united states army veteran. member of the 506 parachute infantry regiment. was present at d-day, market garden, bastone you name it. one of the band of brothers. next to ed is major norm hatch. united states marine corps retired. an individual who held a ground-breaking position during world war ii. he was the first combat cameraman sent in by the marine corps. if you have seen a picture of combat on tarawa, you've seen a picture of combat in iwo jima and moving pictures throughout. norm had a piece in that. that's what we're going to be talking about this morning. i've asked both of these gentlemen to start off today's panel by talking a little bit of how it all started for them, where they were at the beginning of world war ii and how they got enlisted into their various services and also caught up in the units they are with. so ed, i'm going to begin with you if you could tell wrus it all began. >> all right, sir. thank you. incidentally, i'm a member of the band of brothers. if you read it, you know that we won the war almost single handed. and i'm a big

fort monroe was the general headquarters of the united states army. the civilians came up with this idea of a super regiment. finally, came into being, the 506 parachute infantry regiment, made up of civilians, people out of civilian life, not army people, put into the army after we brought them back from the civilian life, and had to be physically perfect and mental capacity of 110 i.q., which meant that they had enough i.q. to go to officers' candidate school if they fell out. the army was brought to this information, and they said, you people are crazy. how are you going to take people out of civilian life and make super soldiers out of them? it can't be done. it's never been done. well, they said you can probably maybe get 2,000 people to sign up for such a unit. they came up with these beautiful brochures, parachutes, boots, gals on each arm, jumping out of the parachute, you know, suckers like he ame and a few others bit on the thing, and we joined. 7,000 people qualified originally. 7,000. for a unit that had only 25800. the -- 2,500. the army s

flanagan, united states army, sergeant matthew cutu, united states army, lance corporal lance sharett, army marine corps, lance corporal john d. vanguisen, united states marine corps, captain christopher s. cash, united states army, lance corporal matthew k.serio, united states marine corps, master sergeant richard l. ferguson, united states army, sergeant first class, curtis mancini, united states army reserve, captain matthew j. august, united states army, chief warrant officer sharon t.stofworth, united states army, specialist michael andgrave, army national guard, staff sergeant joseph camera, army national guard, all of these men and women have given their lives in the last decade in afghanistan and iraq. it is a role of honor. it is a -- it is a roll of honor. it is a roll that sergeant whitechell joins. it should be for us a roll not just to recognize and to remember but to recommit, to try in some small way to match their great sacrifice for this great nation. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehous

she is a graduate of the military intelligence officer basic and advanced courses, united states army commander general staff college and the u.s. army war college. she's a distinguished military graduate of indiana university pennsylvania where she received a bachelor in graphic arts and the united states army war college where she received a masters of science in strategic studies. she's success ly commanded staff positions at every level and is currently serving as director intel ops, plans and policy, deputy chief of staff, g-2. let me point out that serving the nation is a family business in the purser household. she is married to joe purser, who is a retired army officer, still serving as a department of the army civilian employee and the army cyber command. if that wasn't enough, the pursers have two wonderful children continuing this proud tradition. jennifer, a captain currently stationed at fort wa chuk ka, arizona and justin, a first lieutenant stationed at fort campbell, kentucky. i should also point out that general purser is my boss on the army staff which provides all t

and where you fit in the united states army, y'all! - yeah, in case you haven't heard, we are asking, and you're telling. - that's right, no restrictions, man. you gonna be surrounded by dudes all day. y'all can exercise together. you can shower together. - talking 'bout soap, water-- the works! - now i know what you're thinking. "the army's dangerous." but the fact of the matter is everything's dangerous. - all depends on what your definition of the word "danger" is. - oh, yeah! oh, here we go! - we got a friend. all right. - hey! navy already got him. but you're better off in the army 'cause we gonna get you in the best shape in your whole life! - whoo! talking 'bout a six pack. - blip! - gonna give you an eight pack. - sclip! - hey, we'll even give you a jet pack. - that's a joke, man. he a joke, he a funny guy. we ain't got jet packs. - oh! - oh, that's my cut, man! - oh, what what? - go ahead, go ahead. - you got to isolate, then isolate, then i-so-late. - oh, yeah! tell you something right now, man. combat is just a bunch of men

