the army of staff, general omar bradley in the greatest parade in the long history of the national capital. then come the president and vice flanking the chief executive in his guard of honor, the men of battery d 149 field artillery, with whom he served as captain in the first world war. the cabinet members include the secretary of state, dean acheson and the attorney general of the united states, tom clark. general dwight eisenhower arrives in the car. army secretary kenneth royal. behind him is the future general bismarck, gray clad battalion of point. the brigade midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united coast guard academy. men of the marine corps, a march down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar lead, one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capital. more than hundred planes in all. i giant b 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the president's home of missouri

the army of staff, general omar bradley in the greatest parade in the long history of the national capital. then come the president and vice flanking the chief executive in his guard of honor, the men of battery d 149 field artillery, with whom he served as captain in the first world war. the cabinet members include the secretary of state, dean acheson and the attorney general of the united states, tom clark. general dwight eisenhower arrives in the car. army secretary kenneth royal. behind him is the future general bismarck, gray clad battalion of point. the brigade midshipmen of the united states naval academy at annapolis passes in review. next come the cadets of the united coast guard academy. men of the marine corps, a march down the broad avenue, which today is the parade ground for branch of the armed services. the 82 of the flying boxcar lead, one of the greatest air armadas ever to fly over the capital. more than hundred planes in all. i giant b 36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only the military, but is a panorama of american life. the president's home of missouri

. ♪ heading the marches the army chief of staff, general omar bradley.est parade in the long history of the national capital. then, the president and vice president. flaking the chief executive is his guard of honor, 120 ninth field artillery with whom he served as captain in the first world war. cabinet members include the secretary of state, and the attorney general of the united states tom clark. general and dwight d. eisenhower arrived in the car of army secretary kenneth royal. behind him marched the future general, the great italian of west point. -- great battalion of west point. ♪ the brigade of the naval academy is in review. next come the cadets of the united states coast guard academy. ♪ then is the marine corps that marched down the broad avenue, which today is the parade route for every branch of the armed services. see 82 is the flying boxcars leave one of the greatest to ever fly over the capitol. more than 700 planes in all. giant be 36 bombers pass overhead -- b-36 bombers pass overhead. the parade includes not only military but the pano

tough go already in world war two it starts as a pennsylvanian national guard unit and of course, omar bradley was the original commander of it and kind of whips it into shape, you know, before deployed overseas, they see their first combat in the battle of normandy. that's in july 1944. and that was a pretty tough go they have a wonderful moment was really, on balance, their best moment of world two when they get to parade in paris. so when you see those pictures of american troops on those shamsa, alexei and whatnot, they're probably from the 28 division. but the bad was they were just passing through and they weren't going to get to stay there, unlike the fourth i.d., which got to stay a little bit longer, had a little bit better time. but the 28th i.d. then moves on, deal with the siegfried line so they are they're fighting that battle circa september portions of october 1944. and that is no easy go, let me tell you. so they've been degraded already in terms of their casualties. it started out as like somebody these national guard units do, they start out as a as a kind of state identity o

general omar bradley, the first ever chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the longest serving active duty servicemember in the history of the united states armed forces, wrote to the infantry school quarterly in april of 1953. he said that leadership in a democratic army means fairness, not harshness; understanding, not weakness; justice, not license; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism. think about those qualities. think about whether the nominee we consider today resembles even just one of them. certainly not generosity. certainly not humanity. certainly not understanding. certainly not. i understand that politics can be complicated, but there is nothing complicated about this. our servicemembers are watching. there are p families who fear that their loved ones may be sent to battle are watching. our adversaries are watching. there is an inscription down the hall that says it plainly, what we should consider in this moment. our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance. constant vigi