. >> a little lance corporal in the middle of it. >> tell me about what doc martin did?he raced in there with very little cover and said to hell with it. ran out to marines to stop the bleeding as best i could. >> oliver: lance corporal died six six days later in the hospital. operation starlight ended the same day. 44 other marines made the ultimate sacrifices but the enemy was far more bloody, 600 vietcong were also dead. >> i walked out and saw the blood and got sick. commander came. he said are you okay. he said today you are a marine. >> oliver: more on the road to the war in vietnam as war stories continues. [ barking ] i'm your dog, holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] dollar for dollar, nobody protects you from

haven't seen you in a while. >> reporter: one of faye's most memorable subjects is 22-year-old lance corporalho proudly displays a purple heart on his fake eye. carpenter took a direct hit from a grenade in afghanistan. the impact nearly blew off his jaw and he's had more than 30 surgeries. this was carpenter's second time posing for faye. >> people need to actually see and not just hear, you know, what's going on, how guys are coming back, what type of wounds, what type of scars, what type of stories they're coming back with. and mike has an amazing ability to paint that picture, sketch that sketch. >> reporter: and to put a face on the nation's war. >> you've got to sign it. >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, maryland. >> indeed he does. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on chinese dissident chen guangcheng. we'll also hear from robert gibbs, senior adviser to the obama re-election campaign. rocker ted nugent speaks out. about his meeting with the secret service following his controversial remarks about president obama. and actress sissy spacek stops by th

and just a quick little note for you, marine lance corporal perez is back state side. his legs and is now undergoing physical therapy. we are minutes away from "the situation room" with wolf blitzer coming up at the top of the hour as always. this is the first time i've seen you since i is the first time in you since the testy exchange with donald trump. have you talked to him since? >> no. >> i've been speaking with him for 20 years plus. he's been on my show 20 years plus, he is obviously a very talented guy, and intelligent guy on this particular i think he's wrong whether or not the state of hawaii has authenticated the birth certificate or the live birth certificate that they did a year ago for april 2011 and even earlier with then republican governor of hawaii authenticated it. now the governor has officials responsible for the birth certificates says it's the real deal and not a forgery or a fake or anything like that. i'm convinced as is mitt romney, and karl rove and other presidential candidates that the president of the united states was, in fact, born in ho

this is a hard story to tell. >> reporter: one of fay's most memorable subjects is 22-year- old lance corporal carpenter, who proudly displays a purple heart on his fake eye. carpenter took a direct hit from a grenade in afghanistan. the impact nearly blew off his jaw, and he's had more than 30 surgeries. this was carpenter's second time posing for fay. >> people need to actually see and not just hear, you know, what's going on, how guys are coming back, what type of wounds, what type of scars, what type of stories they're coming back with. and mike has an amazing ability to take that picture and sketch that sketch. >> reporter: and to put a face on the nation's wars. chip reid, cbs news, bethesda, >> >> >> good evening i am alan martin >> and a new king. a developing story out of vallejo at this hour. police say a jury store owner took matters into his own hands when the gunman barged in. gunfire erupts and one person is dead. robert lyles is there with what happened. >> what happened in the tiny to restore behind me can be described in two words. bold and brazen. a takeover style robbery on

this is a hard story to tell. >> reporter: one of fay's most memorable subjects is 22-year-old lance corporalle carpenter, who proudly displays a purple heart on his fake eye. carpenter took a direct hit from a grenade in afghanistan. the impact nearly blew off his jaw, and he's had more than 30 surgeries. this was carpenter's second time posing for fay. >> people need to actually see and not just hear,un, what's going on, how guys are coming back, what type of wounds, what type of scars, what type of stories they're coming back with. and mike has an amazing ability to take that picture and sketch that sketch. >> reporter: and to put a face on the nation's wars. chip reid, cbs news, bethesda, maryland. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned >>> harry thomas jr. was sentenced today for using his office to steal more than $350,000. that cash was suppose to go to youth programs in the district. and bruce johnson explains for us that both thomas and his mother delivered moving speech