other decisions i had to make in a few months was that i want to stay inactive duty in the united states army? know in the united states army has ever been blind. they have been blind, but there quickly moved. no one had actually ever been blind and that's okay, i'd like to stay on active duty and how do you say okay. the last part is the hard part because i think there've been a lot of people who are combined and stay on in the army says thank you for your service. would really appreciate it. we the paycheck for you somewhere else. for me, that was the decision i wanted to make because i still wanted to make a positive change, knowing the enemy, but in the community. after praying with my wife and friend boat commanders, it was a decision i made to stay on active duty. as i push forward and went through the struggles of having generals e-mail you and call you and seek it out at the army, i don't think you know what you're doing, you're really messing up the situation in the army's anders, trust me, iran alone ship. but again, having amazing leaders like the chief of the army corps of enginee

a united states army sergeant is being detained today by his fellow troops in afghanistan after american officials say he went on a nighttime massacre killing at least 16 afghan civilians as they slept in their homes over the weekend. coalition spokesman says the shooter abandoned his post at a military base and walked to a nearby village, there he allegedly opened fire inside three separate homes killing as many as nine children. five other civilians were reportedly injured. according to the associated press, the civilian returned to his base and turned himself in the taliban this morning vowing to take revenge in what officials worry could set off a new round of attacks aimed at u.s. forces, similar to the violence that erupted last month after nato troops inadvertently burned copies of the koran on a different base. president obama was attending his daughter's basketball game yesterday, stepped out to his limousine to call hamid karzai. in a white house statement president obama said i offer my condolences to the families and loved ones to those who lost their lives and to the people

and i think that really transcends across the united states army and our armed forces. all of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen not only are providing training and tactics and techniques and how to avoid ieds and all those things, there's training in values. loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. those aren't there just so we can rattle them off or look on posters. they're there because leaders take those as very important parts of our ethos and that we're going to have those values, it's very important in the judgments we take, actions we take and words we speak so when we have a soldier on point who goes into a village or difficult situation or walks down a line as the head of an ambush, we hope that that soldier is making all the right decisions based on those identified army values that are so important to the united states army and our armed forces as an institution. >> before i go to the next question, let me inject one thing here on how we try to perpetuate the legacy of what these men stand for,

. >> the department of defense, united states army, united states marine corps, are going to have to look at this again. are we pushing our troops too far, too fast, and are they exposed to too much combat. >> reporter: we're also learning tonight that the family of the accused army sergeant is being moved to lewis-mcchord base for their own protection. diane, they have been living off base. >> they too reeling, i'm sure, at this news. thank you, martha raddatz. >>> and now we turn back here at home. if you drove to work today, you felt it. the average price of a gallon of gasoline up 4 cents in four days, now $3.80 a gallon. and americans are trying to cope. as the price goes up, forgoing the car, taking public transportation instead. we learned today, taking public transportation in record numbers. and our new poll shows americans are blaming the president for this. abc's david muir is with us now with that story, david. >> reporter: diane, great to see you. as you know, we've been diving into these poll numbers all day today. tonight here, some of the faces behind the numbers. bec

army in which marshall believed necessary. had to be activat and with each passing month in 1940 and '41, it appeared increasingly probable that the united statesld be drawn into the war. the army numbered less than 200,000 men when marshall took over as chief of staff. it would swell to more than 8 million before the axis defeat. the accumulated experience from the early days in the philippines, continuing in meuse-argonne and tinseng, china, the sum total was imaginatively applied by george marshall to direct the american army during the war. it was as if his career related to the monumental task he undertook. the american military build-up was just beginning to gain momentum when the japanese attacked pearl harbor.w airbne g in 1942, marshall gets a close-up view of the citizen soldier at work. field soldiers never knew when the chief of staff might make an appearance such as this one at the jungle warfare training center in hawaii. marshall might do his thinking and planning in washington, but it was from the field that he drew his facts. a gifted observer, the smallest detail did not escape him. army subordinates were either proud or disma

