Tour guide at the u. S. Capitol. About it formerly a proud paratrooper in the 82nd airborne division. Im from north carolina, so were exceptionally proud of the 82nd and their actions over at fort bragg. We like to tell people we are the most militaryfriendly state in the nation and we work really hard to live up to that. But so without any further ado, mr. Jackson, youre on. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, and good morning. Welcome to the william g. Mcallen theater. And were here to salute american icons, the Tuskegee Airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask the field to give questions. I may recite the question a time or two just for clarity. Lets first begin with the person closest to me. With the blue cap. Lieutenant colonel robert friend. Next to him Lieutenant Colonel harold brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel alexander jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Ha
Tuskegee airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask questions. I may recite a question or two just for clarity. Lets begin with the person closest to me with the blue cap Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Lieutenant colonel brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Harvey iii. And our closer, Lieutenant Colonel harry stewart. Lets first begin with Lieutenant Colonel harvey friend. Well yield the floor to you and then well ask our friends in the audience to give a few questions. Lets have a round of applause for our first panelists. So, colonel, just give us just a brief history about you and your accounts in the military. Well, i was always interested in flying, and when that chance was offered me for instance i had a license in late 30s because i was part of a program the United States was doing in defense potential defense itself, and th
Mr. Jackson year on thank you very much. Thank you and good morning, welcome to the mcgowan theater, we are here to salute american icons the tuskegee airmen, please allow me to introduce the panel. And then we will come back here from our panelists, and they will ask the field to give questions, i may recite the question a timer to just required a. Lets start with the person closest to me with the blue cap, Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Next to him, harold browns. Lieutenant colonel george hardy, Lieutenant Colonel alexander jefferson. Lieutenant colonel, james h. Harvey the third. And are closer, Lieutenant Colonel harrison. This lets her start, he was born in the first guess he was born in south carolina. Girlfriend, we will yield the floor to you, and then we will ask our friends in the audience to give you questions, lets have a round of applause for our first panelist. Colonel friend just give us a brief history about you i was always interested in flying and when the chances
Its been wild and woolly couple of days, lot of history packed into a short period of time. I want to begin today, as i did yesterday with a quote, and in the introduction to the quote, has anyone not seen saving private ryan . Anyone not seen it . Thats what i figured. For those of us that have served and particularly those of us that have faced combat that opening scene is something that youll never forget, ever. I hope you never forget it, but the scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan and he asked him to kneel down, and he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved, and as the victories are increased in scale, so must be our exertions. Deserve victory, Winston Churchill said. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy, we shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory, and let that be the touchstone of every thought, word and deed. Frankly, i think about t
[ applause ]. Its been a wild and wily couple of days. A lot of history packed into a very sort period of time. So i want to begin today as i did yesterday with a quote but in introduction to that quote, i want to ask anyone in here not see saving private ryan, anyone not see it . Tast ki thats kind of what i figured. For those of us that have served and particularly for those of us that have faced combat, that opening scene is something that youll never forget, ever, i hope you never forget it, but the scene most important to me actually came later in the movie. Tom hanks laying on the rubble called over private ryan, and he asked him to kneel down and he said to him two words, earn this. Any victory Worth Winning must be deserved and as the victories are increased scale so must be our exertions. Deserve victory, Winston Churchhill said. We shall not win through the evils in our enemy. We shall win through the merit in ourselves. Deserve victory. And let that be the touch stone of eve