the marines were inside. i was firing the machine gun around the house from the outside, trying to knock down the mva and protect the marines in the house. cease-fire,ered there are marines in that house. i tried to reason with him and tell him there were a lot of mva around the outside. but they were plenty of other target, mva to shoot at. so we kept it up for as long as we could and i stepped into the window to shoot the machine gun and got caught with an ak-47 round to the chest. it knocked me backwards about 10 feet, i guess. i landed flat on my back and the only thing i could utter was i am hit here i knew i was bad. i did not realize how bad, but i knew it was bad because of the circumstances with it. lungnt through my right and i was having a hard time breathing. some of the guys that came to my assistance, my aid, they realized i had a second chest -- sunken chest. they had to make it easier for me to breathe so they took cellophane off of cigarette packs and poked it into the holes in my chest and t

the marines were a long legacy of 200 marine corps history. they weren't going to let it down.hanks to some of the folks that colonel thompson has mentioned and a multitude of others that are nameless, so to speak, we were able to take the tower. it took us most of the day to do it because we had to maneuver up and get into position where we could attack. we had to eliminate the mva directly in front of us, cross the street and do a flanking move as well. fortunately, we were able to get all that coordinate d in using limited support at that time. we were able to successfully take the tower and, i believe, there was something like 24, 25 mva that were in and around the tower that we eliminated. but as pointed out earlier, i think when colonel thompson said we were receiving fire from multiple locations. it wasn't just there on the tower. it was a multitude of mutually supporting fortified positions that had the place zeroed in. >> if you can imagine attacking uphill at this tower that had a commanding position. you actually had to take it twice in the same day? >> we did. we sp

>> the goal of every marine officer is to lead marines in combat and i felt compelled that i had to do that. we moved in probably late on the afternoon of the 14th. it was just absolutely utter devastation, burnt out trucks and bodies on the road, the stench of death was there all the time. and that night at our briefing, major thompson turned to me and he said tomorrow delta company will take the tower. he didn't say try to, we'll give it an effort or whatever. he said tomorrow delta company will take the tower, and i said aye-aye, sir. we'll do it. before we moved out in the attack i went off and basically gave up my life saying i don't know how i'm going to make it through this and i just asked that i not let my marines down and that i do the best that i could do. as we were mounting the assault, sergeant toms joined us and brought 10 or 12 marines. that gave us the impetus that we were able to get up on to the wall and take the tower. i went into the battle with approximately 120 marines, when we attacked the tower we suffered 40% casualties. the end of the battle there were 39 of

the marines were a long legacy of 200 marine corps history. they weren't going to let it down.s to some of the folks that colonel thompson has mentioned and a multitude of others that are nameless, so to speak, we were able to take the tower. it took us most of the day to do it because we had to maneuver up and get into position where we could attack. we had to eliminate the mva directly in front of us, cross the street and do a flanking move as well. fortunately, we were able to get all that coordinate d in using limited support at that time. we were able to successfully take the tower and, i believe, there was something like 24, 25 mva that were in and around the tower that we eliminated. but as pointed out earlier, i think when colonel thompson said we were receiving fire from multiple locations. it wasn't just there on the tower. it was a multitude of mutually supporting fortified positions that had the place zeroed in. >> if you can imagine attacking uphill at this tower that had a commanding position. you actually had to take it twice in the same day? >> we did. we spent

saw about six marines being hit, went down, and my shotgun, a young marine, is my man friday. he is responsible for being my messenger. my bodyguard and any way hi could help me. the one i had before was killed the day before, who was like a son. well, this new kid, good looking young man, he grabbed me and threw me on the deck and covered my body with his. and after, i asked him, i said, son, why did you do that? why did you throw me down and cover me with your body? he said, sir, sergeant major told me that if something happened to you, he would have my ass. that's the way marines are. and i said, okay, let's get out of here. he was the first man out of the room and he was hit, killed immediately. so that wonderful young man, i really didn't get to know him, but i'll never forget him. >> i remember them lifting me off the floor and putting me on a door that they used for a stretcher. i remember putting me on the tank. i could hear is running and i could smell the diesel. it's the roughest ride i've ever had in my life. when we got back to triage, somebody said, this one isn'

