is it it mean anything. >> the war powers act was an effort in the aftermath of the vietnam war for congress to require the president to report and to set limits on the use of force overseas without an affirmative vote by congress. the problem with the war powers act is it's difficult to enforce. once american forces are overseas congress has one way to brick thembring them back which is to cut off funding. members would have to vote to stop sending money to support soldiers that are overseas. most members of congress do not want to make the vote. >> the constitution says what it says can you accept conditions were there would of be a declaration of war again. we are moving into a moment if a president felt an ages taken required a large-scale milt which conflict against a peer power. if we were to go to war, i hope we never do it would clearly be an extensive operation, not a limited focussed operation in a small ear. presidents would turn to that. since world war ii we have not felt those kinds of wars we fought smaller wars that quickly expand moving behind authorisations that congress gi

i mean, don't forget that the korean war and to some extent sort of the vietnam war, the vietnam war was a proxy war against china. and if we had good relations with china we would have had no need to fight a proxy war against china. you know let's face it, that's what this is an important subject because there was no greater stature in american history than the vietnam war. >> first of all i'm delighted that gigabit of all the misconception. i am a shanghai land, born and raised in shanghai so i'm coming out this -- these big shanghai dialect of? >> no, the okay, then i won't show off. the one thing i wish to point office when you talk about the glowing report which is john davis, john service and all these people sit. when the plo people's liberation army walked in shanghai may 25 1949 and the few foreigners who were there include my family and the chinese because of all this propaganda they heard over the years that they were very kind nice to the peasants, never stealing anything. this carried on. they found out in six months it was a different story when they took over the estab

the chicana movement and the anti-vietnam war demonstrations. he didn't have much of that in victoria. people try to bring about change by voting, by suing by holding meetings with local business leaders. it was very much a consensual view of american citizenship. let me explain it to you for a second. when i first started researching this as a dissertation i was a grad student at the university of iowa that i went to all these classes and i thought now i know to look for. clearly there must have been a story like victoria. nothing. a little bitty bit so i'm finding no evidence of overt resistance. what i found was subtle resistance. here's the point, these folks were very consensual. they were patriotic americans so they brought into values practices traits and bullies. we talk about citizenship is where you were born and what country you are loyal to but there's a whole list of unwritten rules that defined citizenship. your race, your gender, your class your level of education, where you live your religion. if you are an atheist you are not ge

after the vietnam war, he received hundreds, probably thousands, of letters from returned veterans seeking his support and all sorts of matters, principally in getting their benefits that they had earned as military serving the united states. in his earlier days of his career, dr. garcia had a contract with the government for which he was paid two dollars per soldier to treat their medical needs because there was no veterans administration hospital here. he was the only dr. serving the mexican american community. we have three letters here dealing with the vietnam era. we have a letter of appeal for help from one soldier handwritten, you notice. another letter from a soldier in 1974. this is a letter to senator benson from dr. garcia trying to pursue senator benson's assistance and getting some information for this woman who has contacted dr. garcia. she does not know what has become of her husband. dr. garcia was an unusually committed and dedicated individual. he worked his whole life to better the conditions of his fellow man. he was not only a position serving the community. he was a d

nghia was born a year after the vietnam war ended. he was raised in the central part of the country, an area that suffered serious damage from the fighting. >> translator: when the var was over, after the military had withdrawn, rice fields and forests around us were left devastated by bombs. some of the bombs remained unexploded in the fields making it difficult for us to grow food. it was tough. also, each year typhoons would heavily damage houses and schools in the neighborhood. i remember thinking, if these buildings had been properly designed in the first place, they wouldn't have collapsed. >> reporter: the province is about 2 1/2 hours by car from central ho chi minh. form houses dot the mekong delta and residents feel a gap between themselves and city dwellers. nice to meet you. this man depends on the land for his living. but his home is as up-to-date as anything in the city. nghia built it using what he calls the s-house design. "s" stands for sustainable, strong and safe. >> translator: my hold house was a shack, it leaked.