and the people at fort monroe, that was the general had quarters of the united states army. there was no pentagon, it was being built of finished but not occu occupied. the civilians came up with the idea of the super regimen finally came into being and made up of civilians out of life not army people, put into the army after we brought them back from the civilian life and had to be physically perfect and in the mental capacity of 110 iq which meant that they had to have enough iq to go to officer's candidate school if they fell out. the army was brought this information and they said you are creat crazy. this has never been down. well, they said you can probably get 2,000 people to sign up for such a unit. they came up with these beautiful brobrochures, gals on each arm and they looked pretty good. and suckers like me and a few others bit on the thing and we joined. 7,000 people qualified originally. 7,000 for a unit that had 2500. the army still says this is crazy. what are you going to do with them? fort bragg said we don't want them and fort benning said we don't want th

united states. we were completely broke and i did something real unpopular at the time. four days after high school i joind the united states army. not only to serve my country but to get the,gi bill to continue my education. then i saw young men and women from all across america. from farms and ranches and it matedm made me realize the strength in this country is not from commonality but our great diversity. i had a younger sister named gift of god and christa was a special girl because she suffered from severe epilepsy. she never once complained. she never said across word and it could or would take her an hour or two to line um... up her clothes and do our homework and get her lunch b bag ready. i'm the five minutes bed to - bus kind of guy, you know? well krista saw the baseball movie called field of dreams. very inspiring movie that takes place in the corn field in iowa and decided for her 23rd birthday she wanted to go see that place. she was living in minneapolis and packed her bags to go to the field of dreams. when my mother went to wake her up on july 24th 1992 she had died in her sleep from a massive seizure and it wa

army and the united states marine corps who have on a day-to-day basis been in close contact with the enemy. where the benefits or where the real advantage that ultimatel l crews us small unit non-commission and junior officer leadership and they're magnificent, frankly. and amp this long in this conflict to see the morale as high as it is the professionalism as high as it is sand as you say, the desire to continue to serve really speaks well for the young men and women of our united states. >> all right. thank you. my time's expired. >> thank you. general allen, one final question. there are many detainees currently held in the u.s. detention facilities in afghanistan whom the u.s. forces identified as enduring security threats. threats to the united states. some of these detainees are afghans. some are third country nationals. the recent memo of understanding regarding the transition of detention operations in afghanistan does not provide a separate plan for afghan detainees who pulls an extraordinarily high threat. the ammo requires the united states to transition all afghan detain

remarkable military career with the chinese national party as a lieutenant colonel, later with the united states army, where he supported the famous flying tigers air force. soon after that, richard retired from his well decorated military service. he moved to san francisco with his wife and children. despite a modest start in the food industry, his hard work and dedication allowed him to build several successful grocery and restaurant businesses in chinatown. richard was highly respected in the community as an entrepreneur and business leader. in his story epitomizes the american dream. i want to thank him for his love for his wife, his children, his family, his compassion, and dedication to the chinatown community. colleagues, today i am introducing a drafting request regarding the privately owned public open spaces, otherwise known as popo's. we are always looking for ways to improve the livability of our -- urban spaces. they were required under the 1985 downtown plan. one square foot a public space for every 50 square feet of office space. we have 15 of these kinds of spaces. many of them are in

the the killing of the sixteen afghan afghan civilians including children in their beds by a united states army sergeant well everybody in the world well well we were very close to reaction to that including the us and of course rush well what's your opinion as not as a politician but as a person deeply involved in the matter in this again situation what do you consider for yourself that this was isolated case committed committed by a by insane or troubled person or are those that reflect a deeper process does that reflect the the general psychological seek of the us personnel in the region i think your last proposition is much more lot of proof of course i don't know completely different but who am i talking about feelings i mean certainly you know why you believe it's not the intent of actions by the us military in afghanistan when it comes to the surge and of course it's an isolated event but we had that chain of isolated accidents in our gunners from falling for the last year do you remember our building of course some years ago bombardment all we're really sure is in the suburbs so all of

