Together they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain carl zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army, an army committed by you, the people of the United States, to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The big picture traces the course of events in the Korean Campaign through firsthand reports of combat veterans and through film taken by combat cameramen of the army signal corp. These are the men who daily were caught on film the big picture as it happens, where it happens. Today our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. Youll see our fight to hold on to the pusan perimeter. Youll see air support from our carriers, the invasion of wall knee and the march on seoul. And youll hear a firsthand report from lieutenant tom driesenstalk, platoon leader from the 24th Infantry Division. Now lets go back to august 1950. On 10 august, after 47 days of fighting in korea, the fight in the pusan beach head is ebbing and flowing for
Somewhere beyond this bridge is the enemy. There have been steady aerial strikes. And heavy artillery barrages. But he is still along way from being defeated. He still has his will to fight. How can we weaken that will . How can we defeat it . By physical force, yes, thats the most effective way. But theres still another force applied in combat that we generally dont think of as a weapon of war. That weapon is words. Yes, in a situation like this, words are weapons. Now that the enemy has had a strong dose of our military power, the impact of words may provide the final persuasion. Words that go Something Like this. Soldiers of north korea, youre surrounded. Your comrades are dying. You will die next. There is just one hope. Leave your positions tonight. This is psychological warfare. Or at least its one phase. As a weapon of war, psychological warfares no novelty. It is as old as war itself, but the use of this force as an integral part of combat has now taken on new forms. And it wor
[background speaking] protest. S a nonviolent bus boycott in februarylabama until 1, 1960, virtually Nothing Happened in the arena of civil rights. It was dead, absently dead, even Martin Luther king said that. In 1960 things did change dramatically in greensboro. Greensboro is the origin of all the events that occur subsequent. O february 1, 1960 mcneil happened to be there. And richmond. Thehen you hear a railroad, train is coming from far away and it is coming closer and you become increasingly aware of the track the train is rolling on. Divides whitewhat from black. That is what separates the white ghetto from the black ghetto. That headsrack somewhere but you do not know exactly where. And it is not really for the good of society. Citizens, and walked across the track in the wrong direction, went to the other side. Sitinshe four walked across the track in the wrong direction, to the other side. Greensboro liked to think of itself as polite and moderate and open to different points
Invested in the Funeral Service because it happen here, and the train came up from houston here to College Station. They were proud of the fact that the president and first lady were buried here. There is a lot of that incorporated into the exhibit, and one of the first things you see here is the lifesized , president ully bushs service dog. A couple of month ago, we installed sully, and actually, came to theve sully ceremony. That dog is now at walter reed, and a real iconic photo which is inthe exhibit is of sully front of president bushs casket. President bush got sully in june president nd he served bush for about six months until president s death in november, november 30 of 2018. We have a itself, we have the flag that flew at halfstaff over the white house, and then we also have the flag and flew over the capital, one of my favorite items in this wheel thatthe ships was built by the crew of the uss George H W Bush cvn 77, which will be the last of the nimitz class air carriers,
Center and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. Dr. Terry, i think i know that your parents drove you to the college here in fall of 1957 . Esther yes, they did. What did you discover, arriving at Bennett College . Day. Erry it was a big i came from someplace, did not show up. I came from being supported by the whole community. They pray for me at church. We did not have a lot of money. Had a little scholarship. I hadtaken the sats, so havewell enough to scholarship money. And i was going to work a little bit. But there was always that i came, being born, by the good wishes of the community. An awfully came to Bennett College. I had never been to Bennett College before. To reimser been borough before. Justd here to have sort of solid up, my parents and me, and all of us, by a lot of parents and a lot of students come all being deposited by parents, and it was a lonely feeling when they said goodbye and left. It was very lonely. Tell me abou