waves the swagger stick and demands they surrender, and they do. [laughter] david: i think they know how this war is going to and. -- to end. he wins the british war crossed -- the british war cross for this and ships off to friends to join his brothers. the fourth brother is the youngest brother, who we are here to talk about today, quentin roosevelt. in 1917-1918, he is 20 years old. he is -- well, what is he like? he has been a celebrity for a very long time because the roosevelt boys were growing up in the white house when tr was president of the united states. quentin was just six-month-old when tr went to war in cuba. he is barely much more than it father when tr's presidency -- then a toddler when tr's presidency starts. he grows up in the public eye. he

women, and then they're not respected and the lack of respect between men and women in the marine corps, it's legendry. it's the stuff that male recruits hear all the time. you hear male recruits who happen to be slower told that they're women, that they're the "p" word. they should be sent to fourth battalion. so it becomes normal to say derogatory things about women, and so that's sort of the dilemma that women have in the marine corps, is that that is the culture that they're then brought into. >> watch afterwords, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> up next, on american history tv's "reel america," give yourself the green light, a 1954 general motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. the film begins by depicting traffic jams, unsafe roads, and city congestion, then documents the results of a nationwide gm contest seeking road system ideas. infrastructure advocacy such as this film helped result in the passage of the $25 billion federal aid highway

with a little caveat, and this is from the marine corps. when i was in the white house, i used this marine corps motto. it is not official for the president or the white house, but i think it is very apt. division has supplied three members of the administration, three marines, same division, which has a certain motto, no better friend, no worse enemy. that is the trump doctrine. with regards to pragmatism, i will end on an example. with regards to pragmatism, let's look at my field of interest specifically, which is counterterrorism. counterterrorism is a very good case study for how common sense has to be applied, and we have to reassess the approach strategically. at the moment, if you look at the raw data, think of these numbers. the intelligence community, all of it, spends about $6 billion on counterterrorism. that is 1/3 of its budget. what the trump doctrine says it that the right ratio? 1/3 of the danger to our nation today, emanating from terrorism, maybe 20 years ago, but not today. if you look at the budget for counterterrorism

the other thing you want to be aware of there are different constituencies in the press corps. the wire services and the networks are very upset when the president is not live on camera on the record. we in the journalists who step back a bit, you know, a lot of us think, well, if you're getting -- o i don't like the idea of the president off the record, but something that mike is talking about, you're getting the president's thinking, my thought was always you want to know as much about the president as you possibly can and so when the president does something you know the president's thinking, you can put it in context and you can say to yourself, that's the president i know or that's not the president i know to have some context. >> we have had some sense of -- ron, i do want to turn us to the current -- i want to tie some of these past practices to where we are now for a little bit of context for a moment and then go broad again. >> that's going to be hard to do. >> no, we can do it. i know you can do it. we're very adept at these things. so in the current moment we're in a

august 23, 1954, world war tank corps association. the plaque also included the organization's insignia, a british mark 5 tank encircled by a wreath. in his remarks, park said, quote, we are in the very heart of american military transitidi. i can think of no more appropriate spot in america to plant this pine tree which will commemorate the birthplace of this tank corps and will be a testimonial for the former commander president eisenhower, unquote. parks also mentioned the living memorial was located on the site of the camp headquarters. in reality the headquarters was located about a block closer to town and on the other side of the emmitsburg road. eisenhower's inauguration was on january 20th, not january 22nd. the reunion came to a close that night with a banquet at hotel gettysburg and they all went home. but how did the camp come to be located on the revered gettysburg battlefield in the first place? on april 6, 1917, congress declared war on imperial germany. emblazoned across the front page were the words, state of war decl

combat areas to safety and temporary refugee centers. [ music ]doctors and nurses from the medial corpe to the aid of civilian wounded in the city. military and civilian ambulances speeded the evacuation of the seriously wounded. among the real heroes of the day were the firefighting squads. throughout the city, the viet cong set fire to heavily populated areas to cover their retreat. each time, the squads had to be on hand immediately to put out the fires and to keep them from spreading. the firemen braved both the flames and enemy guns to perform their vital roles in the saving of saigon. [music] wherever the fighting was the heaviest, psychological warfare and civic action teams were on hand. the teams use their loudspeakers to tell the people the truth about the attacks and how they could best escape to safer areas. the teams use their loudspeakers continually to appeal to the enemy to lay down his arms and surrender. many viet cong responded to the call to surrender. in some areas, entire squads surrendered as a unit. these prisoners proved an excellent source of information. they