but as it became clear remember publicly against the vietnam war. he had been a founder of many of lyndon johnson's war on poverty program which nixon ran against. yet his commitment to the president was not to say anything public about any of these disputes. that's not why he was there. he said things privately. the war was a disaster and i wish i had that money spent for other reasons. publicly he never said anything. this was important. a major component. they became close, it became a real that was founded in a funny way he started to send memorandum memoranda to the president. i know because i was on the eisenhower staff but not nixon. long convoluted, long convoluted, complex. they were even about subjects that the president cannot do anything about. the president should know about this. somebody who reads that. these were memos that clearly or election to intellectual. richard nixon had never received memos like that before command he loved them. what did he he do? unfortunately he started to send them around the people which means that ultim

mexican-american history focuses on the demonstrations, the chicano movement, you know, the anti-vietnam war demonstrations. you didn't have much of that in victoria. people tried to bring about change by voting, by suing by holding meetings with, you know local business leaders. it was very much a sort of consensual view of american citizenship. let me kind of explain that to you for a second. so when i first started researching this as a dissertation, i was a grad student at the university of iowa. i'd been through all these classes, and i thought, well now i know what to look for. clearly, there must have been a story like this in victoria. nothing. not even a little baby bit. so i'm looking, and i'm finding no evidence of overt resistance. what i found was subtle resistance. so here's the point: these folks were very consensual. they were patriotic americans. so they bought into more than values practices, traits and beliefs, you know? if we talk about citizenship it's where you were born, what country are you loyal to, that sort of thing. but there's a whole list of unwritten rules that

we have about 100 names here that gave their life during the vietnam war. and then we have about 250 names here that gave their life in the korean conflict. this is the go for broke monument. the regimental combat team during world war ii. the 442nd regimental combat team was the most decorated unit in military history for its size and length of service. they got over 9,000 purple hearts, seven distinguished presidential citations, and there's over 16,000 names here. they are randomly placed by computer so you cannot find someone's name, but we have an index over there by the computer to locate anyone that fought during world war ii. so there's the units they fought with and the various ones throughout world war ii. here's the list of medal of honor winners during world war ii. 21 names and the various decorations that they received. >> you can learn more about little tokyo and the history of the japanese in the united states at the japanese american national museum website. >>> saturday morning starting at 10:00 a.m. our nation's governors get together to

he talks about his motivations in leaking the pentagon papers as well as his opinions on the vietnam war. the richard nixon presidential library conducted this interview as part of a project to document the 37th president's administration. this portion is about one hour 20 minutes. >> right from the beginning and until late in 1971 -- for a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearing. precisely because i knew they did not tell the whole story for an adequate story. i knew a lot of what was excluded from them and what you needed was oral testimony preferably under oath. of people who really knew the decision-making at the time and could explain what was the implications of these papers. when things were written down, it was a brief for mcnamara to argue with other people to present mcnamara's preferred policy. it did not usually express what mcnaughton thought was appropriate policy or what he thought to expect work -- for considerations. he was writing lawyers briefs for mcnamara to present. that was one

the vietnam war suddenly gives demand a big shot in the arm.ur aggregate demand curve shifts up here. look at the difference. the increasing demand's effect goes into higher prices. we're already producing at the economy's capacity. supply does not increase. we have entered the world of demand-pull inflation. keynesians felt that the economic cure was simple. lower demand by raising taxes. if a tax cut can raise demand a tax increase can reduce demand. we can never know how this remedy would have worked. it wasn't tried. what is certain is that inflation was to become, in the years following a more complex and painful phenomenon. inflation, a source of anguish and despair as it undermines purchasing power and eats away at savings. it's hard to plan for inflation. when it spreads rapidly, many are unprotected particularly those on fixed incomes. but there are those who benefit from unexpected rising prices. just who are they? people in debt can gain from inflation. the great middle class traditionally goes into debt to buy a house. when interest

in 1967, simon covered some of the biggest event of the past half septemberry including the the vietnam war. >> vietnam is more isolate today then it was ten or 15 years ago. the international thely, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression then as at aggressive regional power they have become. >> reporter: in 1991 simon and his crew were released after being held captive for almost six weeks. they were taken his stage during their coverage of the gulf war. he join 60 minutes in 2005. "cbs evening news" anchor scott pelley broke the news of simon's death. >>> his body of work earned bob too many journal stick honors here tonight, bob's daughter tanya is a talented producer for 60 minutes and tonight our thoughts are with tanya and bob's family. >> sixty minutes executive producer jeff fager says it is a terrible loss for all of us, it is such a tragedy made worse because we lost him in a car accident a man has escaped more difficult situations than almost any journalist in modern times. there is no one else like bob simon. >>> well, happening today philadelph