something that had galled the marines. i called back to cheatham and i said, we have got the building. let's go put up the american flag. but someone warned captain christmas that it was illegal to run up an american flag. >> i turned my radio up. that was captain cheatham's problem. let him take care of that. >> gunnery sergeant frank thomas had a flag tucked under his jacket that he had taken. >> >> this is it, go. >> the fire team ran through and pulled down the viet cong-north vietnamese flag and ran up the stars and stripes. brian: thanks to the "history channel" for that. how many marines did you talk to, that you asked about whether or not we should of been in vietnam in the first place and what was their attitude today? mark: i asked all of them. i had a long interview with them about this battle. and i generally preceded that with questions about who they were, where they came from, how they ended up in the marine corps. at the end of the interview i always asked, how do you feel about your service now? how do you

today be the mariners easier. your satellites overhead. you have distant surveillance systems both undersea and in the air. the mariners the shoji had to rely on wind and current, pilots order. the last time a take this the prevailing winds were from the northeast. early, mariners wrote navigation navigational systems including eventually longitude. was before. "columbus said by direct reckoning. they took their ships in a law and plotted on a chart. the estimate how much the current and the winds have push them off. the difference between art and science today. >> rexford say aircraft carriers are thing of the past. i'm not sure i agree with that i'm curious on your take. >> aircraft carriers remain the centerpiece enormous machines of war. it could take the empire state building, lay it on its side that's how long an aircraft carrier is. 100,000 tons, the flight deck it's 8 acres. it doesn't sell by itself. it's defended by cruisers, submarines, surveillance systems, there well protected they could potentially be hit by a cruise missile.

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marines reinforce the local garrison.gain, the individual fighting men became a symbol to the world of america's determination to deter all commonest aggression. -- communist aggression. earlier, in asia because communists in laos threatened the border of thailand, the u.s. responded quickly when thailand called for help. landed combateet ready marines in bangkok in our biggest military move in the far east since the korean war. army combat units were flown in by the air force to reinforce army troops already in thailand on maneuvers. the soldiers moved in a long time frontier basin commonest and filter the mouse. the presence of our military forces in a critical moment was sufficient to deter an open commonest aggression against peaceful thailand. again, in india when communist chinese attacked in aggression -- niscent of u.s. help was prompt. ine, the air force flew urgently needed arms of the request of india's government. from the bamboo curtain to the berlin wall, we are maintaining our commitments. standing firmly w

the only time you stop is if a marine gets shot and falls down. stop and you pick him up on the battlefield. well, we made it out, and i was. and, the greatest thing i ever heard is the gunner, he says, all accounted for, so -- soledad: and what went through "all accounted for?" how many people did you get out? barney: well, i saved about 130 and that's, that's more rewd th >> the president of the united states in the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to harvey c. barnum, jr. soledad: for saving the lives of many on that december day in 1965, barnum received the medal of honor in february 1967. in his case, it took just 14 months. when you look back at your career and all the tremendous opportunities you've had, how d you feel about it? >> i feel blessed, i really do. soledad: why do you think some people did not get their medal who look back at now and think >> i can see that bias, person bias, and you know, when we' dealing with individuals who make decisions, we're dealing with imperfection. and as a sometimes

in fa ct, marin cilic came back again.ted the fourth and left his opponent flat out in every respect. rafa nadal, now nursing an injury, bravely fought on, but not for too much longer. the underdog's victory was just a matter of time. with a final forehand in the fifth, the retirement came. marin cilic, not only facing rafael nadal head—on, but beating him as well. and you know who will be next. so here of the details of that semi—final. edmund goes for a place in his first grand slam final against the 2016 us open champion marin cilic in the early hours of thursday morning. the croatian is vastly experienced and will be the favourite. but we know what kyle edmund likes doing. you'll be able to hear commentary from melbourne on 5live and the bbc sport website. televeision highlights will follow later in the day. so edmund could go onto become the new british number one with a win against cilic. has been an extraordinary fortnight for the player that was unseeded going into the tournament. our tennis correspondent russell f

