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for as president isenhour -- eisenhower has stated okinawa is now regarded as a major defense bastionmerican's keystone of the pacific. >> the big picture is an official report for the armed forces and the american people. produced by the army pictorial center. presented by the department of the army, in cooperation with this station. >> u.s. military and combat experiences ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us for this panel discussion this morning as we get ready to speak to some of our most treasured american heroes, our veterans of world war ii, and we thank them for joining us. my name is mike hydeck. i am proud to be here. our goal is to hopefully share some of their most personal stories from our greatest generation, the