only a few months earlier, bush was a marine medic on the island of okinawa.he was treat and revived a wounded lieutenant. >> then the japanese threw hand grenades down. i my arm up like this and that took the concussion and shaved my heard, but it took out this eye and hit me hard. >> push picked up the rifle and charged the enemy position. killing a number of japanese soldiers. >> it didn't mean anything to me. i never laid awake at night. they were the enemy and they were coming after me and that preservation of is a big det deterrent to how you feel drive-by shooting somebody. it didn't bother me and when i left there was more of them on the ground than there was me. that seems to be the way you grade that game. who gets the most points wins. >> they were the winners and the celebrations could have gone on for months, but they didn't. most gis were not looking to be called heroes. they were wanting to apply what they learned in battle to the new task of building their lives. bob bush for one was in a hurr tow make up for lost time. he married his sweethear

only a few months earlier, he had wayne marine medic on the island of okinawa.ious japanese attack, he crawled on to a battlefield, treated and revived a wounded lieutenant. >> then japanese threw hand grenades down. i threw my arm up like this. i had a 45 in the shoulder holster so that saved me but it took out this eye. it hit me really hard. >> bush picked up the wounded lieutenant's rifle, killing a number of japanese soldiers. >> it didn't mean anything to shoot them. it didn't. i never laid awake at night. they were the enemy. they were after me. and boy, that preservation of life is a big deterrent to how you feel about shooting somebody. it didn't bother me one bit. when i left there, there was more of them on the ground than there was me. that seems to be the way you grade that particular game, if you must call it a game. it is like basketball. who gets most points wins. ♪ >> they were the winners and the celebrations could have gone on for months but they didn't. most gis weren't looking to be called heroes. they are looking ahead, wanting to take what

troops from okinawa, which houses about two-thirds of the 50,000 u.s.troops currently stationed in japan. in el salvador, the united nations is calling for an investigation into a string of killings of transgender women. local lgbtq groups say at least 17 transgender women have been killed so fafar this year in el sasalvador. the trump administration said monday it wowould vastly expxpad the so-called global gag rule, a regan-era policy that bans u.s. funding for any international healthcare organization that performs abortion or advocates for the legalization of abortion or even mentions abortion, even if those activitities are funded by non-u.s. moneney. the expansion of the gag rule is expected to affect hundreds of health clinics worldwide, particicularly in n africa. the u.u.s. supreme court h has t a major r victory r vovoting rights activists after it refused to hear an appeal over north carolina's voter suppression law. last year, a federal appeals court blocked the law, ruling the measures discriminated against african american voters and targe

vietnam era for top the vietnam tour jacket was a common memento acquired by soldiers on our and our in okinawahere they would have them embroidered with symbols of their service. in this particular instance, and african-american soldier not only had a tour jacket made to commemorate service in vietnam but had it warned with symbols hisack power, rep resenting commitment to the black power movement and his own service in the vietnam war. blackn this area on the power era is elements of rod concerns, basically a representation of the harlem renaissance of the 20th century, a concern with literature, culture, with representation. particularly the development of black women writers, black feminist, or teak of american society, the growth of surely chisholm, the first black woman to run for major party nomination for the presidency. a political force on all those levels through culture, politics, popular culture representation in mass media. the black power movement renovated and created yet another new african-american way of expressing themselves and being represented and being in control of thei

she's now in okinawa, japan. there's 83,000 marines and 8% are woman.y hope by 2019, 10% will be womans. shep? >> shepard: seems like the marines not long ago they were complaining about women in the ranks. >> yeah, in 2015 they complained. and secretary defense ash carter that dismissed their claims and since then, 74% of women have moved to marine combat positions. the marines had a scandal when a facebook page called marines united went public. they used the page to chat, share and egg each other on about posting nude photos and sometimes calling the women out by name or where they were based. after the navy investigated, there were numerous levels of discipline handed out including several demotions. the marines rewrote their social media policy. shep. >> shepard: thanks, trace. nasa astronauts performing a milestone 200th spacewalk at the international space station today. a water leak cut it short. nasa officials say the leak came from a host attached to jack fisher's spacesuit. it happened in his first spacewalk. nasa officials say fisher and peg

flag during the invasion of okinawa. >> remarkable story. >> yeah. >> thanks for joining us for abc7ma daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> it's the first time that i heard her speak live on the video. >> an emotional day for sierra lamar's family. why they say today was more difficult than other parts of the trial. >> breaking news in mountain view, fire at a google developers conference. >> a former oakland officer will stand trial, a late ruling after testimony from a woman at the center of a police sex scandal. >> sending money at u.c. schools, the state auditor says there is nothing nefarious, but. >> there was a failure to disclose to the board and to the public this additional money. >> he's building, i'll show you how much the temperatures will climb. coming up. >> announcer: live breaking news. >> and that breaking news happening right now on google's campus in mountain view where the fire department is on scene after some sort of fire at the shoreline amphitheater. you're looking live at sky 7 where you can see

