amen. >> the national museum of the united states army is a joint effort between the united states army army historical foundation. the mission of the army historical foundation is to honor the american soldier by preserving and presenting the history and heritage of the united states army. from his home in massachusetts, please welcome the chairman of the army historical foundation, general retired arnold sullivan. >> distinguished guests, friends, and supporters of the army museum, welcome to the opening ceremony of the national museum of the united states army. this museum is a giant tribute to over 30 million soldiers who have served throughout our history as a country. i think it is important we take a moment to remember one soldier in particular. general bill herzog whose recent passing has saddened us all. he was a dedicated soldier who served as chairman of the board for 15 years. trying to keep the campaign to build this impressive museum alive. we are grateful for his enormous effort and offer the deepest condolences to his wife and family. bill, rest in peace. it is my honor

united states is prepared to furnish assistance to the republic of korea. >> four days after the invasion began, the capital city of seoul fell to the communists. small elements of the united states armyere airlifted from japan to help check the red advance. they were greeted with cheers. but the cheering was soon forgotten. our small forces found themselves greatly outnumbered by communist troops trained and equipped by the russians. our handful of troops fought a delaying action, buying precious time until reinforcements would arrive. we showed the communists that we had the will to fight aggression wherever and whenever it occurred. on july 10th, president truman appointed general douglas mcarthur, commander in chief of the united nations forces, which were beginning to assemble. for the outcome of the troops in the field, it was fight, pull back, and fight again. more united states forces arrived in pusan. not nearly enough, but it was a beginning. field commanders like general walton h. walker and general william f.d. found that there was a holding action with little time and few men. but american military leadership had only recently been flooded and honed to professional keenne

united states military academy. he served in the frontier with the united states army. he was secretary of war under president peairs, served in the united states congress and also serves the in the united states senate. he and his wife were the host during james buchanan's administration in washington, d.c. when the south left and formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis to become its first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become the president of the confederate states of america. we're standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1865, jefferson davis received word from general robert e. lee, commander of the army of northern virginia, that they no longer could hold the federal army back from attacking the city of richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet, sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis soon after that would follow. he would finally catch up with his family right below, right above the florida state line. i

what happened here opened the next major chapter in the history of the united states army. war began here at the 38th parallel. just how did this imaginary line become diffuse for a three-year explosion? before the japanese surrender in world war ii, we made an agreement with the russians who were than our allies. when surrender came on the asian mainland, russian troops would accept the surrender of japanese forces north of the 38th parallel. and we will do the same south of it. the 38th parallel was chosen because it divides the korean peninsula roughly in half. it was also agreed that free elections would be held, as the government of korea returned to the korean people. in august of 1948, free elections were held in south korea. supervised by united nations inspectors. establishing the republic of korea. three weeks later communist -controlled elections and north korea from which human inspectors were barred, established a communist regime, and divided the creation. not long afterwards, the communists to sided that their moment for conquest had come. >> in early summer,

allegiance to the united states, you can have your slaves back, but if not i i am going to seize them as contraband of war because you are using them against my soldiers in the united states army. i will seize them and keep them and you can no longer have your slaves. this would create a mass of folks coming to fort monroe to seek freedom. what started out as three man became 10,000 by the end of the war in four short years. jefferson davis is a contradiction. jefferson davis, in his early life, was a graduate of the united states military academy. he served in the frontier with the added states army. he was secretary of war under president pierce. he and his wife were the host during james buchanan's administration in washington, d.c.. when the south formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis to become their first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held at the conclusion of the civil war. an 1865 but jefferson davis received word from general robert e. lee that they no longer could hold the army back from richmond. with

