Ceremony in washington, d. C. Speakers included the designer of the wall, maya lynn, and former defense secretary and vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. Good afternoon,ve ladies an gentlemen. Im president and ceoi yo of tht veet nuclear progr Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and master of ceremonies for today. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the annual veterans day ceremony at the mall. Before we begin the program, i would like to recognize all the gold star family members we havp with us here today, the mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, spouses, nieces, nephew, 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. Theyre the folks you see in the Yellow Jackets and the yellow ho hat, and the staff of
When they have just opened an exhibit on the vietnam war. We are here with jerry were live at it National Archives in washington d. C. And were here with jerry sego. Why are you out here today . To help the archives bring attention to this remember vietnam series and our continuous goals to honor the Vietnam Veterans by our display of the vietnam ear a ahead quarters. Sometimes the vietnam war is referred to as the first helicopter war. Why is that . The utalization of it was multiple uses. The helicopter took the place of trucks, jeeps and other equipment that had been used in other wars. Med vaccing troops was a big deal from the field and they could put troops in a lot more efficiency quicker and safer if you believe it is safer, it actually was. Driving along roads that could be ambushed and even though they took aerial fighter, they could pinpoint them into a place quicker and a lot of things was learned by utalization off the helicopter like our medics today. So not only the war
Archives in washington, d. C. , when they have just opened an exhibit on the vietnam war. We are here with jerry were live at it National Archives in washington d. C. And were here with jerry sego. Why are you out here today . To help the archives bring attention to this remember vietnam series and our continuous goals to honor the Vietnam Veterans by our display of the vietnam ear a ahead quarters. Sometimes the vietnam war is referred to as the first helicopter war. Why is that . The utalization of it was multiple uses. The helicopter took the place of trucks, jeeps and other equipment that had been used in other wars. Med vaccing troops was a big deal from the field and they could put troops in a lot more efficiency quicker and safer if you believe it is safer, it actually was. Driving along roads that could be ambushed and even though they took aerial fighter, they could pinpoint them into a place quicker and a lot of things was learned by utalization off the helicopter like our me
Thoughts on the u. S. Military. We have special lines for this question. If you are an active member of the military, call 202 7488000. If you are a retired military service member, call 202 7488001. All others can call 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets start by taking a look at what the president said earlier this month about the state of the u. S. Military during his comments about his National Security strategy. [video clip] dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. The coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100 of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and syria. Great job. [applause] really good. Really good. Thank you. Thank you. We have a great military. We are now chasing them wherever they fully. And we will not let them into the United States. In afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines. And we no longer tell our enemie
Offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. Keep watching for more here on cspan2 and watch any of our past programs online a book tv. Org. Hello and welcome to grapevine, harlem renaissance, 19th annual book library festival. I am benedict carton, with africanamerican studies, we appreciate your attendance today. The festival runs through saturday, october 14th. For all the most uptodate information on this festival and all the other programs throughout the year, visit ballstothebooks. All one word. This is funded through donations was one way to help us through this kind of programming is friends of fall for the book. To learn more visit please visit their website again. We ask that you please remember to silence your cell phones and thank you for filling out a survey and improve the festival of the future. Thank you to our main sponsor in africanamerican studies so we are pleased to have here Marylouise Patterson and Jeffrey Stewart, two writers who examine key figur