Every weekend on cspan three. Mr. Henesy my name is greg henesy. Im one of the people who give school tours to the weeks and the world war ii section. In this area we have set up represents the buildings we quickly put up at the start of world war ii. The reason we had to cook up to quickly put them up was that we were not prepared for war. The u. S. Military had less than 350,000 soldiers at the outbreak of world war ii. The army, navy, and marines combined. No air force yet, they were the Army Air Corps. By the end of the war we had about 17 million people. To do that we had to put Training Centers all over the country and expand what we had. We had to put Training Centers all over the country and use those types of buildings that are represented. Now, if you notice this is a friend of mine. His name is richard. This is him in september of 1942, when he started his training in georgia. Im wearing boots, coveralls, just the way they did to train. One reason they issued coveralls to tr
By the end of the war we had about 17 million people. To do that we had to put Training Centers all over the country and expand what we had. We had to put Training Centers all over the country and use those types of buildings that are represented. Now, if you notice this is a friend of mine. His name is richard. This is him in september of 1942, when he started his training in georgia. Im wearing boots, coveralls, just the way they did to train. One reason they issued coveralls to train with was world war ii was truly a global war. We were fighting in the pacific in the islands, we were in africa, we were also in europe. So we were not quite sure where you are going to go. Therefore we issued coveralls and started getting to combat signs, you would then switch into the uniform that fit for that. So, fortunately this weekend, you see, just like the barracks would look like in world war ii when these guys were training. This is what they would have been doing if they were preparing to go
School tours to the weeks and the world war ii section. In this area we have set up represents the buildings we quickly put up at the start of world war ii. The reason we had to cook up with them up as we were not prepared for war. The u. S. Military had less than 350,000 soldiers at the outbreak of world war ii. The army, navy and careens and marines combined. By the end of the war we had about 17 million people. To do that we had to put Training Centers all over the country and expand what we had. We had to put Training Centers all over the country and use those types of buildings that are represented. Now, if you notice this is a friend of mine. His name is richard. This is him in september of 1942, when he started his training in georgia. Im wearing boots, coveralls, just the way they did to train. One reason they issued coveralls to train with was world war ii was truly a global war. We were fighting in the pacific in the islands, we were in africa, we were also in europe. So we w
After 10 00 this morning. The p has been calling for rate cuts and more of them, the reaction was essentially they didnt do enough. This is the president s tweet, the Federal Reserve shut asking, further ease and come into other countrys competitors. Were not on level playing field. Not fair to the u. S. Finally time for the Federal Reserve to lead, more easing and cutting. After that, jay powell gave his press conference, 11 00 here on the east coast and the chair of the Federal Reserve was asked whether or not there was any political pressure for this move. As he has, time and time again, he said no. Here was powell from earlier today. Well always make our decisions in the interests of the American People to Carry Forward and try to achieve mandates congress has given us and were never going to consider any Political Considerations whatsoever. We will not do that and it is very important that the public understand that. Reporter right now here in washington President Trump is speakin
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