united states navy. silas mills, united states army. charles miller, united states army. kendall et set, united states marine corps, nicholas williams, united states navy. edward more its, united states army, earl mayo, united states army. carlton representer jr., united states army. and it is incumbent upon us to honor these vepts and reflect on their heroism in the name of liberty and our american way of life. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. during the coronavirus pandemic, community organizations in east tennessee stepped up to help our neighbors in need. i rise today to highlight the efforts of random acts of flowers which recently delivered its 500,000th bouquet and to recognize the retirement of its founder, my good friend, larson jay. in 2007, larson jay was

for more on this day in history clips. 2020, the national museum of the united states army opened its doors. next, the online ceremony commemorating the opening with video provided by the army. >> welcome to the grand opening of the national museum of the united states army, the national museum of the united states army celebrates over 245 years of army history and honors our nation's soldiers, past, present, and future in the regular army, the army reserves and the army national guard. thank you for joining us for our virtual ceremony.

reach every single one of them. >> so, look, i have a great deal of faith in the fact that the united states army, the united states military, the national guard, the army corps of engineers, they can build structures. they can do that stuff. i think your larger point was not that we're not capable of it, but it's going to need to be flawless and going to need leadership, not something we have seen all that much of in the last nine months when it comes to covid. >> no. and we've been seeing a lot of mixed messages about the military's role as well. obviously warp speed has been a success, right? or it's looking like it's going to be a success. we've heard that the military is going to come, but, you know, the military has some other daunting challenges ahead of it. it has to take care of itself. it has to ship the vaccine to a globally distributed force, all the familiies -- you know, thats going to be challenge. and, you know, and then there's been mixed messages out of the pentagon as to, you know, whether it's a supporting role and whether it's a lead role. and frankly i don't think anybody re

openingme to the grand of the national museum of the united states army, the national museum of the united states army celebrates over 245 years of army history and honors our nations soldiers, past, present, and future in the regular army, the army reserves in the army national guard. thank you for joining us for our virtual ceremony. out of an abundance of caution during the covid-19 pandemic, there is no in person audience today and certain ceremonial elements have been prerecorded.

united states. and other countries followed, as well. but the tomb guard, as you see it, is strictly an american tradition and it's united states army. it begins just as patrick mentioned. at first there was no need for any protection but as time went on, people began to treat it as a place to visit and picnic and even sit on. and it was one gentleman, i believe a navy officer witnessed it literally went over to the white house and go over and visit the president at that time. he said a few things which started the guarding process. he was first a civilian guard and the united states army is chose ton take over the military honor guard. this is important to recognize it's a 24 hours a day, seven days a week activity. in any weather situation. you can describe some of the things you endured that, i mean, even a bee sting. >> a bee sting. >> this gets into what it's like to be a member of the honor guard tomb of the unknown soldier. i was there from 1963 to 1965. and you have the intensive training and that is intense in many different levels. mental, emotional, physical. but then they prepare you for what you will experience what they

britain and russia display wide interest in these and other united states army films., 275 filmss for our spanish-speaking good neighbors, as well as 212 translations for portuguese speaking troops. 30 subjects over a brief period, for a french troops. friendly french troops. we have translated 177 films for the chinese army, putting strange words into g.i. joe mouth. chinese] narrator: in our army, entertainment shorts mean gi movies and magazines, overall total is 320 prints for release. behind the scenes are the soldier producers, directors, writers, cameramen, editors that are in hollywood to do the job for the military. including all armed forces, the industry service roster has reached 29,652. however, as vital as anything, people are contributing, the role they are playing about morale. those assigned to the terrific ,ask of storming the seven seas but apart from the actual fighting, they have definite cravings. letters from home and entertainment motion pictures, hollywood features that would provide brief respite from the nerve shattering thunder of battle. th

spring of 1950, only five short years after the last shots of world war ii had been fired, the united states armyad been reduced to an active force of 600,000. a great number of these were

