Summer 1945 and the war was 1 million men old. Hang on, jim. Keep your eyes shut tight and drink. They are moving you back now. Dont give up. Just hang on. The road back is bumpy and maybe the pain blurs your eyes. But listen, the sound of battle grows dim. Now one question cuts clearly through the haze. Which man will you be, the one who gets hurt and dies, or the one who gets hurt and lives. When the dizziness stopped and the fog cleared, an army nurse was at your side. A woman who meant safety and comfort and home to thousands of men before you, a woman who meant all those things to you. A nurse brought another americans blood to your side to pour new strength into your veins. A nurse handed clamps to the surgeon and counted sponges. A nurse prepared and administered the anesthetic and watched you constantly for any telltale change in your breathing or blood pressure. All working with the same purpose, to ease the pain of war, to help save lives. The preparation for the moment that
Classical tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when joining its core government. The democratic athens and they knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civil arts society continues for the Nations Capital and federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 1950s, washington dc has been marred and disfigured by central buifedera and memorials that do not comport with the classical heritage and identity. There is the hersh horn society, and there is the fbi building that i call the ministry of fear. At the same time some of our National Memorials are not only not classical, but they do not reflect the view of the subject commemorated. For example, the Martin Luther king junior is secular, a socialist realist work that failed to include his most famous lines such as i have a dream. The memo
8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.
Theres the heavy guns. This is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. There were real guns in france and heavy artillery. One of the body bearers is represented there. The field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. These are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. In some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. As they moved up and provided close artillery support, thats the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. General pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. Then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. And i follow a chicagoan. A dough boy through the entire war. Younger was part of the second infantry division. An elite unit within the American Expedition theary forc and younger is there. Hes a dough boy. A regular grunt. A sergeant that fights from battle to battle. Hes wounded
Narrator, yesterday narrator yesterday, usa sights and sounds left behind for the duration but never forgotten, but Motion Picture is seen to that. It follows the soldier to the far reaches of babylon, laughter, home, and those who thirst for sights and sounds of not merely into american eyes and ears. From the first day he is in camp, Motion Pictures pay in a varied role in the average soldiers life. Not only is he entertained by them, hes also oriented and trained through the medium of the silver screen. Films boast in attendance worldwide of 30 million gis monthly. Producede army has training films. As a nondustry has 101 profit contribution. The army operated library supply the armed forces with all types of films, equipments and projection of Motion Pictures. 260 libraries in this country, approximately 60 overseas, booking, soaring into astronomical figures, a barometer for gauging the response of the branches to films designed solely for the military. There is no denying in the