At the age of 91. This oral history is from the voices of the Manhattan Project, created by the Atomic Heritage Foundation and the los alamos historical society. Val i was born on a cattle ranch in northwest nebraska, 1923. Ranch. Ually born on a this is about five miles from a thele town of merriman, in sandhills of nebraska. You probably do not know anything, but they occupy 1 5th of the state. Its cattle raising country. They call it sandhills because the terrain is made out of sand. Hills are the dune. That is almost uprpure sand. Buthills are the the only thinge grown there without destroying the terrain is something that lives off the native grasses, and that is cattle. You try turning the soil lower, and is simply blows away. So, thats the sandhills dedicated to growing cattle. Purebreds. Raced upre was too smalls to support a family on raising beef cattle. He raised breeding stock. That was the enterprise i was born into. Have an older brother and sister. Both of them now dead.
Val fitch i was born on a cattle ranch in northwest nebraska, 1923. And actually born on a ranch. This is about five miles from a little town of merriman, in the sandhills of nebraska. You probably do not know anything, but they occupy 1 5 of the state. It is prime cattle raising country. They are called the sandhills because the terrain is made out of sand. The hills are the dunes. Sand such aspierce you find at the shore. But the only thing that can be grown there without destroying the terrain is something that lives off the native grasses, and that is cattle. You try turning the soil lower, itover to grow crops and simply blows away. So, thats the sandhills dedicated to growing cattle. My father raised purebred herfords on the little ranch he had. The ranch was too small to support a family on raising beef cattle. He raised breeding stock. That was the enterprise i was born into. I have an older brother and sister. Both of them now dead. My brother was 10 years older and my sister
Im richard lui. It happened again. A mass shooting at ft. Hood, texas. Four Service Members are dead and including the gunman. 16 others were injured. It comes four and a half years after 13 people died in a shooting rampage at the same base. Nbcs Charles Hadlock joins us from ft. Hood today. Good morning to you, charles. We know the shooter is an iraq war veteran being treated for anxiety and depression at the time. What else have you learned . Reporter yeah, good morning, richard. Authorities, the fbi and the army are trying to figure out why this soldier opened fire on three of his colleagues, killing them and wounding 16 other soldiers yesterday here at ft. Hood before committing suicide. Authorities say they dont have a motive, but they dont believe it is terrorism. And thats a big relief to the ft. Hood community here, which, as you mentioned, four and a half years ago endured the wrath of major nidal hasan who opened fire killing 13 soldiers and wounding 32 others. He was inspir
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