. >> a little lance corporal in the middle of it. >> tell me about what doc martin did?he raced in there with very little cover and said to hell with it. ran out to marines to stop the bleeding as best i could. >> oliver: lance corporal died six six days later in the hospital. operation starlight ended the same day. 44 other marines made the ultimate sacrifices but the enemy was far more bloody, 600 vietcong were also dead. >> i walked out and saw the blood and got sick. commander came. he said are you okay. he said today you are a marine. >> oliver: more on the road to the war in vietnam as war stories continues. [ barking ] i'm your dog, holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] dollar for dollar, nobody protects you from

lance corporal shaun adams says she one of the lucky ones. he lost both legs. he got a down home welcome home friday. >> i went to afghanistan, i fought for myself, my family, and my country and now i'm fighting for my life. >> training ground for these troops is in texas, headed to afghanistan in the fall. >> you'll never be able to train perfectly. anything can happen. the more you train, the more prepared you will be. >> an american flag placed on every grave. this country's greatest generation honoring the fallen at war memorials across the nation's capital. >> we have to love our warriors. >> many laying a flower or a flag along this wall marking 50 years since the vietnam war. >> if we're not living life to the fullest, then that man that sacrificed his life is going to be ticked off up there. because he didn't lay down his life so we don't live our dreams. >> a traditional way to pay tribute and say thanks, observing one minute of silence at 3:00 p.m. local time on memorial day this monday. in new york, kelly wright, fox news. >>> a medal winning bobsled

. >>> dan ville gave lance corporal jordan torrance with a parade with harleys and fancy cars. and appreciative friends and neighbors. >>> jordan welcome home. my son just got back >>> at times emotions overflowed. >>> the town's response was a surprise his father said because of a surprise the only way to give jordan in vols. >>> he does not like the limelight we had to have this surprise you would never go for it >>> a bittersweet return. in november many of these folks came out to honored joshua corral when his body brought home for burial after he was killed in action in afghanistan. carell was a 2010 graduate of san ramon valley high school. he and other graduates join the marines after school. >>> when we lost one of our own, a very close friend of jordan's, it brought it more scary and closer to home the pride goes beyond belief. >>> he appeared to be taking his welcome home in stride. he says his deployment he was just doing his job. >>> thank you. >>> don knapp cbs 5. >>> no boys allowed, it is an academic test getting a passing grade among students will tell you how i

lance corporal philip bushong was stabbed to death in the barracks last month.rosecutors said jed that he was -- yesterday that he was stabbed by michael poth after poth saw him hug a gay friend. poth then yelled a homophobic slur and the two men began fighting and that led to the stabbing. poth remains if jail awaiting trial. >>> the d.c. city council voted to exempt its employees from background checks on criminal and credit history. the "washington examiner" reports that some of these employees handle sensitive city government documents. d.c. mayor vincent gray has no plans to seek a similar exemption he says for executive branch employees. last year, mayor gray ordered more thorough screenings of his top aides after the criminal pasts of some of his appointees made headlines. >>> testimony is over and attorneys are presenting their final arguments in the criminal case against john edwards. dick brennan reports that the case will likely go to the jury before the end of this week. >> reporter: john edwards arrived at court for the final phase of the criminal t

raul hernandez and his older brother will are both lance corporals, and they also come from a familyy about your brother out here? >> will hernandez: i worry about him a lot. when he first got to the unit, i was like a mother hen. you know, he was a marine, but i still feel like, you know, we're little kids again. you know, my mom's telling me, "take care of your brother." >> logan: what did your parents think about you joining the marines? >> will hernandez: my mother actually went into the recruiting office and chewed out the recruiters. so she went in there, you know, raising... raising hell. >> logan: so she must have been thrilled when your brother joined. >> will hernandez: oh, yeah. when... when he joined, yeah, she was... she just didn't know what to do. ( laughs ) we made the best of it. we... we comforted her as much as we could. we don't tell her certain things, you know. ( laughs ) or we... we sugarcoat it, you know. we... we church it up a lot whenever we call home. >> logan: you church it up a lot? >> will hernandez: we church it up a lot and make things sound like, "oh

my name is lance corporal steel out of third marine air wing in afghanistan. i would like to wish my stepmother, yvette, a happy mother's day. i love you, miss you, and can't wait to come home to see you guys. >> did you have your mother's day plan all set, ahead of time, or wait until the last minute. fess up. millions of families are celebrating today. josh levs is here with the surprising facts about moms in america. we're both moms here. so we're here to listen. >> i'm learning from this. i did not know. i'm putting you on the spot on mother's day. how nice is that? >> during the break, i the did get an ahh for the nice things i've done at home for my wife. let's do these fast, because then i have a little surprise for you guys, a little gift. how many mothers are there in america? the choices are 50 million, 70 million, or 85 million? >> i go with the big number, 85 million. >> you are both correct, very good. according to the census, 85 million moms in america. we'll do one more. in which state do moms have the most babies, on average. you've got nebrask

