. >> reporter: in 1967 johnny ashe was a marine fighting in the jungles of vietnam while his older brothers in the army stationed at westpoint. in may they wrote to each other. >> i had said to him in the letter, you know, i got only a couple months left. how much time you got left? he said, well, i'll have 15 months left when you get back home. so i started thinking about it. >> reporter: he was thinking about protecting his brother from combat. given the military's desire to avoid deploying siblings to a war zone at the same time. >> i went to the first sergeant and said, look, i want to extend my tour in vietnam. i don't want my brother to have to do a tour. and he sat back in his chair and said, well, who is your brother? i said, arthur ashe, jr. >> in addition to being a young army officer, his brother was one of the top amateur tennis players in the world. >> in vietnam, they didn't shoot any bullets with your name on them. they were all sent, to whom it may concern. >> reporter: why were you better situated to handle that than ro >> i wasn't concerned about what happened to me. and

open on monday, in shthur ashe stadium, retired aptain johnnie ashe accepted a west point flag in hisw that they're up there somewhere. and the only thing arthur would say is, "not bad." >> reporter: not bad at all. james brown, cbs news, new york. >> glor: that's great. and that is the cbs evening news for tonight. i'm jeff glor. i'll see you tomorrow. extension to san jose. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm elizabeth cook. >>> now at 6:00 kpix5 news has learned of a major delay for the b.a.r.t. extension to san jose. >> we're learning an equipment problem is to blame. >> the delay affects phase one of the south bay extension that will connect three stations, warm springs, milpitas and berryessa. >> kpix5's devin fehely with late information he's just learned from the mayor. >> reporter: yeah. for people watching this project, the headline was eye catching and disturbing, yet another substantial delay to the beleaguered b.a.r.t. to san jose extension project, but even more disturbing was the revelation the brand-new rail system was apparently being built with used parts. kpix5 news