secretary ryan mccarthy joined other top-ranking officials to open the national museum of the united states army to the public wednesday at fort belvoir virginia. it's the first of its kind and covers the army's history from the revolutionary war to the wars in iraq and afghanistan the army's history is america's history army chief of staff general james mcconville and other visitors can see the vehicles that broke their german lines during the battle of the bulge in world war 2 carried us troops ashore on d-day and led the 2003 charge from kuwait to baghdad, we can not truly appreciate. >>the sacrifice of our soldiers unless we see the weapons they use feel the uniforms they wear here are the stories they told general mark milley the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the extraordinary examples of ordinary people play after other artifacts documents images in art work. >>the majority of which have never been seen by the public and allows all of us. to connect and before ever tied to those who came before us with hopes of inspiring future generations of men and women to follow in their f

united states. and other countries followed as well. but the tomb guard as you see it is strictly eight american tradition and the united states army.it begins as justice patrick mentions, at first there was no need for any protection, but as time went, on people began to treat it as a place to visit, and then picnic, and then even sit on it. and it was one gentleman, i believe it's a navy officer witnessed it. literally went over to the white house, back then you could just go over and visit the president. and he said a few things to him which started the guarding process, which was first the civilian guard, and then the united states army is chosen to take over the military undergird. >> thank you 36. >> i'm going to say -- was a 37? >> [inaudible] i have the former sergeant to remind me of the states. >> -- they start a 24-hour guard. >> i think it's also important to recognize that this is a 24 hours a day, seventies a week activity in any weather situation. you know richard, can you sort of describe some of the things that you endured, that i mean even be staying -- >> this gets into what it is like to be a member of the underc

it is essentially a museum to the united states army and the cadets there need to learn about their historyy have the line, the portraits of every superintendent of west point. robert ely was one of those superintendents from 1852 to 1855. are we going to take that painting down and pretend that he wasn't a superintendent whenw he was still an officer in the united states army? or in the library, there are two grand portraits of ulysses s. grant and robert ely. the two great commanders in the confederacy who faced off against each other and fortunately u.s. grant one. what are we going to take down the lee portrait so when cadets are studying in that library they don't know who u.s. grant opposed, some fictitious opponent who can't be named like a harry potter villain? you know, if we taught these politically correct liberals a little more history, maybe they would realize that blm marxists and critical race theorists actually sound just like john c calhoun, the great 19th century defender of slavery, because they always reduce people to the color of their skin. nothing but their race. they

united states. and other countries followed as well. but the tomb guard as you see it is strictly an american tradition and it's united states army.it begins just as patrick mentioned at first, there was no need for any protection. but as time went on, people began to treat it as a place to visit and then picnic and even sit on it. and it was one gentleman -- i believe it was a navy officer -- witnessed it, literally went over to the white house, back then you could just go over and visit the president, and he said a few things to him which started the guarding process. it was first a civilian guard and then the united states army took over. >> what year was that? >> i'm going say it was -- was it '37? >> '36. >> i have the former sergeant of the guard -- >> the first civilian guard was 1925, military '26. >> i think it's also important to just recognize that this is a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week activity in any weather situation. can you describe some of the things that you endured? >> this gets into what it's like to be a member of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier. i was there from 1963 to 1965. and you have the in

united states, and other countries followed as well. but the tomb guard, as you see it, is strictly an american tradition and the united states army t. begins, just as patrick mentiond, at first there was no need for any protection. as time went on, people began to treat it as a place to visit and then picnic and even sit on it. and it was one gentleman, i believe he's a navy officer that witnessed, it literally went over to the white house, and back then you could just go over and visit the president. and he said a few things which started the process that was first a civilian guard, and then the united states army is chosen to take over the military honor guard. >> what year was that? >> i'm going to say -- was it 1937? >> 1936. >> i have the former sergeant of the guardian to remind me of the dates. >> the first civilian guard was 1925. military, 1926. they started 24-hour guard. >> i think it's also important to just recognize that this is a 24 hours a day, seven days a week activity in any weather situation. richard, can you sort of describe some of the things that you endured, that even a bee sting? >> a bee sting. >> this gets