explain to me what you had to do to get this live grenade out of this lance corporal's leg. >> well,edure. first, i'm an e.r. icu nurse and a fairly common procedure is called conscious sedation. you give someone just another narcotics and another medication and allow them to maintain their own airway and breathe but you make them semiconscious. so i was performing conscious sedation but so he could still breathe on his own. and the explosive ordnance technician then had to physically pull this thing out of his leg. >> was this easy to pull out, or is this something that -- are you yanking this out of his leg? i don't know the medical term for that. >> it took the e.o.d. tech three pulls. and he pulled it about halfway and we had to readjust and, you know, pulled it out two more tugs. >> so that you're watching him tug two time times, three times sir, i don't know if you have children. are you thinking oof your life flashing before your eyes? what goes through your mind in those split seconds? >> well, the truth of it is is that i said a prayer and i thanked god for everything that i

lance corporal cody childers wanted to fix up an old red and white f150 truck but never got the chanceold was killed in afghanistan in 2010. that's when local businesses and volunteers got together, donated their time and supplies to make childers beloved truck road worthy again. in all they spent more than 500 man hours, some $20,000 to overhaul that truck. >> it really reinforces the faith in me of how our community feels about our military, the ones fighting for our freedom and that have given the ultimate sacrifice. >> since childers death his mother started a memorial fund in her son's honor. so far nonprofit has mailed more than 1,400 care packages to the craps serving overseas. she plans to -- to the troops serving overseas. she plans to use cody's truck at fundraisers. >>> coming up a bizarre story involving an ambulance crash. >> a woman waiting to be admitted to a hospital suddenly speeds off this that ambulance. we'll have that -- in that ambulance. we'll have that story. >> she came through the landscaping and broke a big path. from the damage going into the intersection it

my thinking in aid to have some more lance corporals. somebody in the military might not want to ask tough questions. last several it elections a war hero and george bush ii national guard he beat al gore and mccain was defeated by a obama. i don't think that this not put people over the top been a more. with less than 1% we have to recognize there is a smaller percentage and we have to deal with that. >> thank you for coming tonight. [applause] >> ien emma kraft being of the citizens of london that came out a couple years ago. the history of london during the war and edward r. murrow reporting back to the united states was strongly held views to get to into the war. with our foreign aid program for england to the ambassador had replaced joseph kennedy's father who was partial to the germans which is why roosevelts likely brought him home. it is a book of their interaction with churchill and aggressive advocacy of the united states to break out of the isolationist mood and the author also wrote a book called trouble some young men about

a jet carrying 19-year-old lance corporal shawn adams landed near gainesville georgia last night he lost legs in an ied explosion in february on the tarmac hundreds of people turned out to welcome him home. >> the wounds of war are not always so visible, but as barry pederson reports, they can be painful. .. home coming is the end of one journey handle th the beginningf another, randy volkman didn't realize how much had changed. >> i looked the same, i the it in the same clothes, so i must be the same guy so how come all of these other things are strange? >> navy commander volkman spent a year in the middle east assisting special operations forces, he came home to his wife lori, expecting to quickly fit back in. that was not to be. >> there is this honeymoon phase when they come home, and then the shine nines starts to wear off .. there had been deployments before in the 20 years of marriage but never for a year and never with children. >> it was just as hard on the kids who. >> my dad was gone and it was really hard for my mom and everything. >> signs of trouble started when randy was s

sitting along north hartland avenue debbie and greg danielle's purchased focusing on heroes dream lance corporalove the bar stand out high school football player at saint pat's high-school killed in afghanistan six months ago. if you might ask yourself why here? why this bar? turns out it was his favorite hangout six blocks from where he grew up he turned 21 years old and played a golf game inside all the time and when he died this is where his family and friends came together after his funeral. >> closely associated with him. french ship. and so the marine spent his time here making others laugh will now be able to watch over them at a place he loved. for a very long time to come. elmwood park >> and this sunday nick daniels family public can't like memorial in honor of the fallen marine. new chicagotribune.com pull looking into out chicago wentz schrade mayor rahm emmanuel on key issues first year in office education first showed support controversial plan extending the school day. when asked who they side with the most clashed with teachers you get 40 percent said teachers and only 70 percent

