Nations force in support of south korea. This is korea. [explosions] [gunfire] and this is korea, a peaceful land once, with lakes and villages. And mountains, where the rice group. Men and women, and people lived for living, until the ruthless, red hand of communism reached out to snatch it. Kids. Ople, kids, and more sometimes, i think that is the last thing the navy will ever forget. Crying,ds, laughing, homeless, hungry. Until we took them. Korea, where it gets cold in the winter time, where young men and women marry. Where the kids used to play. And here comes your kids, and yours, and yours. Dirty and tired, slogging back from the reservoir fight, not retreating as they say, but advancing in a different direction. He First Marine Division while the headman of the village walks past and wonders, the andagers still all wonder, he wonders, too. Poor kid. [marching] at christmas, in the year of christmas. Last and gathered all the while where mortals sleep and angels keep of wondering light darkness gathers the flames of holy birth his name to god our king earth e to men on christmas he christmas eve, and all of those kids on the ice. O come to us abide with us on guard duty. Merry christmas, joe. Post office, mail stuff from home, flown in by the navy. That is welcome. Cigarettes, candy, newspapers, letters. Did you remember . Did you . Some of the boys did not get back for christmas. They stayed where they fell. And these are the replacements, the new men to take their honored places, to fill the gaps. Look at their faces. Young faces, american faces. Texas,k, georgia, idaho, maine, california. Your sons, the pride of the corp, and the will to do. Rations this time, no in a foxhole. That,rst hot meal, et the first hot meal in two months. Navy flew inthe for christmas dinner. Hot coffee. Marine force headquarters, and the formation for decorations. For gallantry in action, the silver star. The general, himself, making the presentation. Honor, marine guard of marching past in a formal ceremony. It started the summer before at eighthding, part of the army under general walker. The marines move out. They look young. And tired. But do not kid yourself. They know what is ahead, a hard job. A tough job. Very challenging. Bite, and grabbed a get on. Here come the babies. Up to spearhead the action to come. [siren] supplies, upfront. Here is our 75 millimeter antitank gun. Old 35ion, the good caliber machine gun. Craig,neral eddie commanding the provisional brigade. The operation zone. Ammunition. Dangerous work. Remember that they are supposed to get a little bit before they go up. Number one gun, fire [mortar shells] hard gravel roads. That is one of theirs burning. The hills. You can like your cigarette on that gun barrel. Light your cigarette on that gun barrel. Hill after hill, some theirs, some we made ours the hard way. The bazooka, the 81 millimeter mortar, firepower and maneuvers. [gunshots] [explosions] shells, duck [gunshots] [explosions] where that guy is with the rifle, that is the front of the war. The 75 recoilless rifle, a direct hit. [gunshots] [explosions] ammo, up autorifle. [gunshots] [explosions] the navy air comes, marine air with rockets, with napalm to burn them out. Another hill in another village. And the marines move on up, carrying on their backs their homes. Costs, and how they cost. And the boys, in spite of all of the gallant work. Walking, when they still can, until they cannot walk. Loading the ambulance teams. Getting them back to the clearing station. For dressing. Shock treatments. To kill the vicious pain. And lifegiving transfusions. Gave that glad you pint of blood last week . Or did you . But you will, now. Wont you . [helicopter turbines] marked by helicopters on the front lines, while the fighting goes on below. Food, in theand best of medical care the navy can give them. And so, into seoul. Lost once, but taken again. And still, the poor, hungry kids. South korean recruits, raw. And under a few weeks training, not so raw. [marching] now, look at this. And look at it. And look at it. The korean republic is fighting for miles and miles and miles of homeless refugees, set adrift by the red scourge. Starving,y fearridden, without hope, beyond the united nations. Shots for smallpox and typhus. And they do not understand. But they will. It was a big problem for what to do with the orphan kids they picked up . They had to leave them somewhere, before they reached the fronts. So they asked them to take them. Little Babe Ruth Dimaggio was confused, until he found friends and smiled, in trust. Now. Ll be alright, gum for thechewing kids, but you have to teach them how to eat it. Poor, frightened little fellas. [laughter] then, we move out, once again. It is colder now. Korea . Cold is gets in brass monkey cold. And that is cold. Wet, too. Moving north, into wars desolation. More hills. Rivers, and more rivers. Rice paddies, and more rice paddies. [explosions] still going forward. General puller, fourtime winner. Put some more fire down on those people. Losions] narrator and we keep on moving. [explosions] living again, hot as the engine. The infantry moving. Always moving out. Plant on the reservoir. And another hill. Always, another hill. [explosions] the orange cloth on that guys back is a marker to indicate for the airplane. [gunshots] 16mm mortar, like a 75 gun shell. [gunshots] grenades. [explosions] phosphorus. And