War. He has a recount citing Chinese Forces at the battle of joseph reservoir, where he was shot in the leg and shoulder. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and ministry affairs. And where were you born . It i was born in ohio, february 20, eight 1933. I parents of immigrants where did they immigrate . From italy. Any siblings . 80 11. 11 siblings . Are you oldest . Youngest . Youngest. Wow. So im looking here and it says that you are enlisted what made you decide to enlist. My mother died when i was, for my father died what i was seven. So i was raised by my brothers and sisters they would take turns. So by the time i was 15 i wasnt too happy about it, and all my brothers, all of my brothers served in the military, all five of my brothers were in the war as well. So i always would have liked to join as well. So i falsified might baptismal certificate and i went to work trying to enlist first in the marine corps. They knew i was under age and th
I am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled balwin when i reported back to them and said this was frank myers they did not know why was because they only knew me as baldy. Can you spell your last name . Myers. My birthday is may 29th 1918 owyhee county, idaho. It is an orange valley. That is an indian name . It is an indian name. I do not know what it means. Tell me about your family. Where you are growing up. I grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of jordan valley. My mother was born in east europe. She was austrian. My father was an old cowboy whose ancestry goes back to the neptune in 16 22. He arrived in charleston, south carolina. His descendants served in the revolutionary war. They were original founders of tennessee, the city of newport. They came to missouri, and in 1841 migrated to california. An old man of 62 brought his 12 grandchildren out in california. What about your siblings . I have one in reno who runs a computer store. I have another that is insan
Following his arrival, president truman reviews the second armor division. Accompanied by the secretary of state burns, he rides on the autobahn to berlin where men, tanks and vehicles are lined up for the president ial inspection. On july 18, the president and mr. Burns are guests of mayor of premier stalin and russian commissar molotov at soviet headquarters. Stalin acknowledges a request for photographs and the group proceeds to the garden of the villa. The formal sessions of the Conference Get underway with president truman chosen to preside over the meetings. Premier stalin exchanges handshakes with Prime Minister churchill and British Foreign secretary anthony eaton. Churchill and eaton are to be replaced as britains chief spokesman at the conference. Atlee becomes britains Prime Minister by virtue of his partys victory. Ernest bevins succeeds anthony eden. After daily sessions for eight days, the conference recessed until the Election Results became known. Between sessions, pres
7 00 p. M. Eastern and 4 p. M. Pacific on American History tv. The korean war began 70 years ended june 25, 1950 and with an armistice agreement three years later in 1953. Next in oral history interview with joseph lewis grappo recorded in austin, texas in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. He talks about taking part at turn the tideat earlier in the war and recounts finding fighting Chinese Forces at chosin reservoir where he was shot in the leg and shoulder. The interview project was underwritten by south koreans ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. You were you born . Joseph east palatino, february 18 30 1933. Parents were immigrants. Where were they from . Joseph italy. How many siblings . Joseph 11. Are you the oldest or medical . Joseph youngest. Are 12 kids, but i am the youngest one. It says here that you were enlisted. What made you decide . Joseph my mother died when i was four and my father died and i was seven. I was raised by my brothers and sisters. They woul
I will be back with you at 8pm. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and jane dougall. The headlines this evening. The champions Manchester City make a great start to the defence of their title but var is the talking point as two major decisions hinge on the new technology. Aston villa give tottenham a scare but a harry kane double sees spurs take the three points. In the scottish premiership, a ruthless celtic are victorious in a seven goal thriller against motherwell. Also coming up on the programme, ireland comfortably beat italy in their warm up match, but concerns forjoey carbery ahead of the world cup who went off injured. And we meets Nabila Tejpar the british rally champion driving to be the best in the world. Hello and welcome to the programme. Manchester city have certainly laid down a marker in their opening game of the season. The champions thrashed west ham 5 0 at the london stadium. Raheem sterling took centre sta