what the arrow depicts is essentially the movement of the united states army of the southwest in the first half of 1862 as that army moved from missouri, just off the top of the map, the board, through springfield, to the battle site at pea ridge, in benton county, arkansas, and then a long circuitous route almost, but not quite to little rock, probably to the cabot/jacksonville area today. and then looping back around and across the delta to helena on the mississippi river. and what we'll do tonight is explain how this operation unfolded, what happened along the way, and of what importance it was in arkansas history. and in the civil war, the history of the civil war. the pea ridge campaign began atop the ozark plateau in the depths of a midwestern winter. and it ended, 700 miles away on the banks of the mississippi river at the height of a southern summer. from start to finish, the campaign lasted almost exactly six months. when the was over the confederacy in the transmississippi had suffered a military and political disaster from which it never recovered. it could not ever recove

. >> the department of defense united states army united states marine corps will have to look at thisagain. are we pushing our troops too far too fast and are they exposed to too much combat. >>reporter: also learning that the family of the army sergeant is being moved to lewis mccord base for own protection. they have been living off base. this is abc news, washington. >> bay area politician say the massacre is another reason why the united states should get out of afghanistan. mark reports tonight about the concern over what might happen if we do withdraw. >> this just speaks to why we must hurry and end this war in afghanistan. there's no military solution. >>reporter: congresswoman lee is hopeful members of congress will sign on to her bill to stop funding. >> but protect our troops but bring them home in systematic manner. >> in this largest afghan in the country people were reluctant to talk about the shooting or impact on l relations. but if the coalition office tells me u.s. military should not withdraw right now. >> u.s. cap still operate in afghanistan in to save their own f

this is the monument and grave of the united states army corps of engineers first lieutenant eugene august us would have rough. he graduated near the to which his class and allowed to be an engineer. he is subject here with a detachment during reconstruction in 1872 and cleared the great log route. his brother was his second in command. he had a good detachment. he completed the work that henry schrev egan. he had to do great work and they did it. they used nitroglycerin, the first time it was used in a large project. in 1873 in august, they worked close to finishing the route. jello fever worked out in shreveport. the army ordered this detachment. he wrote his mother. he was a mama's boy. he wrote his mother that these people need help. i'm saving my brother, george. i'm going to they and help. eugene stayed. he and five catholic priests acted as doctors because most of the doctors were dead. he thought he was going to be okay and felt okay. he comes down with it very quickly. september 28th he gets it by september 29th and 9:00 p.m., he's dead. the city wrote his mother and said we would

to happen on top of what the president has proposed in his e another 100,000 soldiers in the united states army. those are the projections of the american military. so dealing with i an extraordinarily important thing for the defense of the country. the president action to be decries sequester, doesn't want to happen, but in his budget has presented us no way to avert sequester. the republican budget does that siblan way. in fact, this budget does what the super committee should have done and looks at long-term entitlement spending,justments but maintains our defense capability in the meantime. n addition, thises $200 billio president's proposed to cut from cleagues on the house armed services committee, on the house defense work with the american military, work with the administration, as to how business to use thoresou. yet at the end of that process, it's worth noting, we still make a tremendous contribution to de. this committee will spend $300 billion less in aod tn projecte spend only a year ago. it's not as if defense is somehow escaping the budget imperative that we're all dealing with.