four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he built a career in war zones, itself falklands, yugoslavia, somalia and nearly every other conflict in between spending decades covering the middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded by sadness. >> reporter: he went where the news was risking his life along the way. during the first gulf war in 1991, simon and his cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as pows in iraqi prisons for 40 days. he talked about it with ed bradley. >> reporter: has it changed you? >> yes. >> reporter: how? [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this was his 19th season on "60 minutes." jeff fager worked with simon on hundreds of stories. >> he stood out that way, he always did. his observations, what he noticed, what he picked up on and his ability to articulate it in a story was really rare. >> reporter: colleagues say simon's life changed three years ago after the birth of his beloved grandson. >> so i'm teaching jack about motor psyche cams because -- motor cycles

what happens is the further we get from the vietnam war, the more his stock rises because the vietnamr seemed -- the things he accomplished are still with us, and the war is further in the past. >> that's true. that is a mark on his presidency. >> at the time it would have been inconceivable for two liberals -- >> johnson what are you talking about? >> but he was hated, hated. >> from the war on poverty the '64 civil rights act and the '65 civil rights act, the housing act of '68 all of these things expanded opportunity and democracy for formerly excluded citizens of this country. >> barack obama. 18 in that. it's sort of hard to tell someone before they have finished. i think with barack obama so much of it has to do with grading on the curve of what he inherited. >> there's that, exactly. so we should grade him on the curve for sure. but you also have to consider we're in war essentially and he's about to get authorization even though he says he has it, so that will be part of his legacy. but when you look at the other side, the question again did he expand democracy for excluded gr

. >> he was one of the last journalists to leave saigon during the vietnam war, he was captured during the iraq war. bob simon was a respected and loved newsman. tonight his colleagues open up about one of the most difficult stories they've ever had to cover. because we still -- nobody here has processed it yet. >> when steve told me, i think we sat on the phone and there was silence. there was nothing

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especially during the vietnam war, my song "waist deep in the big muddy" [plucking banjo strings] ♪ waistdn't mention vietnam, but everybody knew what i was singing about. ♪ the captain told us to ford the river. ♪ ♪ that's how we all begun. ♪ ♪ we were knee deep in the big muddy. ♪ ♪ the big fool said to push on. ♪ it was a song which was inspired by seeing a photograph showing american troops wading through, waist deep in the water of the mekong delta probably. ♪ we were waist deep in the big muddy. ♪ ♪ the big fool said to push on. ♪ i was asked to be on the smothers brothers program, and the first time i sang it it was scissored out of the tape, in october of 1967. but the smothers brothers took to the print media and said, "hey, cbs is censoring our best jokes. it censored seeger's best song. what's going on here?" and finally in january of 1968 cbs said "okay, okay, he can sing the song." ♪ all at once the moon clouded over. ♪ ♪ we heard a gurgling cry. ♪ ♪ a few seconds later, ♪ ♪ the captain's helmet was all that floated by. ♪ a friend of mine was working in the distribution offic

spending on the vietnam war versus spending on the great society. and it was a dilemma because it was hard to do both. i'm convinced that obama has concluded he's not going to allow the last two years of his presidency to be dragged into what he calls a long-term overseas expensive military commitment. he simply won't go there. he wants to take that money and spend it on his domestic priorities. >> the way to understand this national security strategy it's the third term of the jimmy carter administration that we're in. carter came into the white house, gave a speech in 1977, said we have to get over our fear of communism. that was the mantra until the soviets invaded afghanistan. now what the president is essentially telling us along with susan rice is we have to get over our fear of terrorism. we have to get over our fear of putin. our fear of acquiring nuclear capability. the central idea here is that this is a president who believes we need nation building at home. just as dan mentioned guns versus butter dilemma, he wants the money for butter.