here to talk about the markets today, including two veterans, degus wright who served in the united states army, jim labenthal in the u.s. army thanks to you guys and all of our veterans we always salute those in service and those who continue now. joining me, stephanie link, joe taranova we're green across the boards. dow, s&p, nasdaq all green jim, we have a big rebound in the nas names. best pace on the month since january of 1987. >> well, scott, first off, thank you. every year you -- and throughout the year you give a lot of respect to veterans. it means a lot to me personally. you and the team at cnbc, thank you very much. onto the markets look, a little reversal today where the cyclicals are fading and tech is rallying i think that's healthy i mean, look, we've had one heck of a rotation. not just this week but in the last two months it's been going on it's time for a pause. and i think the most important message here is, anyone who's feeling like they missed out, you don't need to feel that way. if you feel like you missed out on the tech rally of the summer, well, guess what, septembe

. >> in late july, 1918, general pershing created the first united states army under his command.nd immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. that point was saint-mihiel. ♪ the germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. more than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. by the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its first independent operations against the enemy. at dawn on the 12th, in a drizzling rain, the attack was launched. [gunfire] [explosions] for the enemy, saint-mihiel was an unpleasant surprise. within four days, the city was obliterated, and the americans were deployed along a new line. general pershing considered the victory a birthday gift to him on september 13. in a statement issued to the men, he said, this striking victory probably has done more than any single operation of the war to encourage the tir

only 4451here were african-americans in the united states army. oned armies -- -- commissioned officers. the rest were enlisted men, mostly in service and supply units. there were no black marines and only a few mess stewards in the navy and the coast guard. by the mid-1950's, the world --rs toward war again 1930's, the world veers toward war again. african-americans still must fight for the right to do their part. army's point, the military academy, the color barrier is difficult to crack. benjamin o davis jr. graduates from west point in 1936. he is the first african-american to graduate in the 20th century. spoken social word was in his four years at west point. allows some african-american college officers.o become meanwhile, african-american organizations and newspapers petitioned franklin d roosevelt and his administration for dignity and equality in the armed forces. there is a is, -- grave apprehension among negros. persons maycolored lead to the creation of labor battalions and other forms of discrimination against them in the event of war

ever hear the united states army invented the aids virus injured warfare or laboratories? millions of people still believe that to this day. kgb misinformation. and ahead of russian intelligence from the end of world war ii through today. that the cold war was then in the 20th century know what we're going through now russia attacking our democracy is a whole different story. >> so what struck me was you have written so much about the ca before - - cia before with the successes and failures and spoiling the thesis of the book of legacy of ashes but your general believe there are more failures on the cia book and successes. i am curious looking at this 12 years later change your perception of the cia and your belief in the world that it played in the cold war and what should we make of the legacy in this particular fight? >> it is a drug for presidents and secretaries of defense, secretaries of state. and through the military and the cia. the cia in 1947 and didn't know the first thing about covert action. they been added since peter the great. and for centuries. so our lac

just grew too wide that they could not operate with the most important general in his entire united states army at that point. secondly he was a war democratic. the midterm elections just wrapped up. you could argue and lincoln did say that there was no need now to have hymn a war democrat that would try to become a unifying force in those midterm elections. which democrats did win some of the seats, but ultimately they held control of both houses of congress and most of the state governorships and legislatures. but no matter what you think of george mcclellan, it is one of the most well known stories of him being relieved from command. people talk about it all of the time, of comparing it to presidents, having disputes with generals in the field. even if you go back to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. but it is not just relevant today, but i think it symbolizes one of the last pillars of a soft-hand war being fought on the part of the union war effort. so this is a great change in the union war effort. and i think that it is not just his removal, but the entire campaign does because it places

