The agreement came after families had already traveled here to Dover Air Force base for the dignified transfer of their loved ones remains. Flown home from afghanistan, received in silence, punctuated only by the rhythmic footsteps of the honor guard. Met by secretary of state chuck hagel, the army chief of staff genere odierno and secretary of the army mchugh. Killed sunday during a combat mission in canada daf province afghanistan by an improvised explosive device they represent an honor role of sacrifice. 24yearold private first class james cody patterson, an army ranger from philomath, oregon. At his high school back home. Cody was just awesome. He was super funny and had a great attitude. Very compassionate and positive. Reporter but family and friends were angry about the benefits freeze. The family not being able to receive the help that they should be able to receive because the government is shut down just it blows my mind. Reporter three others arriving today. Army Ranger Ser
Called us in and said that they needed some bombs on gunners. We rolled into do that and there were two of us on the ffour phantom. Airplane came off the at 4000 or 5000 feet. Burstlly, the airplane into several pieces. We were tumbling, end over end. There was smoke in the cockpit and i could not commute it with my partner. Communicate with my partner. I knew i had to get out and i was well trained. I was about to eject over Enemy Territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. There was no other choice and i pulled a handle. Everything worked automatically and perfectly. It blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. Me,eparated the seats from which automatically pulled the dring. It was less than 2. 5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. There was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. There was a good number of militia down there that were protecting a strategic target. A lot of shooting going on. The wonde
We were tumbling, end over end. There was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. I knew i had to get out and i was well trained. I was about to eject over Enemy Territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. There was no other choice and i pulled a handle. Everything worked automatically and perfectly. It blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. It separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the dring. It was less than 2. 5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. There was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. There was a good number of militia down there that were protecting a strategic target. A lot of shooting going on. The wonderful training that i had in the air force and the military, they do a great job of training, i was unfazed by the fact that i was in Enemy Territory and i had bullets going by my parachute. What was on my mind was even eating capture. There wa
The wing man. I said that i was on the ground and i was 200 meters north of the river. Star strafing at 300 and i am heading south. After the war, i met with the pilots in the plane. They said to not strafe because they did not think they could should that accurately. It was a good call because they were all around me. Within two minutes, i was captured. How may times have you flown over North Vietnam . 53. What was the purpose of the flights . We were in the northern part of vietnam, 70 miles north of the dmz and had been flying all types of missions. By the time i got there, in the summer of 1967, they had changed our mission to only fly on reconnaissance over the southern part of North Vietnam. We were flying the ho chi minh trail and the main highways. We were flying the riverway to stop the trucks that were hauling supplies to the viet kong. How old were you . I was 23 and turned 24. I had flown with areas people and some new guys with the squadron to check them out. That day, i w
Them to get home and theyre not there. How hannah is doing today, thursday, october 10th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer alongside al roker and the guy gets a lawn mower, a leaf blower and he said the government is not going to be able to cut the grass here at the lincoln memorial, im going to do it. Any silver lining, its how we seen private citizens really step up in these days of washington dysfunction. Apparently been doing it for days and got chased away from the police. Wasnt supposed to be doing it. But chipped in and rolled up his sleeves. Well talk more about that in trending today. But first todays top story. The kidnapping of libyas Prime Minister. He has been let go, but still a lot of questions about the group that took him and why they did. Nbc chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is