i saw courage both in the vietnam war and in the struggle to stop it. i learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service. but you don't have to go halfway around the world or march on washington to learn about bravery or love of country. again and again, in the causes that define our nation, and in everyday life in america, we have seen the uncommon courage that is common to the american people. today, with confidence in the courage of our people to change what is wrong and do what is right, i come here to say why i am a candidate for president of the united states. [applause] i am running so we can keep america's promise, to reward the hard work of middle-class americans and pull down the barriers that stand in the way of those struggling to join them, to restore our true strength in the world which comes from ideals, not arrogance, to renew the commitment of our generation to pass this planet on to our children better than it was given to us. [applause] i reject george bush's radical new vision of a government that comforts the comf

simon moved to saigon in 1971 and london in 72 covering the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters out of saigon in 1975. but returned several times. >> vietnam is more isolated today than it was ten or 15 years ago. internationally, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression than as the aggressive regional power they have become. >> reporter: his expensive experience overseas and in war zones often put him in danger. in january, 1991, simon and three cbs colleagues were captured by iraqi forces near kuwait. they were held in prison 40 days before they were finally released. the next year, he wrote about the experience in his book, 40 days. >> the window looks pretty good. >> that is what bankruptcy looks like. >> reporter: bob simon joined 60 minutes in 1996. this season marked his 19th year with the broadcast. simon was one of the most honored journalists in the business, winning 27 emmy awards among many, many others. simon's family has close ties to cbs. bob's daughter tanya is a talented producer for 60 minutes

four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. he was one of the last continues to leave as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world. the falklands, yugoslavia somalia, including every decade. >> tel a viv was created by sadness, sadness beyond works. >> reporter: he wrenlt he was risking his life along the way. >> we saw a jeep in the distance, an iraqi army jeep and they took us away. >> reporter: during the opening days of the first gulf in 1991. simon and three members were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as p.o.w.s in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> has this changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> reporter: simon joined "60 minutes" in 1996. this was his 19th season on the broadcast, reporting last week on "selma." he won 40 emmy awards including this one about poor members who constructed their instruments out of trash. >> just look and listen. ♪ >> reporter: this is the recycled orchestra. >>> "60 minutes" producer jeff prager praised his friend. >> he loved what he d

stem from the division that engulfed our country in the 1960's, particularly with regard to the vietnam war which divided this country so bitterly and decisively that the schism continued to dominate our policies for several decades afterwards because where one stood in relation to the vietnam war, whether you were for or against it often determined where you stood in other social issues -- international marriage, sexuality, drug use rock 'n' roll, counter culture et cetera, and those divisions have been exploitable for decades. think about the 2004 elections. the thing that really cost john kerry his election, one of him was not his stance on the iraq war, which he opposed but his stance on the vietnam war. he was swift boated. and the other big thing that influenced that election was gay marriage so that karl rove was able to get 11 states to have balloted initiatives that year to vote against gay marriage, to block it in those states including ohio and other swing states which drew out the votes so those social, wedge issues, have been useful politically exploited by the right, but they'

he protested the vietnam war and police brutality and involved in the countercultural revolutionary forces that were shaping our country in the '60s and '70s. seeking a change, alfonzo moved to portland and then san francisco where he lived 30 years. he gave readings at the farm on potrero avenue and became active in community journalism. in the early '80s, he joined as a translator. alfonso continued to work in translating for the paper. he was at the office translating articles for the final edition of 2014 just eight days before he died. his work and presence within the community will be deeply missed. a memorial is planned for february 8th and it will begin at cafe labohem and move to the culturality center at 3:00 p.m. more information can be found at the facebook event page. i apologize that i have a couple of other items left. the next item is an item that my office is working with supervisor kim's office and she will be speaking on this item as well. last wednesday we had a tragic fire that occurred in an historic building at 22nd and mission street and very shortly i will be makin

simon moved to saigon in 1971 and london in '72 covering the vietnam war. he was on one of the last helicopters out of saigon in 1975 but returned several times. >> vietnam is more isolated today than it was 10 or 15 years ago. internationally, the vietnamese were a lot more popular as victims of american aggression than as the aggressive regional power they've become. >> reporter: his extensive experience overseas and at war zones often put him in danger. and in january, 1991, simon and three cbs news colleagues were captured by iraqi forces near the kuwaiti border. they were held in iraqi prisons for 40 days before they were finally released. the next year he wrote about the experience in his book, 40 days. >> the window looks pretty good. >> that's what bankruptcy looks like, huh. >> reporter: he joined "60 minutes" in 1996. there season marked his 19th year with the broadcast. simon was one of the most honored journalists in the business winning 27 emmy award among many, many others. simon's family has close ties to cbs. >> bob's daughter tanya is a tale