armies. and so all of these were passed by dr. william alexander hammond who is a military physician and surgeon general of the united states from 1862 to 1864. and not only did this circular establish the necessity to collect the specimens and collect these cases, it also created the army medical museum as a place to store all of these specimens and store all of this information. and so in directing all of these collections, anything that was considered of value to a surgeon was sent to the army medical museum including specimens, projectiles, reports, images, on a scale that had never before been seen on -- in american history. and so in the american medical field. as these circulars spread, more surgeons wanted to get involved, more medical personnel wanted to get involved because not only did it create the opportunity for them to advance, it created the opportunity for surgeons to learn. for example, a civilian doctor who is treating ill patients in philadelphia was able to submit his studies using new techniques to diagnosis illnesses. dr. samuel gross was able to use the circular to study the effects of camp diseases on surgeon

. >> in late july, 1918, pushing created the first united states army under his command. immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces on one point on the line. that point was saint-mihiel. had held a -- since early in the war penetrating the allied lines, 60 miles it enabled that enemy to harass operations. more than half 1 million first army troops assembled for the task to crushing it out of existence. 15 divisions were moved into division. by the end of the day, on september 11th, 1918, the first army was ready for its first independent operation against the enemy. at dawn on the 12th, drizzling rain, the attack was launched. [explosions] for the enemy, saint-mihiel was an unpleasant surprise, it was obliterated within four days. americans were deployed. they considered the victory a birthday gift to him on september 13th, in a statement to the man he said, the striking victory probably has done more than any single operation in the war to encourage the tired allies. this coral commemorates the saint-mihiel by the american first army. >> we are standing at

. >> the united states army will reconsider cases of thousands of american service members with ptsde given less than honorable discharges. a class action law enforcement was filed on behalf of veterans nationwide who were prevented from receiving full healthcare services and other benefits because they did not receive fully honorable discharges due to minor misconduct linked to ppsd and other minor mental health conditions. >> depression, toationty, to substance abuse, that all results from their symptoms of ptsd. >> the army will review thousands of discharge up grade applications. the new criteria will also apply to veterans who apply for upgrades in the future. >>> we don't understand how people can be so inhumane and have no heart, to just drive around and take people's lives. >>> family and friends gather to remember a young mother killed by gunfire. their calls for justice. >>> and fall temperatures in the forecast. mark subpoena next with the weather you could expect for the holiday. humira patients,... ...this one's for you. you inspired us to make your humira experience eve

. >> in late july 1918, general pershing created the first united states army under his command and immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. that point was san my hel saint-mihiel. it enabled to harass forces. they assembled for the task of krrk it out of existence. fifteen infantry were moved. by the end of the day, the first army was ready for its first independent operation against the enemy. at dawn on the 12th in the driz lipping rain the attack was launched. -- drizzling rain the attack was launched. >> the enemy saint-mihiel it was an unpleasant surprise. within four days it was obliterated and americans were deployed along the new line. general pershing considered it a birthday gift to him on september 13th. in a statement to the man it said this striking victory has done more than any single operation of the war to encourage tired allies. >> built on an isolated hill, this memorial commemorates the capture of saint-mihiel by the american first army. >> we're standing at the memorial established by the american battle monuments commission to

army that black american infantry would prove it on the battlefield. for their bravery, france awards black soldiers its highest medal and the united states awards black both units the distinguished service cross. despite their bravery, the number of black soldiers in the army are severely reduced during the period between world war i and world war ii. in 1940, there were only 4,451 african-americans in the united states army. five were commissioned officers and 11 warrant officers. the rest were enlisted men. mostly in service and supply units. there were no black marines and only a few in the navy and coast guard. by the mid 1930s, the world veers towards war again. african-americans still must fight for the right to do their part. at west point the army's military academy the color barrier remains difficult to crack. benjamin davis jr. graduates from west point in 1936. he is the first african-american to graduate from the point in the 20th century. n the reserve officer training corps, rotc, allowed some african-american college students to become officers. meanwhile, african-american organizations and newspapers petitioned president franklin d. ro

