brian: who is jack lawrence? mark: jack lawrence was a correspondent for cbs news who did a lot of front-line reporting in vietnam. brian: he interviewed a lieutenant colonel ernest, at the time was he a captain? mark: he was a lieutenant colonel. brian: did he become a general? mark: yes. he went on to become one of the most famous of the marine generals in modern times. largely because of the reputation he made as a officer in vietnam. brian: where did you talk to him? mark: i spoke to him on the phone, shortly before he died. i made plans to go down and interview him in virginia and he passed away before the date arrived. fortunately, the general had given extensive oral histories to the marine corps museum in quantico. so i was able to hear him talk about his experiences in hue and in vietnam without getting a chance to interview him myself. brian: in 1968, here's former cbs correspondent jack lawrence talking to a lieutenant colonel. >> what kind of fighting is it going to be? >> house to house and room to r

. >> jack lawrence. >> yeah, jack lawrence. in fact, i still carry on an email with jack lawrence. and he came back, he wrote the book "cat from hue." and he came back to be interviewed by brian whatever his name was about his book. so i had dinner with him that night. i came up to d.c. and had dinner with him. but that's the only one i really had any direct association with. now, several newsmen, i don't remember who they were, helped -- maybe it was with your company, myron, that helped evacuate some of the wounded and i went up to d.c., the 8th and 9th marine corps parade where these gentleman, i think two of them. >> three. >> so, myron, do you remember -- i mean, you were -- obviously, john -- do you remember john in the middle of this? >> well, regrettably, i don't remember john. for whatever the reason, john didn't come over and introduce himself to me. [laughter] >> i'm a very formal type. so i was waiting for that introduction. but i've got really strong memories of a number of journalists that were with me. the three that colonel thompson just mentioned where david greena

. >> jack lawrence. >> yeah, jack lawrence. in fact, i still carry on an e-mail with jack lawrence.e came back, he wrote the book "cat from hue." and he came back to be interviewed by brian whatever his name was about his book. so i had dinner with him that night. i came up to d.c. and had dinner with him. but that's the only one i really had any direct association with. now, several newsmen, i don't remember who they were, helped -- maybe it was with your company, myron, that helped evacuate some of the wounded and i went up to d.c. 8th and 9th marine corps parade where these gentleman, i think two of them. >> three. >> were awarded a bronze star. >> so, myron, do you remember -- i mean, you were -- obviously, john -- do you remember john in the middle of this? >> well, regrettably, i don't remember john. for whatever the reason, john didn't come over and introduce himself to me. i'm a very formal type. so i was waiting for that introduction. but i've got really strong memories of a number of journalists that were with me. the three that colonel thompson just mentioned where david

.> let's go to oregon next jack, you are on with jack lawrence. jack: good morning, mr. lawrence period and delighted to see you just did -- good morning, mr. lawrence. i am delighted to see you just and one of the big issues i worked on was the amendment of the freedom of information act. the freedom of information act of that period changed government significantly. it was one of the great disclosure things. nowadays, we hear hardly anything at all of the freedom of information act, and the most aggressive users appear to be watchers, which is a right wing, radical option. >> jet, what were you doing in washington, d.c. at the time? : i was a spokesperson and my job was to work on the freedom of information act. from the barack your see, you can see the attention -- from the bureaucracy, you can see the attention drawn to the papers of the federal government. one of the great deficiencies that they did not act on at that make congress not themselves subject to the freedom of information act. that is old history, but it is still intense and everything that is going on to

. >> jack lawrence. >> yes. i still carry any no -- email with jack lawrence. and he came book interviewed by brian whatever his name was about his book. i had dinner with him that night. i came up to d.c. and had dinner with him. that is the only one i really .ad any direct association with several newsmen, i do not remember who they were. maybe it was with your company, evacuate somelp of the wounded. 90 marinedca fanned theseparade where gentlemen, i think two of them, where awarded a bronze star. remember john?u >> i do not remember him. he did not come over and introduce himself. i am a very formal type. i was waiting for the introduction. but i have strong memories of a number of journalists who were with me. the three that colonel thompson mentioned were david greenway, charles moore, i believe and out live. they demonstrated their bravery by helping evacuate people and getting hit while doing it. what impressed me about those three were they stayed with us. they did not come out on it he low and take a couple of pictures and run back. they stayed with u

.> let's go to oregon next jack, you are on with jack lawrence. jack: good morning, mr. lawrence period and delighted to see you just did -- good morning, mr. lawrence. i am delighted to see you just and one of the big issues i worked on was the amendment of the freedom of information act. the freedom of information act of that period changed government significantly. it was one of the great disclosure things. nowadays, we hear hardly anything at all of the freedom of information act, and the most aggressive users appear to be watchers, which is a right wing, radical option. >> jet, what were you doing in washington, d.c. at the time? : i was a spokesperson and my job was to work on the freedom of information act. from the barack your see, you can see the attention -- from the bureaucracy, you can see the attention drawn to the papers of the federal government. one of the great deficiencies that they did not act on at that make congress not themselves subject to the freedom of information act. that is old history, but it is still intense and everything that is going on to

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tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get. >> my name is angela wilson and i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i

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