Experiences with the sixth Armored Division in european theater, including fighting in the battle of the bulge. Mr. Slater served as an aide and shared stories about patton. The National World War Ii Museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection. 2009. Is august 5, thomas with the National World War Ii Museum. Today i am with Esther Benjamin schleider. For the record, please state your full name. Olafchleider benjamin schleider. Were reborn . Mr. Schleider texas. When were you born . One of the things i remember is, my grandfather, who was a very successful is businessman, was nra, theppy with the National Coverage at recovery act. He had a lot of choice words to say about that. I also remember, we had some tom operations in addition the business my father was in. To,we had to kill cattle for some reason, it was part of the program. And it was very distressing to my family to have cattle killed. We tried to process as much of the meat as possible. And preserve
Than 5,000 u. S. Troops stationed there, but he did not visit the Detention Center which once held nearly 800 inmates. 41 remaining including Khaled Sheikh mohammed, the 9 11 mastermind. The numbers for open enrollment in obamacare are out. About 8. 8 million enrolled in plans for next year through the federal healthcare. Gov marketplace that is 400,000 fewer than last year. The Trump Administration cut the Enrollment Period in half. And yesterday as part of the tax bill, the penalty for not having insurance was eliminated. And now to some of the other stories were following in tonights evening news feed. The Commerce Department said today the economy grew 3. 2 in the third quarter. Thats enough to give the u. S. The best backtoback gdp rates in three years. The murder rate in the nations 30 largest cities is down more than 5. 5 this year. That includes doubledigit decreases in houston, new york, and chicago. But murders have spiked in charlotte, north carolina, columbus, ohio, and por
As a physician, it takes my breath this is the cbs overnight news. In melbourne, australia, 19 people were hurt today when a man driving an suv plowed down a busy street. Police say it was a deliberate attack, but there are no links to established terror groups. The suspect is an Australian Citizen of afghan descent. He is said to have a history of drug use and mental illness. Police are also questioning a second man who was recording the crash on his cell phone and had a bag containing three knives. Vice president mike pence made an unannounced trip to afghanistan today. He told u. S. Troops that Bagram Air Base that President Trump is committed to staying in the fight against the taliban and other terror groups. Americas been at war in Margaret Brennan travelled with the Vice President who spoke about the importance of the mission. Its so important to remember that 9 11 was launched from here in afghanistan. Today afghanistan is actually home to dozens of terrorist organizations, inc
Extinguish the fire on the roofs. Theres a largest spot, the streets and the surrounding areas are all closed. We are here at the intersection of 63rd and landon, and theres about a dozen fire trucks i have seen, and we have seen there are some trollies here that have been stopped amend were observing septa service on these trollies have been interrupted because of this whole response on scene. Are you able to tell how many of those floors within that Apartment Building seem to be affected by this fire, looking through those windows where you see the majority of those flames, is it contained to a small amount of apartments or that entire building . Yeah, as we arrived on scene, where you see the flashlights here, of the firefighters, thats where the fire was coming from, it seemed to be contained to this very top floor of this building, we didnt see any other flames coming out of any other windows on any other floors, but in the last 30 minutes we see them extinguish the flames coming
Shadows covered nearly the entire Granada High School softball field as the North Coast Section Division I first-round game between the Matadors and Foothill ended.