. >> reporter: simon came to cbs news in 1967, four years later he moved to saigon to cover the vietnam war. was on one of the last hell cooperate tore leave saigon in 1975 as it fell. he built a career in war zones around the world, faulk land somalia, and nearly every conflict in between, spending decade covering middle east from tel aviv. >> tel aviv's largest square was invaded. sadness beyond word. >> reporter: he went where the news was, risking his life along the way. >> we saw in the deep blue distance and it was an iraqi army jeep. they took us away report report during the opening days of the first gulf war in 1991, simon and three members of the cbs news crew were taken prisoner by the iraqi military and held as pow in iraqi prisons for 40 days. >> it changed you. >> yes. >> how. >> too hard to tell. >> reporter: simon joined 60 minutes in 1996, this was his 19th sees than on the broadcast reporting last week on the selma. sixty minutes executive producer jeff fager, praised his friend. >> he loved his friend and that was from the moment he started at cbs news long and brilliant

simon covered everything from the vietnam war, to a piece last weekend on the film selma.he was 73 years old. >>> new at 11:00, a man beaten and bound in his own home. they're looking for the attackers responsible for a violent home invalgs. >> take a look. they've released a sketch of the suspects. here it is right here. nbc 10's nefertiti reports now. people in the community will not feel safe until they're caught. >> reporter: that victim is out of the hospital. but his neighbor said he's too scared to go back home. residents tell us they're worried these guys may strike again if they're not caught soon. >> it's scary when it's right here. because this type of thing doesn't happen here. >> reporter: stacy said she's concerned about her safety. >> because i was so close. i don't know what their motive was, what they were looking for. >> reporter: her fear comes after police say a neighbor was tied up and robbed after two men broke into his home sunday evening. police say the two men seen here slid into the man's home here through an unlocked door. they say the suspects d

stem from the division that engulfed our country in the 1960's, particularly with regard to the vietnam war which divided this country so bitterly and decisively that the schism continued to dominate our policies for several decades afterwards because where one stood in relation to the vietnam war, whether you were for or against it, often determined where you stood in other social issues -- international marriage, sexuality, drug use, rock 'n' roll, counter culture et cetera, and those divisions have been exploitable for decades. think about the 2004 elections. the thing that really cost john kerry his election, one of him was not his stance on the iraq war, which he opposed, but his stance on the vietnam war. he was swift boated. he got smeared because of things that happened in the 1960's. and the other big thing that influenced that election was gay marriage so that karl rove was able to get 11 states to have balloted initiatives that year to vote against gay marriage, to block it in those states including ohio and other swing states which drew out the votes so those social, wedge issue

is the intrastate and civil, what you find is a decline with the peaks for the korean war, the vietnam war but in the last ten years there is basically a narrow little stripe. you can't see the picture i will describe it in the numbers during the worst years of world war ii the death rate from the war was about 300 per 100,000 per year. during the late 1840s and 50s it had fallen to about 22 per 100,000 per year. in this past decade it has been at one third per 100000 using a constant yardstick of battle deaths and this is the phenomenon that i've been calling the new piece so it would be a bit of an exaggeration but not too much of an exaggeration to say that it is the dream of the 1960s book singers is almost coming true that is the world is almost putting it into an end to the war. what are the immediate causes? one influential hypothesis came in 1975 in his essay perpetual peace in which he proposed that democracy can interstate trade and international community all but dried down the likelihood of the war. recently a pair of political scientists have tested by measuring these factors

in my generation, 58,000 young americans lost their lives in a 12-year span in the vietnam war. in the civil war, as many of you know, current estimates tell us that about 700,000 young men their lives, out of a population -- lost their lives, out of a population less than 10% of our population today in a period of only four years. it's really almost an unimaginable tragedy. with the election of lincoln in 1860, what he wanted to achieve most at that time was the saves of the union. by 1865, after 4 years of this carnage, what lincoln wanted most was to end that war as quickly and as painlessly as possible and to begin the process of healing the country and reconciling its people. friends have asked me, you know, why this hampton roads peace conference was important. what difference would it really have made if the war had ended in february at the time of that conference instead of in april when it finally did end? this young man lost his life in march of 1865. would have made a difference to him. would have made a difference to his family. and it certainly would have made a diff

