1923. 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, they are primarily from the english continent. 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, back to about 1760. And we have all that in a genealogy book. And i can show that to you before you leave here. Sure. 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. Okay. And so, you are part of the chosin few association, which means you are at the chosin reservoir during the korean war, is that right . That is correct. Okay, then were you part of the marine corps . Yes, i was. Okay, that means you enlisted yourself, you werent drafte
And the United Nations strove to establish a independent democratic republic. Two years ago at seoul, capital of korea, they supervised free elections south of the 38th parallel and the republic of korea was born. The president was syngman rhee. In may, 1950, the citizens of the this young republican went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government under their democratic constitution. Even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in reelections, the north Korea Community leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. And this was their target. A mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peace loving citizens of the republic of korea. At tack by the north korean communists come suddenly and without warning. Facing superior forces with all of the advantages of deception and surprise rallied to the defense of the republic and improvising to meet the unprovoked aggression, korean republican troops were thrown against the inv
Outnumbered. This is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together they formed the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army and an army committed by you, the people of the united states, to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The big picture during the next 13 weeks will trace the course of events in the Korean Campaign with firsthand reports from combat veterans and film taken by combat camera men of the army signal corp. These are the man who were daily caught on film, the big picture as it happens, where it happens. Today the big picture brings into focus the first 40 days in korea. It is the beginning of the fighting there. When everidge was a heartbreak ridge. Lets go back to june, 1950, when our troops felt the first thrust across the 38th parallel. This starry is best told in the language of the soldier who was there. This story is hard to tell. Painful. Because
I brought a notebook and made sure to get receipts. We mulled around in the store, just trying to get some fix on where we work and what we were about to do. I was having some anxiety get to me. I felt my temperature increase. I could feel my sweat coming off the side of my face. I didnt have to ask joe what he was thinking. We looked at each other and of bus looked at the counter at the same time. We just started to walk toward the counter. Without a single word. That is how it happened. Chair nadler host traci parker joins us now for a discussion about the lunch counter sitins of 1960. Traci parker, who with the who were the greensboro four and why did they decide to sit down at that woolworths lunch counter . In that february day in 1960 . Thank you for having me. Those were young men who were just College Freshmen at North Carolina state university. Three of them had already met in high school. And so, already had a rapport. They met the fourth as freshman in college. In college. E
That your parents drove you to the college here in fall of 1957 . Yes, they did. What did you discover here . It was a big day for me. For the whole community. I came from something. I didnt just show up. I came being supported by the whole community. They prayed for me at church. They gave me a little a few pennies here and there. As i said, we didnt have a lot of money. And i had a little scholarship. I had taken the sats there, and so i had done well enough to have been granted a little scholarship money, and i was going to work a little bit. But there was always that, let me give you a few pennies. So, i came, being borne up by the good wishes of the community. And off we came to Bennett College. Id never been to Bennett College before. Id never been to greensboro before. And i arrived here to have ourselves, you know, just sort of swallowed up, my parents and me, and all of us, by a lot of parents and a lot of students, all being deposited by parents. And it was a lonely feeling w