why don't you people in the white house press corps do the biggest story in washington? now, this was a couple years ago, and i said, what would that be? well, the reply was the same in each case. we all know that michelle obama is a man. now, how do you deal with that? i mean, i would say, well, where did you hear that? and the people said, in exactly the same way, i don't know, but i know it's true. now, that's what we're dealing with. >> where were you giving your speeches? >> all over the place. >> he was on the bar stool. >> yeah, i was getting my exercise. that's right. but the interesting thing that was the same question asked in the same way. so it's -- that's part of it, but the other thing is, i think, from one side to the other side, we have to have the same sort of suggestion. the politicians in the white house need to understand that we're not monolithic in the press corps. there are some good reporters and some bad reporters and they need to know us well enough to know the difference, and we need to understand that they're not monolithic either. that there

i then went on to h0 canadian corps at dury and saw general currie commanding the corps.ady in time, but everything had been got in except two long—range guns. the platforms were ready for them and they would be got in by tonight. last night was our most critical moment. if the germans had bombarded the canadian zone, we could not have retaliated last night. tonight the situation is quite different and we are ready! general sir nicholas cart e chief of the defence staff, reading the extra ct the defence staff, reading the extract from field marshal hague's diary. written on 7th the national youth choir of great britain is considered to be one of the best in the world and they are about to perform over there. it's a song popular with the united states military and public, during both world wars, it was a patriotic song, designed to galvanise american young men to inest —— enlist in the army. it is thought it was written in 1917, the year the united # johnnie, get your gun get your gun, get your gun # take it on the run on the run, on the run # hear them calling, you and me

. ♪ >> doctors and nurses of the medical corps came to the aid of the civilian wounded in the city.itary and civilian ambulances heeded the evacuation of the seriously wounded. among the real heroes of if day were the firefighting squad. throughout the city, the vietcong set fires to heavily populated areas to cover their retreat. each time, the fires had to be put out to keep them from spreading. the firemen braved the flames and the enemy guns to save saigon. ♪ >> wherever the fighting was the heaviest, civic action teams were on hand, using their loud speakers to tell the people the truth about the attack and how they could best escape to safer areas. the teams used their loud speakers to appeal to the enemy to lay down his arms and surrender. many vietcong responded to the calls to surrender. in some areas, entire squads surrendered as a unit. they proved an excellent source of information. they told of the lack of morale and fighting spirit in their ranks. some told how they had been forced to fight, but when their leaders had been killed, they willingly surrendered to the gove

when quentin joins the army air corps, there are like 35 qualified pilots in the whole u.s.armed forces. america does not make its own planes, really. he is trained on american-made planes. but they are really training planes. that is about all america has. franceentin is sent to -- i am not sure how the base is pronounced, almost at the geographic center france. paris andway between vichy. the jenny claims are abandoned -- planes are abandoned, and americans are flying newport 28's, which are french planes. the french don't want them anymore. planes,akes like 6000 more than anyone in the war. it is because you keep losing planes, you keep losing pilots. it is good to mention here that being a pilot in world war i is akin to being a japanese, coffee pilot in world war ii. injapanese kamikaze pilot world war ii. your average lifespan for a rookie pilot is 11 days. the casualty rates are like, 80% of pilots. on differentil, lines,- the front british casualty rates of pilots is 105%. how does that happen? you keep sending in more guys, and they get killed. it is a very dangerou

took a tour at our naval air station in kingsville where we train over half of our naval and marine corps pilots. and there i saw firsthand look i had a firsthand look at the wind turbines. they are 500 feet tall. some as tall as 2 football fields in height. huge blades and in a cluster, we find that they

jack's dad and mom and when the marine corps brought the body back, at light in state in their dining room and we had awakened the service. we stood guard. we tried, talked about the good times and bad times. he felt sorry for ourselves. but jack felt a calling for the country. he did a great service for the country and i'm proud to i have been his friend . i tried to do what i could never in the category of what don mccain or jack cox. for a lot of people my age didn't do as much as they could have or might have done and from time to time i had . second thoughts about it too because the vietnam war was so. i have friends that had to dress in blue jeans and khakis when they got off the troop train from wherever they were to atlanta because you would get accosted on the street in their uniform during that era and in the day we go to the airport and have troops that would fly back and they get a standing ovation and people would give up their seats to let them sit there. it wasn't like that in the 60s and 70s. >> .. fact 58,000 of them did give their lives for all of us. we were making

the lack of respect between men and women in the marine corps is that legendary. male recruits who happen to be slower told that they are women, that they should be sent to fort battalion. it becomes normal to say derogatory things about women. sort oft of -- that is the dilemma women have in the marine corps when they graduate from boot camp. that is the culture they are brought into. atwatch afterwards tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. book tv. 2's >> america's 33rd president escapes life in washington, d.c. by visiting what he calls the little white house in key west, florida. next we take you there as we hear the stories of how president truman spends his time at this historic retreat. ♪ ♪

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