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my nine years of service in the united states army were positive and enriching for me and provided me with many wonderful experiences, memories and friendships. unfortunately, that isn't always the case for service members. service members can find themselves in a position where it's almost impossible to stand up against injustice and to do so comes with great personal cost. it's a case of a double victimization. catch 22. if you leave, you are punished. if you stay, you suffer in silence and all of this is piled on top of the original violence. so aauw makes it our mission to advance equality for women and girls and one of the ways we do this is supporting courageous women and men who seek fair treatment through the justice system. we believe women deserve legal protection, no matter what industry they work in. we believe it so strongly that in 1981 we provided legal support to potentially precedent setting cases involving workplace discrimination and sex and gender based mistreatment. the case you're hearing about today has our proud support. we know it takes courage to speak out an

this is the monument and grave of the united states army corps of engineers engineer eugene woodruff. graduated near the top of his class, allowed by their rules to become an engineer. he is sent here with a detachment, during reconstruction, in 1872, to clear the great log jam, the great raft, and his brother w his second in command. detachment. he completed the work that henry shreve began. they had to do hurricane lee and work to get ridjam. this was the first time this was used in this project. in 1873, in august, while they're working and close to finishing the raft, knocking it up, tearing it up, whatever they needed to do, yellow fever broke out in shreveport. and the army ordered this attachment out. eugene said these people need help, i am sending my men, i am saving my brother george, and i am staying to help. eugene stayed. he and five catholic priests acted as doctors because most of the doctors were dead. and eugene faithfully served. thought that he was going to be okay. felt okay. stayed with the same folks who are in this plot, the ellsners, and he comes down with it v

this is the monument and grave of the united states army corps of engineers first lieutenant eugene a. woodruff, allowed by their rules to become an engineer. he is sent here with a detachment during reconstruction in 1872 to clear the great log jam, and his brother was his second in command. he had a very good detachment. he completed the work that henry shreve began. they had to do herculean work to get rid of the log jam, ask they did it. they used nitroglycerine, first time it was used in a big project. in 1873, in august, while they're working, and pretty close to finishing, knocking it out, blowing it up, tearing it up, whatever they needed to do, yellow fever broke out in shreveport. and the army ordered this detachment out. and eugene wrote his mother. he was a momma's boy. he wrote his mother, these people need help. i'm sending my men. i'm saving my brother george. i'm going to stay and help. so eugene stayed. and he and five catholic priests acted as doctors, because most of the doctors were dead. and eugene faithfully served. thought that he was going to be okay. felt okay

we cannot give the impression that every man and man who is fightthin united states army, for exampleis a ticking time bomb. >> what do you think of karzai's anti-american statements? >> i think they're deplorable quite frankly. we have had -- lost many american lives in afghanistan ov a long period of time, trying to help that country stabilize, trying to make sure we do what is in the best national security interests of our country, protecting women's rights, protecting the country from the taliban, and for karzai implicate that our acti >>> the whole keystone pipeline will be approved by obama before the election. >> you bet! >> with -- >> yes, yes, yes, a million times yes. >> yes, yes, yes snook the answer is yes. bye-bye!

. >>> a sergeant of the united states army walks off his base in afghanistan and allegedly goes dooror killing at least 16 civilians in kandahar province. the question is will this horrific incident change the direction and timeline of the american presence there? a live report from the ground. >>> back here at home, mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich duke it out in the south with polls showing a couple of air-tight race there's, after santorum routed romney in kansas over the weekend. the question accompany and gingrich have been debating on the trail, which candidate likes grits more. and vanderbilt hangs on to beat kentucky for the school's first sec tournament title since harry truman was president. this as the commodores

mean he was totally disgusted with an eight hundred forty seven he wrote it is a fact that the united states army and marching to the rio grande marched into a peaceful mexican settlement and frighten the inhabitants away from their homes and their growing crops lincoln opposed the war he called on president polk for proof that the war was necessary he said before congress that soil was not ours and congress did not annex or attempt to annex it he voted for a resolution declaring the war was unnecessary and accused polk the president of violating the constitution starting the mexican american war from what george washington's presidency in the seventeen eighties all the way to the one nine hundred seventy s. republicans were the anti-war party they opposed world war one they condemned president woodrow wilson for taking us into it glenn beck still goes off on him about that they oppose their entering world war two here's some quotes from some republican members of congress representative fred bradley of michigan this is in the lead up to world war two before we have declared before pearl harbor h