assigned to the ninth engineer support battalion, support group third marine expeditionary force okinawa, japan, and attached to the second service support group of the expeditionary force forward. his mother, donna bagwell, is seated in the gallery today. she says her son wanted to be a marine from the time he was a little boy. he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather who also served in the marine corps. in 2003, lance corporal tucker enlisted in the united states marine corps. in 2005, he volunteered to go to iraq and to protect our nation during operation iraqi freedom. mrs. bagwell said her son planned to stay in the united states marine corps until retirement and make it a career. he loved america, mrs. bagwell said. he loved the marine corps and everything about it. lance corporal tucker is survived by his parents and siblings, and lieutenant corporal -- lance corporal tucker demonstrated the characteristics that makes us all proud to be americans and honor his service and his life. semper fi, lance corporal tucker. mr. speaker, i also rise as we enter this memorial

i just returned from south korea and okinawa, japan, and we have many challenges in northeast asia. i won't go into here today, but we all know that we have some real obligations, particularly for our united states navy. also wanted to mention, too, my good friend, chairman cole, he led the effort, along with senator roy blunt, to increase funding for medical research, critical lifesaving medical research to the national institutes of health by $2 billion in this legislation, taking the funding level from $32 billion to $34 billion and that's on top of what occurred in f.y. 2016 which took us from $30 billion to $32 billion. we had to set some priorities and chairman cole did that in the labor-health bill. set those priorities and said this is one of them and i'm proud we as republicans are stepping up on medical research. i'm also pleased, too, that many of our democratic friends are supporting us in this effort as well. may i have -- lr the gentleman yield me -- will the gentleman yield me another one minute? mr. cole: i yield two minutes. mr. dent: in addition to this robust incr

reminded him of his own wife and daughters and what it felt like to return home after serving time in okinawa> perfect. >> my goodness. >>> all right. time now to check in with wis dollar and maureen to see what's coming on good day dc. hi, guys. >> good morning to you. jam pack memorial day show just a few minutes away from now. of course we will continue to honor our nation's fallen heroes. we're live at arlington national cemetery. several events are planned there all morning long including a tradition for president trump his first memorial day as commander in chief. >> and speaking of first, president trump hot off his first overseas trip but his return met with on-gointu investigation to his twitter rant about the media. we've got you cover. >>> fresh at 10a1 week after that deadly terror attack at a concert ariana grande takes to instagram for heart warming message to her fans. >> bro biking. if you haven't seen this video you won't want to meet it we'll find out what jimmy fallon and justin timberlake are up to now. >> from barbeques to pool safety we'll be making a big splash on good

we are living in okinawa, japan. we are headed to memphis, tennessee.>> a two-day journey that took april and daughter sara around the globe, and it all started with a letter. >> this is what i submitted. i wanted my mom janet horn to see if they love my mom as much as i do. >> reporter: like many adopted teens, she moved over and over to dozens of temporary children's homes throughout her childhood. >> my past was very negative, but the horns gave me a positive future. >> reporter: her adoptive parents met her at a church dinner. the horns were part of the friends family, and outreach program where children like april spend quality time in a welcoming home. >> mother's day 2003 was one of our last visits together as a friends family. it was on that night that they asked me to become a part -- a part of their family. their daughter. sorry. she has given me the best gift by giving me a family, and someone to come home to. >> reporter: as part of the surprise, we included her brother, zach, who flew from that idaho and little brother joshua helped too. th

abby: her uncle was killed in action in okinawa in world war ii., flying a f-40. he looks like my younger brother in the navy. one is a pilot. pete: send the photos at friends at foxnews.com. this is ultimately a civic celebration. we remember these guys and gals everything they have given. abby: and their service. >> jillian standing by with the other news headlines this morning. >> good morning to you guys, to reiterate let thank everybody for their service. a navy seal false to his death when his parachute fails to open sending him plunging into the hudson river. a thousands of people watching during a fleet week event. his empty parachute ended up in a parking lot. the seal detached before crashing into the water. cause of the malfunction is under investigation. >>> erratic north korean dictator kim jong-un firing off another missile landing in the waters off japan's main land in the country's exclusive economic zone. the trump administration ordering a third carrier strike force and one of the world's largest warships to the western pacific re