Im going to call everybodys attention. It seems like youre all having great, which is the goal i to hear some talk about leadership at the tables with i want to introduce mr. Alvin townley name and as i introduce him i could stand up here and introduce him as youd introduce so many speakers could talk about the six books hes written are the emmy documentary that he was part of or that hes landed on three aircraft carriers in three oceans. But im not going to do that im actually going to talk about why we asked mr. Townley to be. So i was introduced to mr. Townley through mr. Sears, the director of innovation leadership innovation, the Stockdale Center, and he that mr. Townley would be a great speaker to kick off our homecoming 50th commemoration and and and as he talked about mr. And his writing of the alcatraz 11 and the p. O. W. S of vietnam and their families. But this is interesting could be a great start. And so i called mr. Townley and instantly i felt like i was sitting at the K
Home. This was recorded in pensacola, florida in 2014. It is about 45 minutes. Good morning and welcome to all of you. Today for our discovery saturday series we have a special guest, an author who has written four books and he is going to discuss the latest of those four books. I have it here in my hand. Its entitled defiant the pows who endured vietnams most infamous prison, the women who fought for them and the one who never returned. Hes going to tell us about his book and then he is going to answer some questions and then he will be available to autograph copies of that book if you would like to see them. Now we are privileged in the course of his presentation to also have some of the pows that are mentioned in the book with us here today. We have ross. Who is sitting right over here, sir. We have Ralph Gaither who is sitting over here and Scotty Morgan. Where is Scotty Morgan . Scotty morgan right over here. Are there any others . Yes, sir. Bob flynn. Any others . [applause] list
Injured infamous prisons and the one who never returned. He reports how they were held in solitary confinement and faced repeated torture. This was recorded at the National Aviation museum in 2014. It is 45 minutes. Good morning and welcome to all of you. Today for our discovery saturday series we have a special at guest, an author who has written four books and he is going to discuss the latest of those four books. I have it here in my hand. Its entitled defiant the pows who endured vietnams most infamous prison, the women who fought for them and the one who never returned. Hes going to tell us about his book and then hes going to answer some questions and then he will be available to autograph copies of that book if you would like to see them. Now we are privileged in the course of his presentation to also have some of the pows that are mentioned in the book with us here today. We have ross. Who is sitting right over here, sir. We have Ralph Gaither who is sitting over here and Scott
Representativ any use t csecaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercialurposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 279, the nays are 137. The bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore members and staff, will you please take your conversations off the floor. Members and staff will take their conversations off the floor. Thank you very much. The house will be in order. Please take your conversations off the house floor. Thank you. The chair lays before the house the following personal requests. The house will be in order. Please take your conversations off the floor. Thank you. The clerk mr. Honda of california for the afternoon of thursday through friday, february 13. Mr. Pearce of new mexico for today and the balance of the week and mr. Swalwell of california, starting at 1 30 p. M. Today and the balance of the week.
Youre government is still not doing anything about it. So these wise finally start organizing all across the country before the enough, before they had cell phones. They would spend hours and days on the telephone talking with one another. Virginia beach, in san diego, in jacksonville, organizing and starting to put pressure on the politicians honor government, on the press to talk about this issue to bring their husbands home. They created an obsolete extraordinarily that we still recognize today, and i expect a bunch of you all wore pow mia bracelets at one point. There were over 5 million of these things printed or amended. And people from all sides of the political spectrum or them. Remember, vietnam was a tremendously divisive or. But because of these women and this pow mia movement, the country came together around the pow. And around the men that were fighting. For the first time our nation was in a position where we had to differentiate between the Political Goals of the war an