If memory serves me correctly, my mom kept the three or four letters that she got from me and i read those many times after i came home. Yes, she got them. I got three or four letters from home. My sister wrote to me every three or four days. We didnt get all the mail that was sent to us. I know that for sure because my family members a lot of them wrote letters to me but i didnt get that many. I got a few. You still keep the letter . When did your family and parents know that you are in the camp . As you may know we were carried as mia for a long time. They had no confirmation of my status until about august or september of 51. There was an exchange of information between the chinese and our government. They did have large number of pows. I dont know when this information was passed or when either side honored what the other side said. As far as the status of the troops, i dont know. I believe that my mom and dad got word that we were no longer mia that we were pow. Pow. They didnt kn
Christmas eve . Yeah. Its an interesting story that goes with that. I was delivered by a midwife and the midwife of my mother conspired instead of registering me december 249th they did in january 1st 1930. If there was a draft, it would have me as later year. It was so prevent me from going to war but i ended up. Tell me about your family. Beautiful family, wonderful neighborhood. Primarily italian. Some jewish but primarily italian. We had lots of activity because of the abundance of males. A lot of sports were involved. No baseball. No baseball fields. How many siblings . Two more. An older brother. They are both deceased. All boys . Yeah. What school did you go to in new york city . Ps 112 was my grammar school. Ps 112 . Yeah. Your grammar school. In brooklyn. Junior high school was shallow Junior High School from the 9th to the 12th grade. No, the Junior High School was the 10th to the 12th. Whats whats the name of it . Shallow was the Junior High School and then texile. It was a
Garrett tenney is in virginia. Mark meredith at the white house, but we begin with Jacqui Heinrich reporting live from new york city. There were protests in more than a dozen cities yesterday. Some of them boycotting independence day. Others turning violent. In seattle a 24yearold woman died after a driver plowed through a crowd of protesters gathered on a shutdown interstate. The incident is still being investigated but reports show that driver showed no sign of being impaired. In portland, Police Declared a riot twice this 24 hours, ultimately using tear gas to disperse the crowds, with people burning american flags, shooting fireworks at the Justice Center and toward police and throwing bricks and shining lasers at officers. Friday a man was arrested there allegedly possessing a pipe bomb and a machete. At the white house, flags were burned in the newlyminted black lives matter plaza with protesters chanting america was never great. A group reportedly organized the flag burning. Tod
Will not ask senator sanders in his campaign. The senator has earned the right to make his own decision on that, still sources say the president s endorsement of secretary clinton is imminent. Jon garrett penny live white house for us with the latest there. Dereks . Reporter heather and john, good morning. Bernie sanders spent last night home in vermont and flew down this morning, got here a little early so we are told on his way to the white house he stopped to get coffee but he is expected to show up here any minute now. At todays meeting there is a lot riding on it, for both Hillary Sanders and the Democratic Party as a whole so for weeks now president obama has been itching to fully hit the campaign trail but as you mentioned, he is not expected to pressure sanders to drop out of the race today. Instead we are told the president is expected to praise sanders for his success and expressed appreciation for the Progressive Agenda hes run on, much like the president did in his appearan
more than a high school graduate, why are we paying for a college degree? if you re not going to make more than a bachelors, why are we paying for a graduate degree? why is the federal taxpayer on the hook for what turns out to be a lifestyle choice for somebody? it s supposed to be something to contribute to society, not to contribute to someone being in debt. i think we re making wise public decisions here. neil: watch it closely, senator cassidy. thanks, neil. neil: a growing number of americans worried about retirement and if they ll ever see it. an interesting breakdown looks like this. the number of folks that think they re ready and have enough dough is going down. fewer than a third today. only less last year. a couple years ago it was 40%. derek kenny is a personal financial expert. he can help out folks with this conundrum. what do you make of those