the flamethrowers. Fry them out, burn them out, cook them out. 10feet deep. In, colder still, sawtooth wind, 20 freezing degrees below. Makes you wonder what you did with last months pay. Now it has come in. Arent they . Lot, we searched them. [wind howling] we we smashed their weapons. Them. Shed this young kid says they killed his mother and father and gave him a gun. That is all he knows about the war. Tough. Se wise mugs were they clammed up. They would not seeing. Sing they would not sing. Hey, three on a match. Narrator and then it happened. Remember valley forge . Well, look at it again. [wind howling] ice, wind. Now, in, all of the time we were there, 10 enemy divisions surrounded us. Short in all up supplies. Short in all supplies. Howling] sputtering] narrator and the carrier planes had to break pick ice to get off and support. But, boys will be boys. They will keep clean. And warm, when they can. Share their chow with those poor korean kids. Again. Ne sorry, this is not a chow line. Winter decisions had to be made in tokyo. And, an old soldier made them. [car doors closing] narrator pearl harbor. Admiral redford cause headquarters. The decisions are passed to the navy for action. Back to tokyo, again. Vice admiral turner joy, Commander Naval forces, far east. The situation is so critical that we in the navy must give the army practical support. Carrier 15, the fleet marine air wing and the commander of the united stations locking and escort force be directed to provide the maximum gunfire support. Narrator meanwhile, the air force is alerted. This otter this order caught in the middle of a winter storm. You think the admiral would be praying for good weather. [wind howling] narrator then, the weather broke and uss missouri comes in. [gunfire] [engines] narrator the seventh sleet battle. E better the pilots stand by. Napalm, that is. And, the planes are launched to support the marines at the front. That telik opt in the background is ditch patrol. That helicopter in the background is rich patrol. Ditch patrol. Somebody ditches. And, he gets it will stop and, he gets it. [sound of engines] narrator back at the reservoir, wounds and frostbite take their toll. The casualties go up. They go out by plane. Then, the heartbreaking withdrawal order comes. Burn everything and get out. [to explosions, and an fire, sound of burning fire] [explosions, gunfire, sound of burning materials] narrator but not before the payoff. We are not leaving the dead, either. [gunfire] [explosions] [sound of engines] [heavy gunfire] [engines, gunfire, explosions] narrator the first marine slam their rockets into the economies. The first marines slam their rockets into the commies. [heavy gunfire] narrator [whistling] a direct hit on a bridge. Back to the 48th parallel. Back to our own guns. Gunfire and engines [ announcer and then we are back. And close enough to hear the thunder. [heavy gunfire] it and all night long, it pounded the beach. [explosions] narrator so, that is how they got tired, hill after hill. Go back again in the long, weary shuffle begins once more. Another enemy position to take. And, this is how we take it. ] unshots narrator a first, the air burns and in close support. [airplane engines accelerating] narrator scorching the place with napalm while all the time it the artillery softens up the survivors, if any. And, whoever runs gets cut down with small arms fire. Then, we move in on what. On foot. Gunfire] narrator into we go when. For this is korea, child. Korea, chum. Is this is korea. Carrier planes in close support. Napalm again. [explosions] fire [accelerated gunfire and explosions] narrator well, what is that all about . You tell us. These guys what they are fighting for and they cannot put it into words. Cousins,is just your the pride of the marine corps. A job to do with a duty. Wounds do not count and dead men tell no tales. Narrator thy kingdom come, thy will be done. But for little babe ruth , it is his will future in the of his life and ahead and that goes double for our own sons lives and yours. Because this is everybodys fight. The doctrine of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shall not perish from this earth. [whispering] remember us. Us, and good luck. Announcer all week, American History tv is covering anaheim, california. Visited staff recently many sites showcasing the citys history. This all about anaheim weekend here on cspan3. When people need a little sunshine in their lives and to a fuel for the optimism that fuels this beautiful country, i can usher them at a will find it in Orange County. Reagange county, ronald once said, was where all good republicans go to die. And for the most part, that is still true. Orange county is probably known for its republican population. It is probably the most in the whole united states. Itself on being a conservative for urban area in a state where virtually all of the other urban areas are very liberal. It has changed a lot today. People used to say, your penetrating the orange curtain. It is still like that to a degree, but not like it was 10, 20, 30 years ago. Tracks we have a little over 3 Million People and the center part of the county is the most ethnically diverse. The southern part of the county is the most white and affluent. The northern part is a mixture withckets of wealth, mostly older neighborhoods and pockets of more bluecollar. Orange county has been conservative since the getting. It started in the 1920s and their 80s. It was founded in 1898. And 30s, it was a pretty conservative movement. 