in collaboration with joe galloway and i'm sure most of you have heard, others know him personally, but he got busy selling his own book and then making a movie, that he had to drop out of working as we had planned and he just became an adviser to me, and was very helpful in helping me to negotiate some of the pit falls that come from writers. i should point out early on, that i am a slow learner. i justifyished this book about two years ago, which meant that from 1992 to 2007. of course, along the way i had several unique challenges. some more unique than others. and i think don knows what i'm talking about in some respects. this book is about my almost 40 years as a soldier. plus four follow-on jobs post-army. i entered a segregated army in 1943. december. when i joined the army air corps enlisted reserves, still a senior at lauren marion high school, suburban philadelphia. my joining was the result of a former graduate coming back and talking to an assembly of students about joining the army air corps and wearing your silver and gold bars, that speaker was hep arnold, who graduated f

[laughter] negative turned to my good friend, joe galloway and said i need help. he gave me a reviewer and we got it down to this. i am happy to say i will be talking with a publisher about doing stuff he promised he would consider depending how book this nixon and how well this book went to publishing this on a restricted number that i could give to friends, libraries and folks like that. we have not discussed that yet the we are working on it. the other problem i had, the title was too long. as you may have read the title of this one "autobiography of by the grace of god, only in america the autobiography of lieutenant general julius becton, jr., obviously that is a mouthful. to make a long story short, in a mashaal that is my story. thank you for being here, thank you for inviting me and i am prepared to respond to questions. but already been told where the first question is coming from. do you have a microphone? [applause] >> [inaudible] before i ask my question i want to congratulate on your inspiring career. i hope many people will follow your example. my qu