President for the ceremony. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by the lieutenant of the United States military academy. Anthem]l what is endemic, the chaplain will offer ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain will offer the invocation. God, we gather here on the plane and online to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2020. Expression we lead their worldview that leaders of the future have a responsibility to have a vision and to see that vision through. Vision, the people perish. So make us instruments of your of president ses prejudice macys. Where there is darkness, may us bring light. Where there is despair, hope and life. Where there is confusion, clarity. Where there is hatred, charity. Help us a desire list to be understood less to be understood than to understand. And with this decision to renew the. Of our land and with irit vision to renew the sp of our land. Amen. Tomorrow, june 14 march the two 45th birthday we recognize soldiers bravery se
Now, a u. S. Army film from september 1950 when u. S. Led forces in south korea were in retreat. The film shows the arrival of British Forces and the subsequent drive to retake the south korean capital of seoul. This is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. 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 to the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The Big Picture Campaign through firsttime reports of our combat veterans and through film taken by combat cameramen of the army signal corp. These are the men who daily record 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 wally, and the march on seoul. And youll hear a firsttim
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