33 cities in Orange County and most conservative and that was the reputation with good reason. Strong conservative, evangelical, religious base in Orange County. The traditional values coalition, a national group, now has its main headquarters in washington, d. C. It has been very outspoken against gay marriage and also, rights established for lgbt people, this got started in anaheim. There is a tradition of religious and political activism in Orange County. I think the people in orange algae, the reason theyre conservative, is there is a general idea of Less Government is better which means more freedom. Essentially, the smaller the government the larger the person. Concerned about their freedoms in Orange County and i think that is, as far as property rights, as far as doing what people want, that is important. So, i think it tax towards the conservative side. Years, itthe reagan was a demarcation point where it theat a fever pitch and orange curtain concept was at its highest. There were guys like outdoor and then, who were not that conservative. Others, off the chart. The word, with great accent, but chutzpah comes to mind. Bob was strong on military. Bone bob. Het is how he got the name, led the drive to save the b1 bomber. And was veryic strong on social issues, mostly in terms of being prolife and in terms of attitudes on lgbt issues. 2000 wild partying homosexuals, hundreds of them, almost naked, down here in our biggest, most beautiful, taxpayer auditorium. The Andrew Mellon auditorium directly across the street from the actual starspangled banner. Flew0 by 40 foot flag that over fort mchenry at baltimores on the north wall of the National Museum of National History and directly across the street is this homosexual cherry jubilee. Unbelievable. I represent the largest vietnamese population outside of vietnam from the vietnam exodus. Politicalecoming leaders. How does his loss to loretta sanchez, does that near what is going on in Orange County . That was a big landmark. 1996. M a graphics were changing to become increasingly latino. You had a very charismatic andno candidate will stop to immigration was shifting right there. Proposition 180 seven was approved by voters in 1994. This came from Orange County and was very important. Take all social benefits away from people in the country without proper documentation. That included excluding them from going to school in that was challenged in the court. Rolled unconstitutional and eventually was a key ingredient in latinos turning against republicans in greater numbers. I think things began loosening up in the 1990s. I think the presidency at something to do with this. Orange county began getting more culturally diverse that made a big difference. The santa ana hispanic community, burgeoning and steer things out of one Orange County used to be. Culturally diverse helped it become more politically diverse. Always tell my republican pals and enemies, you can get more republicans if you stop talking about illegal aliens and destroying. Something about mexican that our children, they are naturally more libertarian. They hate the government. They do not like taxes. They want to be left alone. They would naturally go republican but the minute they hear republican candidates going on and on about mexicans destroying the country, these people say, screw the Republican Party i am going to vote democrat just to spite you. They will vote democrat out of spite. It is also interesting to watch the democrats. Everything is going their way in terms of Voter Registration but they have not then able to capitalize in terms of elected office. At some point, something has got to change. Either republican policies will be more friendly to these communities or democrats will get more people elected. But yould go on and on, look at the board of supervisors, they are all republicans. Congress people, only one democrat. Progress. T they are token democrats for that manner. Republicans have lost about 10 points and Voter Registration but they hold as many partisan seats now as they did then. This is a testament to the large betterat they have a network. A better phone system for bringing up candidates. Experienced in getting people elected and that continues to prevail for the time being at least. Ask Orange County will always be conservative. There is just too much money. Those pockets will just grow. You will not have a republican revolution or rather a democrat revolution in Newport Beach where all the rich are. If you have a bubbling Democratic Party, youre definitely not going to have that. If the Democratic Party is going to grow they will have to have the leadership. That wont be for a couple years, not with the leadership they have right now. I think Orange County will become more and more diverse and it will ultimately become way more balanced than a were before. Like many countries. The influx of immigrants, more diversity. I think that will happen with Orange County. Our staff recently traveled to anaheim, california, to learn more about its rich history. Cspan. Org\cities tour. Persian gulf next, veteran stephen d. Wiehe discusses his book. From the 101st airborne division, he describes the soldiers day today activities. President ialsh library hosted this event