it's important to realize how small the united states army was. he only had about 15,000 union soldiers, across the entire nation, at the time. so they were kind of spread, out all across the country. and like i, said in less than 100 in charleston harbor. and of those 85 men, eight were musicians in the original band. so it was a pretty sleepy post most of them, and it's interesting, who were in the artillery were immigrants. they came from, a lot of them came from ireland, and germany. in major robert anderson is an interesting figure as well, because he's actually a southerner. he's from kentucky. and he was very much against the idea of secession, but he really was in favor of any sort of war. he writes that his heart wasn't really in the war that he foresaw coming. and he was in a tricky situation, here. because basically it came down to property rights in charleston harbor, where these federal forests, these installations, were part of the new republic of south carolina, or where they part of the united states government? and that's where, a

armies. and so, all of these were passed by doctor william alexander, who was a military physician, and surgeon general of the united states from 1862 to 1864. and not only did this circular establish then assess itty to collect these specimens, and collect these cases. it also created the army medical museum, as a place to store all of these specimens and store all of this information. and so, and direct seen, all of these collections, anything that was considered of value to a surgeon was sent to the army medical museum, including specimens, projectiles, reports, images. on a scale that had never before been seen in american history. and an american medical field. and, as these circular spread, more surgeons wanted to get involved. more medical personnel wanted to get involved, because not only did create the opportunity for them to advance, it created the opportunity for surgeons to learn. for example, with doctor jacob de costa, a civilian actor who was treating patients in philadelphia, was able to submit histories using new techniques to diagnose illnesses. additionally, doctor samuel growth, church surgeon at the me

that the commander-in-chief could not operate with the most important general in the entire united states armyat that point. secondly, mcclellan was a war democrat. the midterm elections had just wrapped up and so you can argue, and lincoln basically said, that there is no need to have mcclellan to become a unifying force in those midterm elections. democrats did win some seats in those elections, but ultimately the republican still held control of both houses of congress. most of the state governorships and legislatures as well. no matter what you think of george mcclellan, this is probably one of the better known stories of the entire american civil war. mcclellan being relieved from command. you look in newspapers today and people talk about him all the time. comparing presidents having disputed generals in the field. even if you go to the wars of iraq and afghanistan, you will see mentions of this in the newspaper. comparing the past to the present. but it's not just relevant for us today, but i think it also symbolizes really one of the last pillars of a conservative soft hand war being f

men that he's commanding that is in charleston and it's important to realize how small the united states army was at the outset of the war. you only have 15,000 union soldiers across the entire nation at the time, and so you know, they were spread out all across the country and like i said, less than 100 in charleston harbor and of those 85 men, eight were musicians in the regimental band. so it was a pretty sleepy post and most of the men, it's interesting who were in the first u.s. artillery were immigrants and they came -- a lot of them came from ireland and germany and the major is an interesting figure, too, because he's actually a southerner, and he's from kentucky and he wasn't for cessation and he wasn't for any sort of war and he wasn't for any war that he fore saw coming and he was in a tricky situation here because basically, it came down to property rights in charleston harbor where these federal forts and these installations were part of the new part of the republic of south carolina or part of the united states government and that's where a lot of the argument will come over as

. >> the united states army medical research institute of infectious diseases had already been involved in warp speed for weeks at this point. >> i had a number of meetings to figure out how we can accelerate vaccine and therapeutic development? the military has done a great job working closely with other public-sector counterparts and the private sector. >> scandal hit in may when the top researcher at the biomedical advanced research and development authority resigned over the trump administration's covid-19 response. doctor rick wright testified on capitol hill before house democrats. the secretary of health and human services alex azar said everything doctor bright talked about had already been done. >> doctor bright is up there testifying today, everything he's complaining about was achieved. everything he talks about was done. he talked about, he says he talks about the need for respirators. we procured respirators, he said we need a manhattan project for vaccines, this president initiates a vaccine manhattan project, diagnostic manhattan project, therapeutic manhattan project and