Later in the war, the kernel witnessed several concentration camps in germany, after they were liberated. This is cohosted by the u. S. Navy memorial, and the American Veterans that are center. Without further ado, it is my honor to introduce todays panel. First we have colonel edward james. He was born in virginia in 1922. He joined the u. S. Army in 1940 1942 and volunteered as a paratrooper. After training, he started his service. He builds the fan tables that were used by the Airborne Unit to train for the airdrop in Norbert Reithofer in normandy. He made his first job into normandy on dday. As part of the operation overload. A week later he became the first, noncommissioned officer in his battalion to receive a Battlefield Commission in normandy. He was transferred to command the full tune of easy company, that are known as the band of brothers. He led until the end of the war, including the battle of the bulge. At the battle of the bulge, he along with another soldier took took o
Bill cosby, what a disappointment he was to me. All he wanted to talk about was kids, stay in school. You have a great opportunity opening up for you. Dont blow it. Really knuckle down and enjoy all the resources youve got, learn from them. I thought hes no fun. He sounds just like my grandparents. But then Flash Forward 40 years later when i am a parent myself now everybody think how much i was able to teach bill cosby on all those years. I was not expecting this as you will constantly hear some intrusive black people reject the cosby. Know, they dont. Bill cosby expresses a voice that all of us have heard and their families. Very much a part of our communities but its not news when he of africanamericans who believe in Strong Families working hard, staying in school, et cetera, et cetera. At the same time theres work to be done. Ive followed cosbys progress and it seemed him do a lot of good work in spurring grassroots involvement around the country but it doesnt make news because wh
[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today there was a procedural vote on a bill authorizing construction of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The vote was 6332. Which was enough to limit debate and advance the bill for a vote on final passage at a later time. As always, you can watch the senate live on cspan 2. Here are a few of the comments weve recently received on the 114th congress. The thing that really needs to happen is going back to what the incomeing majority said, is they need to get back to regular order. If they go back and pass
Are all gone. There are still world war ii veterans left, about 1. 1 million. About 700 die every day. If you get the opportunity, go talk to one. It could be any veteran from anywhere. It could be these gentlemen, a grandfather or grandmother. Just do it. Just talk to them. And let them tell you what it was like. But its such an honor to have you here and thank you for your participation today and good luck to all of you. [applause] also at the conference for ilitary veterans two honor recipients. They talk about their reasons for joining the military. This is about 40 minutes. Good morning. The medal of honor is awarded by the president of the United States in the name of the u. S. Congress. The medal of honor was created in 1861 and several years later on march 25, 1863, the first edal of honor was presented to a private. Since then only 6,000 have been awarded. 3,470 represents a very small fraction of the tens of millions of women who have served in uniform. There are only 79 livi
Us, how can we better serve our people whenever we become commissioned officers . He wants to borrow 100. [laughter] that would be easier. He wants to know how the Younger Generation when they become commissioned officers how can they best serve this country like your generation served our country . Well, i dont know exactly how to answer that because the training that you young people are having and have had doesnt come anywhere near to the lack of training that we had when we were young. I enlisted before the japanese attack and i did that because uncle sam had paid for my flying to get a privates license and have a basis for going on to flying at randolph and Kelly Air Force base. The other thing was that as a young person, i had been interested in aviation, mainly because i was exposed to a lot of Army Air Corp flying. I was born and raised in dayton, ohio and i had an opportunity to observe what the Army Air Corp was doing at a base that no longer exist. Called mccook field. It wa