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he covered everything from the vietnam war to "selma." bob simon was 73 years old. >>> we're learning more now about the criminal history of that man accused of attacking a woman at a center city train station in broad daylight. we have this photo of officers arresting reginald green. they know him well. police say they've arrested him at least ten other times including for charges of indecent exposure and shoplifting. this time attempted rape robbery and assault. surveillance video was the key to catching him yesterday. he's accused of sexual assaulting and attacking a woman at the station on monday. >>> philadelphia police say they've caught the man who was wanted for a series of hotel holdups. we brought you that story in december about that chain of hotel heists. police arrested george meriwether last friday. he's charged with robbery, aggravated assault and other crimes. investigators say meriwether was caught on surveillance cameras during several of the robberies. he's accused of hitting hotels near the airport and in delaware coun

he covered everything from the vietnam war to a piece just last weekend on the film "selma." bob simon was 73 years old. >>> 5:14 now. and this morning we are learning more about the measles outbreak in california. officials have now issued a warning to commuters after a person with measles rode on bay area rapid transit, or b.a.r.t. officials believe that person also ate at a popular san francisco restaurant and may have exposed coworkers at linkedin. experts are trying to trace that person's movement and alert anyone who had contact with them. >>> time is running out. this sunday is the deadline to apply for health insurance under the affordable care act. if you've already signed up keep this in mind. you could qualify for monthly tax credits to lower your premiums. more than 6 million people are now on track to save more than $200 per month on that health care coverage. and as of january 30th, roughly 21,000 people in delaware signed up for affordable health care. more than 200,000 in new jersey and 430,000 in pennsylvania. >>> officials at a college in the poconos are try

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recounted that himself in the oral history that is being accumulated at this smithsonian for the vietnam war. so he volunteered on the spot just as his grandfather had done in world war i and his father in world war ii that same sense of responsibility and commitment and genuine sense of humility characterized his leadership as our secretary of defense. the ago roosevelt once said that i have enjoyed my life and my work because i thoroughly believe that that success, real success does not depend upon the position that you hold that how you carry yourself in that position. it's unquestionable then the chuck hagel's lifetime of service and every position is held with the very definition of success. moreover he will be the first to tell you that his service has been made possible by the love of his family and we thank you for your service and sacrifice and understanding and tireless supporter. please give a round of applause to the chuck hagel family. [applause] [applause] >> on this day in history 55 years ago today, the dallas cowboys and the national football league. as a giants fan i consid

the further we get from the vietnam war, the more his stock rises. the war, the things he accomplished is still with us, and the war is passed. at the time it would have been inconceivable for two liberals to say lbj -- >> he was hated. hated. >> yeah, but from the war on poverty, the '64 civil rights act, the '65 civil rights act. all of these things expanded democracy for all of the citizens in this country. >> barack obama, 18th. it is sort of hard to tell before they have finished. i think there is grading on the curve of what he inherited. >> yes, but you have to consider what -- we're in war. you know, essentially we're -- he is about to get authorization. so that will be part of his legacy. but when you look at the other side, the question again did he expand democracy for excluded groups? yes. and building on johnson's legacy, providing health insurance for millions of americans -- >> i think his domestic agenda will be in the top five. >> his ranking will shoot up, i think. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, chris. >> edward norton will be

after the vietnam war, he received hundreds, probably thousands, of letters from returned veterans seekingis support and all sorts of matters, principally in getting their benefits that they had earned as military serving the united states. in his earlier days of his career, dr. garcia had a contract with the government for which he was paid two dollars per soldier to treat their medical needs because there was no veterans administration hospital here. he was the only dr. serving the mexican american community. we have three letters here dealing with the vietnam era. we have a letter of appeal for help from one soldier, handwritten, you notice. another letter from a soldier in 1974. this is a letter to senator benson from dr. garcia trying to pursue senator benson's assistance and getting some information for this woman who has contacted dr. garcia. she does not know what has become of her husband. dr. garcia was an unusually committed and dedicated individual. he worked his whole life to better the conditions of his fellow man. he was not only a position serving the community. -- a physic