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marine eco systems are flexible but only up to a certain point. and human beings have had a major impact on life beneath the waves. of. microorganisms also react to changes in the oceans and that can send ripples up the food chain. the researchers are trying to find out how plankton communities respond to changing conditions. the warmer the water grows the faster bacteria reproduce. that leaves fewer resources for other tiny life forms. the researchers are trying to establish a kind of early warning system. at what point will a major die off become unavoidable. then get into if we continue producing this much c o two and we will then of course acidification will only get worse the planet will warm up other stress factors will play bigger roles and we can only hope that it happens slowly enough that marine organisms are able to adapt. what will the oceans of the future look like. the marine researchers from northern germany are looking for ways to predict the possibly fatal consequences of climate change for the sea. we are stunned face that if you

berkeley kensington, emeryville, marin county, southern marin county and the peninsula. they are taking the bulk of the precipitation. the wind is not an issue yet but it will be later on. alameda 3/4 inch, san mateo 2/3, palo alto 1/2 inch. mill valley more than this even. oakland airport .58, danville 1/2 inch, brent ville .44. this is the area with the most rain. vallejo 3/4, menlo park .45 and union city .44. marin county with .56 inches in daly city as mother nature delivers my birthday gift that is what antonio had to say. well, happy birthday antonio. you can see the heavy rain in marin county. we have an update on kentfield within the next couple of minutes so i would bet they have 3/4 inch. based on what we have seen in these other areas this will be a system where we have a couple of issues. one of them the flash flood watch for the burn areas. certainly down into southern california as well but for napa and mendocino county sonoma and lake county. the wind advisory starts at noon and we have a winter weather advisory but that is later tonight into tomorrow. th

marine corps. he was commissioned in 1975, went to uva but i've just learned routes for michigan state. he is from east lansing. deputy commanding general of the expeditionary force during operation iraqi freedom. senator shaheen of the great state of new hampshire. she is the first woman in u.s. history to be elected both governor and u.s. senator. she's been in the senate since 2009, on armed services foreign relations committee and appropriations and she just flew in from a very important vote in congress. she is particular, you have a particular interest in new hampshire's naval shipyard and naval air base. >> with that, i would like to start by reading a few quotes about the current state of the u.s. military. there are a few statistics i think you will find somewhat alarming. senator john mccain said recently perhaps the greatest harm to our national security and our military is self inflicted. we are killing more of our own people in training than our enemies are in combat. secretary mattis

marin cilic two experienced and in the end, too good.h in straight sets to book his place in a second grand slam final out of three. marin cilic is waiting for the winner of the second final between roger federer and hyeon chung. and the contrast in experience could hardly be greater. federer — who beat tomas berdych to reach the last four — is the defending champion, and remains on course to win a record—extending 20th major. he's aiming to reach a 30th grand slam final and this will be his 43rd semi—final. by contrast chung is playing in his first grand slam semi—final. in fact, it's the first time he's made it past the third round of a major. the world number 58, who beat novak djokovic and both zverev brothers to reach the last four, still can't believe he through to the semis, but knows he'll have plenty of suppport back home. i think all the people watching the australian open now because we have made history in korea. a really do not know i made the semis, i beat good players and they were playing in the grand slams a lot. lam ver

hee marines, of course, -- t navy is not alone. the marines have aviation issues. because of the f-18s, only half of those can fly right now. they are taking parts off of museum aircraft in order to get some of those planes airborne. 80% of marine aviation units lacked the number of aviation ready aircraft. heather wilson, the secretary of the air force, says we are stretching it to the limit and we are needing to turn the corner on readiness. squadronsrce had 134 and now there are just 51. they do not have enough interceptors according to heather wilson. she has said recently we are running out of bombs. there were 20,000 bombs dropped on isis in iraq and syria in the last year. that, i would like to start at the end with ambassador aleman and go down the line. i would like to ask you, hearing those numbers, is this a crisis, and what you see is the biggest readiness issue? >> jenniffer, thank you great it is great to be here again at the reagan national defense for a minute is in a credible privilege to be on this panel. my former colleague and , whonment -- in g

