and with the river south of saigon with a rice paddy after rice paddy after rice paddy. they are densely populated. and they have to be controlled . . every river was lined by a dense jungle foliage that you couldn't see through. so every 50 yards could be another ambush and every 50 yards after that could be another. another. plus it's likely the next 50 yards you would be shot at, probably not but you have to be ready. if you were not ready that's probably when they were there. so when they were in operations they could then switch it off the whole time. they were on their very first operation and one of the sergeants went around the trained them they were very fearful of this guy and he's the one that made them do push-ups before. all that is during training. the one that yelled at them and smack them on the head during training, they just probably marched 20 miles and at night they are supposed to maintain sleeping discipline. only 50% are supposed to be asleep at any one time and goes from one foxhole to another. he had once been a soldier himself and he comes to th

he crawled through a rice paddy thick with steel rain. that means bullets all over the place.s soldiers watched him, they were sure that was the last time they would see "doc." they thought that was the end of their friend, jim. but after several minutes passed, jim emerged from the smoke and fire carrying yet another soldier. he immediately badgered [bandaged] and fixed and worked, but he got the wounds fixed and lifted the soldier to a medevac helicopter. his lieutenant ordered jim to get in, too. "get in," he said, "get in." but jim refused. he said, "you're going to need me here." as jim now says, "i would have rather died on the battlefield than know that men died because they did not have a medic." over the next 24 hours, jim fired at enemy soldiers, suffered a bullet wound to his arm, and continued to race into gunfire to save more and more lives. president trump: and yet, as night approached again, after nearly two days of no food, no water, and no rest, jim volunteered to hold a blinking light in an open field to signal for a supply drop. he would not yield, he would

. >> to have these guys hear and be in this setting as opposed to being in the rice paddies and jungles of vietnam and not knowing from one minute to the next knowing the fate of your life is, you couldn't get much better than this. president trump said his devotion to duty earned him this honor to stand among legends. elizabeth hur abc new york. in this morning's "healthcheck" eating right an exercising while pregnant may do more for your baby. it can lessen your chances for having a c-section. a healthy diet consisted of eating more fiber and fish and no sugary drinks and most of the pregnant woman exercise by using a stationary bike swimming dancing or toning exercises. >>> a little league baseball team from montgomery will play on the national stage. the upper providence under 12 team are heading to the regional championship. they head to connecticut for tomorrow's game, you can watch it on espn, 3 and 4:00 p.m. they are looking for a spot in the up coming little league world series, we windchill them luck. >> it was an emotional reunion as two brothers reunited with their birth mot

. >> these guys here, to be in this setting, you know, as opposed to being in the rice paddies and junglesand not knowing from one minute to the next what the fate of your life is, this is -- you couldn't get much better than this. >> president trump said his devotion to duty earned him this honor to stand among legends. >>> engineers at berkeley are bringing voices back to life with an extraordinary technology. it allows them to not only hear sound but to see it. eric thomas explains. >> reporter: you're listening to a voice and a language that could have vanished from the face of the earth. it belongs to a native american. he wandered out of the wilderness in the early 1900s and was believed to be the last survivor of a northern california people known as the yahi. ishi was studied by researchers in the bay area who wanted to capture his now extinct language. >> he lived at the university of california for about four years, and then he passed away. over that period of time, these 300 recordings were made. >> reporter: the recordings war made on primitive wax cylinders. now carl and his t

. >> these guys here, to be in this setting, you know, as opposed to being in the rice paddies and junglesietnam and not knowing from one minute to the next what the fate of your life is, this is -- you couldn't get much better than this. >> president trump said his devotion to duty earned him this honor to stand among legends. >>> engineers at berkeley are bringing voices back to life with an extraordinary technology. it allows them to not only hear sound but to see it. eric thomas explains. >> reporter: you're listening to a voice and a language that could have vanished from the face of the earth. it belongs to a native american. he wandered out of the wilderness in the early 1900s and was believed to be the last survivor of a northern california people known as the yahi. ishi was studied by researchers in the bay area who wanted to capture his now extinct language. >> he lived at the university of california for about four years, and then he passed away. over that period of time, these 300 recordings were made. >> reporter: the recordings war made on primitive wax cylinders. now carl an

. >> to have these guys here and to be in this setting, you know, as opposed po being in the rice paddiesnd jungles of vietnam and not knowing from one minute to the next what the fate of your life is, this is -- you couldn't get much better than this. >> president trump says mcclune's devotion to duty earned him this honor to stand among legends. >> and actor and pulitzer prize winning playwright sam shepperd has died on thursday after complications from als. shepherd is known for films like "the right stuff," and "steel mag oriolias." he also wrote fool for love and bureau rid child. creative director loretta greco believes the breadth of his work as a playwright author and actor was unparalleled. >> he was 73 years old. i saw him in april. he was still writing. he published a book of fiction in january. his latest play just was published a month later. this is somebody who wrote 40 plays. dozens of screen plays. song lyrics. i think six collections of fiction. beautiful fiction. so he never stopped. >> shepherd's family says funeral arrangements will remain private. >> remarkable man.

to have these guys here and to be in this setting, you know, as to, as opposed to being in the rice paddiesg from one minute to the next what the fate of your life is, this is, you couldn't get much better than this. >> mccloughan is now 71, he's a retired high school teacher and a coach. he said the honor is a tribute to his men, to all of his men. >>> turning now to florida where all tropical storm warnings have expired across the state and most of the flood watches have been dropped. >> emily now down to a tropical depression is slowly making its way across the sunshine state and should completely blow out into the atlantic later this morning. >> by daybreak as much as eight inches of rain will have fallen across parts of the state, driven by high winds, knocking out power to nearly 20,000 customers. >> in tampa, a flatbed tractor trailer was left dangling over interstate 275, after skidding out of control. >> the storm has also triggered the spill of 10,000 gallons of wastewater in the lake land area. accuweather's paul williams joins us with the latest forecast. good morning, paul. >>