a marine lance corporal just got back from afghanistan's of the town had a surprise party for him since his father said he would not have gone for it had he known it was planned. >> it reminds me of what i'm doing this so thank you >> it was a bittersweet homecoming. a friend from his in san ramon high school was killed in action in san in afghanistan. prince harry will be in washington d.c. today to receive an award. he's being honored for his work with veterans and soldiers. it is expected to be a short trip. the visit will likely last less than 24 hours. >> this morning octo-mom will go, her home will go to the highest bidder. a family home was foreclosed on after she didn't make payments for a year. the mother of octuplets also filed for bankruptcy one month after going on welfare to support herself and her 14 children. she gained national attention when she gave birth to eight children at once. the summer olympic games in london are getting closer and the host country conducted major grilles over the weekend. organizers look for areas of improvement ranging from security to crowd c

. >> lance corporal scott olsen, after two tours of duty in iraq, he came back to this country and serve country in a different way. he protested at occupy oakland. it was there that he was shot in the head by a police projectile almost ended his life. he is now recovering from a fractured skull. he was one of more than 40 veterans who hurled their war medals at the two gates in chicago. [♪] [♪] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today, we bring you a memorial day special. honor the dead, he'll the wounded, stop the wars. that was the cry of iraq veterans against the war as they hurled their war medals toward the gates of the nato summit. shortly before the women's of afghans for peace led a protest in chicago, i had the chance to conduct an interview with them. >> we are a local afghan-led peace movement speaking out against the occupation and war in afghanistan. we are here to protest nato and call on the two representatives to end this inhumane, the legal, marbury or against our home country and people. >> my name is gramm. i spent

since october 7th, 2001 nearly 2,000 americans have perished there, lance corporal sean adams said hes lucky he lost both legs to an ied. he got a down home welcome friday he is taking a breather, a weekend away from rehab at walter reid. >> i fought for myself in afghanistan. >> reporter: fort bless texas is the training ground for these troops headed to afghanistan in the fall. >> you are never going to train perfect lining can happen but the more you train the more prepared you will be. >> reporter: an american flag carefully placed on every grave at arlington national cemetery this country's greatest generation honouring the fallen at war memorials across the nations capital. >> we ought not to love war but we have to love our warriors. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: many laying a flower or a flag along this wall, marking 50 years since the vietnam war. >> if we are not living life to the full lest that man, that sacrificed his life, will be pretty ticked off up there because he didn't lay down his life so we don't live our dreams. >> reporter: observing, 1 minute of silence, 3:00 p.m.

i called up one example, clicking on cherry hill new jersey and you learn about lance corporal jeremy a lot more information. i called up for one example, someone who gave his life in iraq. this is a soldier from flint, michigan. you learn about his unit, about the fatal accident in which he died. you can learn so much about these people and here's why it means so much. let's go to the video. we see video all the time of funerals taking place all over this country as troops come home and are laid to rest. often that's all you know is that these funerals happen or you see a casket. i saw this video. i wanted to learn about this exact person. i wanted to know what his sacrifice was. who was he? so i went straight to our website, cnn.com. the man you're seeing buried is this man right here. that's just the beginning. one more thing you should know here, you can post a message for the families of the troops or anything at all. this is a woman named c.l. reed who published an i-report through that website, a message about her younger brother jeffrey. and she has a quote right here. she say

i called up one example, clicking on cherry hill new jersey and you learn about lance corporal jeremy a lot more information. i called up for one example, someone who gave his life in iraq. this is a soldier from flint, michigan. you learn about his unit, about the fatal accident in which he died. you can learn so much about these people and here's why it means so much. let's go to the video. we see video all the time of funerals taking place all over this country as troops come home and are laid to rest. often that's all you know is that these funerals happen or you see a casket. i saw this video. i wanted to learn about this exact person. i wanted to know what his sacrifice was. who was he? so i went straight to our website, cnn.com. the man you're seeing buried is this man right here. that's just the beginning. one more thing you should know here, you can post a message for the families of the troops or anything at all. this is a woman named c.l. reed who published an i-report through that website, a message about her younger brother jeffrey. and she has a quote right here. she say