marine corps. he was commissioned in 1975, went to uva but i just learned routes for michigan state. he saw east lansing. he served deputy commanding general of the first marine expeditionary force during operation iraqi freedom. and senator jeanne shaheen of the great state of new hampshire. she is the first woman in u.s. history to be elected both governor and u.s. tended to. she's been innocent since 2009 on the armed service committee, foreign relations committee, and foreign appropriations and she just flew in from a very important vote in congress. she's, you have a particular interest of course in new hampshire's portsmouth naval shipyard and peace the national guard base. with that i'd like to start by reading a few quotes about the current state of the u.s. military that got my attention, and then there are a few statistics that if think you all will find somewhat alarming. senator john mccain said recently, perhaps the greatest harm to our national security and our military is self-inflic

or marine corps.one of the images in the exhibit are the first 12 men that went up the tower. and -- within, within, 30 second, five of them were injured. >> john olsen, a 20-year-old army photographer took the extra ordinary photos including this sequence. a wounded marine is in agony. wrapped in a blanket. he whispers the lrd's prayer as his life slips away. another wound mad reason stand guard. later, a chaplain administers last rites. >> it was a totally new combat experience for all the men. they had never been in the house to house fighting before. olsen's photos are on exhibit at washington, d.c. to mark the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive. if you had to choose the most important event of the vietnam war, it certainly would be the tet offensive. it changed how people looked at the war and doing so it changed the war itself. >> walter cronkite, america's most frused news man went to wey, longest, bloodiest battle of tet. awe haufg to undergo, small arms, mortar fires. >> came become to tel

a marin county sheriff's deputy noticed a car with a badly damaged windshield.n he tried to pull it over... he says the driver parked and then ran away - towards the northgate mall. the man ran inside a chipotle restaurant where he was later arrested. a passenger was also taken into custody. officials say the car was linked to a recent robbery and assault in san rafael. ( darya ) two men are behind bars accused of stealing multiple packages in suisun city. police say tips posted on their facebook page led them to one of the suspects. sammy tovar from vacaville was arrested along with suisun city resident noah guirguis. during the investigation police found the home where the suspects were storing the stolen property. officers were able to return most of the packages to their owners. ( darya ) a man is arrested for stealing credit cars from cars in livermore. an officer was on patrol at a shoppping center.. when he spotted a man trying to hide behind a pillar at a fedex store yesterday morning. the officer discovered that the man had items on him that had been st

and one marin county. the soaring flu season has health officials on alert.ron-4's gabe slate spoke with the marin county public health department about their urgent warning for people. sound from dr. matthew willis - marin - public health officer, department of health and human services "we are up 40%"doctor matthew willis, public health officer for the marin county department of health and human services says marin county has had one death from flu and based on how many cases are active right now they are concerened. sound from dr. matthew willis - marin - public health officer, department of health and human services "we have had 176 cases since oct. " doctor willis said a couple times this week emergency rooms at local hospitals flled up and had to devert incoming ambulances to different hospitals so his team is now getting daily reports from all their clinitions and e'r's to keep track of the flu surge. sound from dr. matthew willis - marin - public health officer, department of health and human services "we are seeing more earlier this year and young pe

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dream my dad was a marine. my grandfather was a marine. >> reporter: now being offer a choice for his financial future they never had. >> the old system, basically you had to stay in 20 years before you got any type of retirement plan. >> reporter: under the current retirement plan, military members receive a lifetime pension equal to 50% of their base pay to earn it, they must serve at least 20 years many aim to hit that target but only 19% reach it. the majority leave the service with nothing. >> today people move from job to job, and they need a benefit, a retirement benefit they can take with them. >> reporter: starting this year, service members entering the military will be part of the new blended retirement system, combining a pension plan and another plan like a 401(k) putting more of the responsibility for long-term saving on the member's shoulders. >> starts to learn them to contribute to their own future and retirement. >> reporter: those with at least 12 years service will stay on the legacy program

this is a serious threat when oil spills, not just to marine life. obviously that's bad, and obviously the beaches. we're still getting tar washining up n those beaches now. but t also to the liveliliods sf the people in these regigions. in the gulf, 8 out of 10 people have a livelihood connected either to the oil and gas drilling industry or to hospspitality and tourism.m. anl of those things were devastated byby this spill. >> the spill has brought life, uh, to a lot of the issues in the gulf and all of the ancillary businenesses. family fisheries,s, docks, the e marina, the icehouses, the transportation companies, people who prorovide snacks aand grgroceries s to storeres. all t is a direct reflecection of what can happen when things cease. >> after the oil spill, you know, thhey shut rerecreationall fishing, theyey shut cocommercil fishing, and that just killed everybody y in this part of the world, realally. it'ss affectedd everything, and itit's affected every business around. >> itit's how we coununt off the seasons. it's oyster season or it's