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have a lot to cover so let's get to it here this cusses with me is lawrence wilkerson retired united states army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell thanks so much for joining us tonight for a while since we've had you on the show and there's a lot going on so i read is really going to grab bag we have so much to catch up on and so i want to get your take on what's been happening in afghanistan stepping up and first time that we've seen protests in the country now the first time that we've seen protests in the country as a result immediately of a very stupid and insensitive action but you know if we look at the timing of this happening really before this major drawdown that is planned before it begins is they finalize it in some ways sealed the deal in some way. i think it's getting dangerous the general situation is such that we have polls from pakistan again for example the chair and i still think pakistan is the bigger problem. the biggest enemy for the pakistan people by huge margin is not the taliban it's not their own government it's not so mixed army factor other than us we

the united states army's chemical commodity center. >> this was the cold war and the united states wanted defenses against a possible soviet chemical attack. >> psycho chemical attack may come in the form of an explosion. invisible smoke. >> they were developing the weapons of its own. >> here's a group of soldiers responding quickly to the routine drill commands. after receiving lsd, they are confusion and undisciplined. >> edgewood arsenal is where much of the research took place. using men like tim josephs. >> for did not look like a military base. more like a hospital. >> describe it. what was it that you saw? >> everyone was in lab coats. some military doctors and some were civilian doctors. you were well aware that you were a private and they were a captakapcaptain and up. i expressed concern from the beginning. they took me aside and said you volunteered for this and if you don't do it, there is most likely prison and a dishonorable discharge. >> you were intimidated? >> yes. >> coerced? >> yes. >> forced? >> forced. >> you didn't sign up for this? >> not at all. . >> i reported it

. >> the department of defense, the united states army, united states marine corps are going to havetoo fast, and are they exposed to too much combat? >> reporter: also learning that the family of the army sergeant is being moved to lewis-mcchord base for their own protection. they have been living off base. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> we talk so much about the ripple effect of war. not only the physical toll on those who come home, the psychological toll on those who come home, but the psychology of those still there. now opens this -- >> staggering. >> it opens the door to those questions, too. and how they're being treated. this guy passed screenings. >> it's really, really sad. leon panetta was saying that it's important that all of us, the u.s., afghanistan, the isaf forces all stick to the strategy laid out, war is hell, these kinds of incidents are going to take place. it's hard to imagine anything -- there's nothing positive that can come out of this except for potentially, you know, further mental health screening and getting these guys right and not putting the

a united states army sergeant is being detained today after american officials say he went on a nighttimeassacre over the weekend killing at least 16 afghan civilians as they slept in their homes. a coalition spokesman says the rogue shooter abandoned his post at a military base and walked to a nearby village. there he allegedly opened fire inside three separate homes killing as many as nine children, five other civilians were reported injured. president obama who was attending his daughter's basketball game personally called hamid karzai and offered his condolences to the families and says the incident does not represent the u.s. military. but hamid karzai is demanding answers from the u.s. government saying, "this is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven." we're going to talk to our panel and start with nbc chief pentagon correspondent. but also the implications on our missions there in light of all of the aftermath since the koran burnings. >> well, mika, this was a 38-year-old staff sergeant out of ft. lewis in washington. who was on his

the united states army's chemical commodity center. >> reporter: this was the cold war.nd the united states wanted defenses against a possible soviet chemical attack. >> psycho chemical attack may come in the form of an explosion, an invisible vapor, a cloud of smoke. >> reporter: the u.s. was also developing psychochemical weapons of its own. >> here is a group of normal soldiers responding correctly to a series of routine drill commands. after receiving a small dose of lsd, they're kwuzed and undisciplined. >> reporter: edgewood arsenal was where much of the research took place. using men like tim josephs. >> when i got there, it just did not look like a military base. more like a hospital. >> reporter: describe it. what was it that you saw? >> everyone's in lab coats. some military doctors, i guess, and some were civilian doctors, but you were well aware that you were a private and they were a captain and up. and i expressed my concern right from the beginning. they took me aside and said, you know, you volunteered for this. and if you don't do it, there's most likely