lance corporal phillip bushong was stabbed to death last month and yesterday prosecutors say he was stabbedael poth after poth saw bushong hug a gay friend. the two starts fighting and think -- started fighting and that led to the stabbing. >>> the d.c. council has voted to exempt its employees from background checks on the criminal and credit history. the "washington examiner" reports some of these employees handle sensitive city government documents. governor gray has to plans to seek a similar exemption for executive branch employees. last year mayor gray ordered more thorough screenings of the top aides. >>> people across frederick county, maryland are bracing for the g-8 summit. it begins tomorrow at camp david in you this month. the agenda will focus on the economic crisis in europe. a few miles away the downtown frederick occupy protestors are expected. schools will be closed in the county tomorrow to keep people off the roads. police there are on alert and say their goal is to keep the peace. >>> 6:38. jessica doyle is watching your money. >> and a price war with hybrids? >> that's

marines corporal charles mcmahon and lance corporal darwin judge are killed at the saigon airport.last u.s. troops, trace, to die in vietnam. america's longest war, trace? >> jennifer griffin live for us in washington. jennifer, thank you. well, a child is presumed dead after a family's holiday on the water ended with frantic search. rescue crews say a small boat sank this morning in the colombian river. on board a grandfather, a father, and his 13-year-old son. a nearby boater raced to pull the older men out of the water but no sign of the teenager. dive teams could not locate him either. officials say the teen was not wearing a life preserver. well, the man who confessed to the decades old cold case of little etan patz admitted in church years ago that he had killed a boy. that report in today's "new york times." a worshiper at new jersey church says this man confessed to a prior group in the early 1980s, that would have been just a few years after 6-year-old etan patz vanished in lower manhattan. a leader of that prayer group tells the paper he never went to police because the c

one went to family of lance corporal shane harris who was killed in 2006 for a project in guatemala. >> they build a house for a homeless family in five days. the only thing that shows that it was for shane harris is tiny little plaque above the door. >> chris: but in 2010 they faced another tragedy when navy seal, travis's best friend was killed in afghanistan. the two families decided to bury their boys together at arlington national cemetery. >> there is nothing more beautiful knowing that they lay together with all these warriors and side by side. >> chris: last memorial day president obama visited their graves and talked about their devotion to duty. >> brotherhood, sacrifice, love of country. >> chris: but the story doesn't end there. last september janet manion was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. she fought for nine months while continuing to run the foundation before she finally succumbed in april, just days before the fifth anniversary of travis's death. in her will there was one special directive. >> that the foundation continues on through family and friends. >> it

marines corporal charles mcmahon and lance corporal darwin judge are killed at the saigon airport.were the last u.s. troops, trace, to die in vietnam. america's longest war, trace? >> jennifer griffin live for us in washington. jennifer, thank you. well, a child is presumed dead after a family's holiday on the water ended with frantic search. rescue crews say a small boat sank this morning in the colombian river. on board a grandfather, a father, and his 13-year-old son. a nearby boater raced to pull the older men out of the water but no sign of the teenager. dive teams could not locate him either. officials say the teen was not wearing a life preserver. well, the man who confessed to the decades old cold case of little etan patz admitted in church years ago that he had killed a boy. that report in today's "new york times." a worshiper at new jersey church says this man confessed to a prior group in the early 1980s, that would have been just a few years after 6-year-old etan patz vanished in lower manhattan. a leader of that prayer group tells the paper he never went to police beca

i think you need to get a few more lance corporal sayer. would be more than happy to ask tough questions of people. the somebody's never been in the military may not want to ask tough questions. it's interesting if you look at presidential elections. the last several presidential elections, clinton beat a war hero. he beat a secular war hero and dole in 96, george bush the second president bush had been in the national guard, but he beat al gore who has served in vietnam and kerry was defeated by bush the second time. mccain was defeated by obama. i don't think being a war veteran or war hero is not helpful, but it obviously doesn't put people over the top anymore and that's an interesting situation. but with fewer people serving the military, less than 1% serving, we have to recognize her going have a smaller and smaller proportion of veterans in almost every area of american mias including politics. we have to find ways to deal with that. >> on behalf of the marines memorial for your guests here tonight, thank you for coming here to share