a marin county sheriff's deputy noticed a car with a badly damaged windshield... he says the driver parked and then ran away - towards the northgate mall. the man ran inside a chipotle restaurant where he was later arrested. a passenger was also taken into custody. officials say the car was linked to a recent robbery and assault in san rafael. ( darya ) two men are behind bars accused of stealing multiple packages in suisun city. police say tips posted on their facebook page led them to one of the suspects. sammy tovar from vacaville was arrested along with suisun city resident noah guirguis. during the investigation police found the home where the suspects were storing the stolen property. officers were able to return most of the packages to their owners. ( darya ) a man is for stealing credit a man is for stealing credit cars from cars in livermore. an officer was on patrol at a shoppping center.. when he spotted a man trying to hide behind a pillar at a fedex store yesterday yesterday morning. the officer discovered that the man had items on him that had been

now, you've started a grassroots organization in marin. people don't think marin has this kind of problem. >> statistically, more affluent areas tend to have higher levels of addiction. and when i first started with this group called rxsafe marin, which has brought together a lot of different community members -- educators and law enforcement, the court system, mental-health education -- and so, we're working towards reducing all types of addiction in marin, and we have made a lot of progress so far since this group. and this year, we're focusing on some grassroots events to really educate the community, because there's a lot of things that people can do in the community to help, you know, even if their child or someone in their family doesn't face addiction. just storing and disposing your prescription drugs properly is a big help. because then they don't land in the hands of people that don't need to have them. >> i don't think we realize that our medicine cabinet is the source, or can be the source. so, we have about a minute left. i wa

. >>> today marin county reported its first flu death of the season.he county health department reported that the person is under 65 years old but it is not known if they had been vaccinated. this year's flu season is off to a deadly start. on tuesday, the state announced 27 people have died and that the death toll has gone up since then. that's compared to 3 deaths at this time last year. state officials also note there is plenty of flu vaccine available and they say it's not too late to get it. >>> coming up, details about why a flight from germany had to make a pit stop in oakland before making its final leg of the journey across the bay to san francisco. >> here comes the weekend. it's friday night. we'll get you going for your saturday and sunday talking about rain and snow in places we need it. >> a downpour of disgust with the president and now calls for him to be removed from office after controversial remarks allegedly made. we'll talk about that coming up after the break. >> a look at friday evening's commute: ♪ there are 7 continents. 7 seas

and the second question, is there timelessness about marine soldiers over the generations?i have to say what has struck me in reading letters from the revolution of iraq is how universal they are. whether you're in lexington or going in falluja door-to-door as marines were doing in iraq, a combination of the terror, exhilaration, this sense of duty, the sense of fear. all of these things are coming together. they do seem to transcend anyone generation. now, how they express themselves is a little bit different. there certainly, when you read that war letters people say they're so flowery and poetic and the sound different. that's because most of the troops were illiterate. the one book that they all read that was written so beautifully and with such poetry was the bible. and so in many ways they let is really reflected that same formality. there are emails, i'm glad you brought this up. the feathers a belief that the correspondence that is can't be as good as what they used to be. absolutely false. whether as marines, soldiers, it airmen, letters are profound and beautifull

. >> central marin police evacuated dozens of nordstrom employees from the department store around 10:00 today after the record of the robbery at the loading dock. he ronald a ups the suspect got away in a white van police say someone else was driving. police do not have a description of the armed suspect or the getaway driver. >> it does father suspect was wearing some sort of mask. >> reporter: investigators are hopeful surveillance video will help them identify the suspects and the vehicle they left in. >>> it is very unusual. >> reporter: law enforcement officers responded. they say they evacuated the department store out of an abundance of caution. >> i have no reason for anyone to be concerned for their safety. >> reporter: people were let back in a short time later and police say the suspect never entered the store. police won't say what if anything the suspect got away with. a spokesperson said ups the working law enforcement and is thankful the ups driver the safe. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> delays stretched into the a lengthy time. the san jose police bomb squad arrived