george haskins lived a long life. ly, in 1969, he was in his home, retired, in pasadena, california. and he watched this man, who before n in 1890's -- flight happened -- was a world pilot -- watched a man the moon, neil armstrong, who had been through the program he created here at purdue. >> i'm going to step off the aircraft. >> that is one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> some people, like billy mitchell, and george haskins, realize the importance that air travel is going to play. airfare, but in transportation in this country. -- 4, a purdue graduate frederick martin -- was the most experienced pilot in the army air force. she headed up a group -- he headed up a group of four planes. the plan was to fly around the world. they were going to stop every night. they would fly so far, and they were stopped. go through ble to land areas, over oceans, and to various points. it ended up taking them over 140 days to do this. the whole trip was planned and organized by frederick martin. was lost in a he h

finally the two officers pulled me through. >> haskins was not a target. none of those officers were the target. they was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. and they caught the wrath. >> i reached around back like this and i felt something on my something wet on my back. when i brought it back around it was blood. come to find out i got stabbed in my back at the tug-of-war at the door. it was so deep at the time i didn't even notice it. >> brown received an additional two years in disciplinary detention for the assault on sergeant haskins. >> billy brown some day he's probably going to have to earn the opportunity to get out of that unit. however, my question to him would be, what have you learned? is it still everybody else's fault? are you still the victim or are you the one, due to your own behavior, that caused you to be there. >> it's not a big thing to be asked to be treated like a human. if you show me respect, i give you respect. if you disrespect me or what i believe in, then we'll take it to the next level. >> the thing about this shu uni

they were just beating me on top of the head with a sock full of batteries. >> and this officer haskins was just one of the officers that was there, and he was one who probably got hurt the worst. >> my two officers tried to pull me back through. the three of them were on the backside and they were trying to pull me back out. a tug-of-war began. these guys would still be beating me on top the head, but finally the two officers pulled me through. >> haskins was not a target. none of those officers was a target. they was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. and they caught the rap. >> i reached around back like this and i felt something on my -- something wet on my back, when i brought it back around, it was blood. come to find out, i had gotten stabbed in the back at the tug-of-war at the door. so beat up at the time i didn't even notice it. >> brown received an additional two years in disciplinary detention for the assault on sergeant haskins. >> someday he'll probably have to earn the opportunity to get out of that unit. however, my question to him would be, what have you learned

george haskins lived a long life. july in 1969 he was in his home, retired in pasadena, california, and he watched this man, who was born in the 1890s before flight happened who was a world war i pilot, watched a man walk on the moon, neil armstrong, who had been through the program he created here at purdue. >> i'm going to step off the landing. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> some people, like willie mitchell -- billy mitchell and george haskins, realized the importance that air travel was going to play not only in warfare, but in transportation in the country. as we go on, you know, it just continues and continues with purdue graduates. by 1924 a purdue graduate, frederick martin from indiana, was the most experienced pilot in the army air force. he headed up a group of four planes. the plan was to fly around the world. this is three years before lindbergh. they were going to stop every night. they'd fly so far, and they'd stop. they were able to go through land areas as the aleutians

george haskins lived a long life. in july of 1969 he was retired in pasadena, california, and he watched this man born in the 1890's, before flight, who was a world war i pilot, watched a man walk on the moon. neil armstrong, who had been through the program he created at purdue. >> i am going to step off the lander. that is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. >> some people like billy mitchell and george haskins airized the importance that travel was going to play not only in warfare, but in transportation in this country. as we go on it continues with , purdue graduates. by 1924, a purdue graduate named frederick martin, from indiana, was the most experienced pilot in the army air force. he headed up a group of four planes. the plan was to fly around the world. this was three years before lindbergh. they were going to stop every night. they would fly so far, and they would stop. they were able to go through land areas like the aleutians. over to various points. it ended up taking them over 150 days

we can talk about a man named george haskins, a world war i pilot.e continued in the air force after world war i. he was stationed in dayton. in 1919 he flew an airplane on the purdue campus. landed it right here at purdue. he came with a petition. the board of trustees was meeting. it was jim. he said i want you to to start an aeronautical program at purdue. an aeronautical engineer program. within a couple of years they , started an aeronautical engineering program as part of mechanical engineering. mechanical engineering has been the root of many different fields of engineering. it was one of the first in the country. it was one of a handful of aeronautical engineering programs. george haskins eventually left the air force, came to purdue, and headed up the program. it had a new person every year. it was not doing well. all of the records say that he worked day and night to build that program into one of the greatest in the country. when world war ii started he was taken back into the military. he never returned to purdue. but he had built somethi

. >> william haskins says he's serving a 42-year sentence for multiple armed robberies. >> everybody is in on the suffering and the misery of those devastating numbers of african american men and women that are coming to prison. everybody got their hand out and they're making money. >> he was 19 when he was first locked up. he hopes to make parole this year. how many jails have you been to in the last 28 years? >> oh my god, there's ah... every one except cumberland. >> every one in the state? >> yeah, except cumberland. but then they... my goodness. i always got my mind set on that one thing. going home. >> going home? >> yeah, going home. >> there's so much damage built up , that it'll take generations to heal what's happened. i mean, this is a war, so you're going to have casualties. and the casualties are not bodies on the street, though there are those. it's what's happening to like the children. you know the damage that we do to these kids is profound. >> the streets fathered me. my mother couldn't raise me to be no man. the streets taught me that. and the way the streets taugh

cheryl casone recently sat down with dan pressure and suzanne haskins.e coauthors of the titernational guide to retiringe overseas on a budget. >> this is it. talk to me first about the decision to by a retirement home overseas. faint ofot for the heart, correct? >> well it is not. you have to be kind of committed to wanting to go overseas but there is also nothing to fear ie you do your homework. gerri: what does that homework mean, dan? >> it could be intimidating. if you've been to another country you like, for instance, panama, that is a good thing but what about those who can't afford to retire at a beach in the mountains in the unitedac states and want to go overseas, what would you tell them? what is the first place they should start to research? t >> the first thing they should do is spend as much time on thed ground in the place they think they want to be as they possibly can before they make a buying decision. big difference between being a tourist in a spot and being on vacation there and residentas there during the low season. spend as much t

. >> people like billy mitchell thegeorge haskins realized role that air travel would play in warfare and travel. as we go on a continues with purdue graduates. by 1924 a purdue graduate named frederick martin from indiana was the most experienced pilot in the air force. he headed up a group of four planes to fly around the world. they were going to stop every night. they would fly and stop. they went through land areas like the aleutians. .t took them over 150 days the whole trip was planned and organized by frederick martin. unfortunately, he was lost in a blizzard in alaska and didn't finish the trip. lost hishe thought he place in aviation history. december 7, 1941 guess who was in charge of all of the air corps in hawaii? frederick martin. frederick martin and his counterpart in the navy had written a report predicting the japanese attack on pearl harbor to the letter. exactly what, what time, what day of the week it would occur. some of the most exciting things happened in aviation and purdue right before the war and right after. in 1937 a man came here from delaware. he wanted