marine leadership, which i think every marine will tell you this family, all the way down to lance corporalthey have a responsibility, is one of the hardest steps they'll ever take its the hardest decision i ever made was to leave. and the marine corps didn't care. i know the organization -- with a whole lieutenant colonel ranks, don't worry, put another one there. it did notice me coming. it didn't notice me going because that's what the organization is. it's much like the earth, you know? the rise and you fall here your the earth continues to turn. but for me it was dramatic in some ways. insync and deployed there now is really hard for me. not because i think they're not being well led, but i wonder. you know? we all have different ways of seeing our environment. >> and you became a father at the same time. that must have something to do with its? >> that's exactly. that was the decision i had to make. will i be father to people who aren't really my children, which is the job of a marine commander, or will i be a father to this little girl, and all she had to do was look at me. so she on

. >>> and and delta gave corporal lance jordan a parade with parties and cars and appreciative friends and neighbors. >>> welcome home. >>> thank you. >>> at times the motions were overflowing. the town's response was a surprise is faubus that because a surprise was the only way to give jordan involved. >>> we had a surprise of policy would never go for it he would never do it. >>> a bittersweet return. in november many of these folks can not to honor joshua corral one spot it was brought home after he was killed in afghanistan. corral was a 2010 graduate of san ramon valley high school. he and other seniors join the marines after school. >>> when we lost one of our own that was he was a close friend of jordan's eight prodded closer to home the prize goes beyond belief. >>> he appeared to be taken is welcome home in stride, the marines said of this service, he was doing his job. >>> thank you for the oncoming means a lot to have your support, thank you. >>> don knapp, cbs 5. >>> a gorgeous day for a homecoming and beautiful day all across the bay area. brian hackney is here. >>> we hav

chafrls, -- charles, missouri, as the lance corporal drew w. weaver post office building.e speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, is recognized for 60 minutes. as the designee of the majority leader. mr. gohmert: thank you, mr. speaker. i have ago an article that stated today, monday, may 7, 2012, from the associated press, congress' intelligence heads, colon, taliban has grown stronger under obama. senator feinstein and representative mike rogers i just saw outside, smart guy, former f.b.i. agent, well respected in areas of law enforcement and security of this country. well, as the article points out, there are other articles as well, but this article, from a.p. says, the leaders of congressional intelligence committee said sunday they believe the taliban had grown stronger since pome sent 33,000 more troops to afghanistan in 2010. the report by senator dianne feinstein, d from california, representative mike rogers, republican from michigan, challenges obama's own assessment last week in his vi

marine lance corporal mark scott. isn't it tonight? is the prom tonight, lexi? >> yeah, it's tonight. >> so i love this idea that you respect the military and you wanted to choose a member of the service, armed services for your date. you went on facebook. how did you pick the lucky guy sitting next to you? >> i read pretty much every story about 10 times. it's the hardest decision but his story stood out to me. so i'm really happy. and honored to be taking him. >> so mark, why did you enter? why did you go on facebook and enter? >> well, i saw it as a once in a lifetime opportunity and really, you're not going to be able to go to -- no one seems to be able to go to prom twice so i'm lucky enough that i'm able to and i just want to be able to make this experience really special for lexi. so -- >> i understand that you guys first met only yesterday. right? >> yes. >> uh-huh. >> what did you do? >> yeah, well, i picked him up from the airport and then we had lunch and i went through my -- with my stylist the dresses and

one went to the family of lance corporal shane harris who was killed in 2006 for a project in guatemalar a homeless family in like five days. and the only thing that is, you know, that shows it was for shane harris is this tiny little plaque above the door. and it says in memory of shane harris. >> but in 2010, they faced another tragedy. when navy seal brendan looney, travis' best friend and roommate at the naval academy was killed in afghanistan. the two families decided to bury their boys together at arlington national cemetery. >> there's nothing more beautiful than knowing they laid together with these warriors and heroes and they're side by side like they were at the academy. >> last memorial day, president obama visit their graves and talked about their devotion to duty. >> brotherhood, sacrifice, love of country. >> but the story doesn't end there. last september, janet was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. she fought for nine months while continuing to run the foundation before she finally succumbed in april just days before the fifth anniversary of travis' death. in her will

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