Kor corps. My name is alan b. Clark. My age is 92. Yes. My birthday is 10 september 23. Okay. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Okay. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, theyre primarily from the english continent. My mother felt it from the welsh. But my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point, but we cant go back much further. Were back to about 1760. Wow. And we have all that in a genealogy book and i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. And but i was born on the farm. My dad raised tobacco. And corn. And horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i. Two boys that were older than i and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all had deceased now. Okay. And so youre part of the chosen few association, which means you were at the reservoir during the korean war. Is that
Recorded in fall brook, california in 2015. He talks about his experiences serving two tours in korea with the u. S. Marine corps. My name is alan clark you. My age is 92. My birthday is 10 september, 1923. And where were you born . Where was i born . I was born in virginia. Will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come from . Well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother is from the welch but my wife primarily did an analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cannot go back much further. We went back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. I can show that to you before you leave here. But i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Ok. And so, you are part of the chosen few asso
Mr. Clark my name is allen d. Clark. My age is 92. My birthday is 10 september, 1923. Jini and where were you born . Mr. Clark where was i born . I was born in virginia. Jini will you tell me brief information about your family . Where did your family come rom . Mr. Clark well, they are primarily from the english continent. My mother from the welsh. My wife primarily did analysis of where we are and we have a book up to a certain point but we cannot go back much further. Back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. I can show that to you before you leave here. Jini sure. Mr. Clark but i was born on the farm. My dad raised corn and horses and cows. And i was born there. There were seven children. Three girls that were older than i, two boys that were older than i, and one daughter that was younger than i. And they all have deceased now. Jini ok. And so, you are part of the hosen few association, which means you are at the chosen reservoir during the korean war. Is that
Notion that it couldnt happen, that they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. If you know our political history for the decades preceding that with al smith and others there was evidence that , you cannot elect a catholic, and that was all transcended and exploded one night in november 1960. And so the world we were looking at in 1968 when i could really finally Pay Attention was a world coming apart in the United States. The vietnam war is raging, we had an incumbent president Lyndon Johnson who had been elected four years ago in a landslide who was on the way to an easy reelection again. He was very likely to be facing some of very good at losing president ial elections. Richard nixon, who had the distinction in history at the beginning of 1968, of being the very first Vice President in history to lose a president ial campaign. He then made Hubert Humphrey the second 1968. As the year began, it was back in that ancient america where if someone said, i democrat o
An Investigative Reporter discusses the Afghanistan War. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Is next. 6. T it is monday, january the president now back in washington and congress returning, they will face decisionsl following the targeted u. S. Killing of some em soleimani. E a question for you, how should the u. S. Respond . If you are a democrat, the line to use is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and others, 2027488002. Iraq war veterans, special line for you is 2027488003. Cancan also text us, anyone text us on that line, 2027488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj. Our Facebook Page as well. Several of the major news sites and newspapers reporting the stories of the twin developments that happened sunday in iraq and iran with this headline from usa today reflecting this, iraq votes to expel u. S. Troops. In a sign of mounting anger over , iraqsattack Parliament Voted to expel