Was a veterans day ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in washington, d. C. Speakers included former defense secretary and vietnam veteran chuck hagel interior secretary ryan zinke and the designer of the memorial, maya lin. From the national mall, this is just under an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Ill be your master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to recognize all of the gold star family members we have with us here today. The others, fathers wives siblings spouses nieces, nephews and the sons and daughters in touch all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well the sacrifices that our military families make. And finally, to those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing, thank you for joining us. Id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers. Those are the fo
Thin. On the back of the pin is in boston a great nation thanks and on her shoe. He United States today, were come to hear about a particular group of vietnam veterans. There were 1000 women from the army and marine car marine corps, abn marines. They were dietitians, Communication Specialists and nurses and much more. Book, she writes. Sergeant major she was. She tells her story. , sher 26 years of service was First Sergeant of four units and served for overseas to hers. In 1967, she was directed as one of the groups of army list and women to serve in vietnam. After her retirement from the army she worked with the Washington State department of veterans affairs. Since her retirement she has been active in her community and received one of the governors 50 volunteer awards for her work with the homeless, and also received Washington States outstanding Women Veterans award for 2011. Please welcome Sergeant Major donna lowery. [applause] donna good afternoon, everybody. Im so excited abo
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im the ceo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. I will be your master of ceremonies today. It is my pleasure to be the first to welcome you to the veterans day ceremony at the wall. Before we begin the formal program, i would like to the gold starof family members we have with us here today. Fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephews, and sons and daughters in touch. All of those who experienced the loss of a loved one and know all too well of the sacrifices that our military families make. To those still waiting for the return of their loved ones who are listed as missing. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take a moment to thank the wall volunteers, they are the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and hats. Of the Vietnam Veter
[explosions] narrator today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the american soldier, stand ready on the alert all over the world, to defend this country. You, the american people, against aggression. This is the big picture. An official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now, to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. Stewart queen all of us are well aware of the great and historic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war, we heard, read, and many of us saw how the army nurse went there great hardship in her duty. The same dangers entered by the troops which she accompanied into combat, but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves, not only in the states, but all over the world. Today on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work, but how she s
[explosions] narrator today, the latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the american soldier, stand ready on the alert all over the world, to defend this country. You, the american people, against aggression. This is the big picture. An official television report to the nation from the United States army. Now, to show you part of the big picture, here is Sergeant Stewart queen. Stewart queen all of us are well aware of the great and historic achievements of our United States army nurses. In world war ii and during the korean war, we heard, read, and many of us saw how the army nurse went there great hardship in her duty. The same dangers entered by the troops which she accompanied into combat, but relatively little has been reported of the army nurse in peacetime. Yet she still serves, not only in the states, but all over the world. Today on the big picture, we would like to give you some impression of the work of an army nurse overseas. And not only her work, but how she s