5000 an insult. Years in 1920, one single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who had died without being identified. The soldier of world war i was lead to rest with a solemn ceremony intended at the our Motion Picture holdings documents the progress of that soldiers remains from france to the United States, in the newly built him of the unintelligent. As the ceremonies at the u. S. Capital where the unknown leg general stood as the soldiers father to fill the role of the socialist nearest relative. Along the way from france to the nearest resting place eight men selected by the general accompanied the body of the unknown. So we are going to hear from Patrick Odonnell, and learn the story of the eight bearers, and their heroism on the battlefield. Patrick odonnell is a bestselling, critically acclaimed military historian, and a expert on elite you. Nets hes the author of 11 bucks, including washington immortals, world war i, and he saw recipient of several national awa
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
Also the actions of individuals. A number testified to the great sacrifice, death and combat. The National Cemetery in arlington, virginia is the resting place of more than 400,000 people, including nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers. In 1921, a single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who have died without being identified. The soldier of world war 1 was laid to rest with so many lemm ceremony attended by those of the highest ranks. On Film Documents the progress of that soldiers remains from france to the United States. And the newly built tomb of the unknown soldier. As the ceremonies at the u. S. Capitol where the unknown lay, general pershing stood to fill the role of the nearest relative. Along the way, eight men personally selected by general pershing accompanied the body of the unknown. So well hear from Patrick Odonnell and learn the story of those eight bearers and their hair rheroism on the battlefiel. He is an expert on elite units. Author of 11 books includin
Cindy you got it. Any impact will be toward the end of the Holiday Weekends later sunday into monday. Right now it is moving 60 miles per hour, nearly 300 miles southwest of tampa and you can see that its expected to strengthen to a category one and make landfall down the big bend area. For there it will begin heading into the but for this point it is moving in our general direction, still a lot of uncertainty as to the track of the storm, but it will be in our vicinity as we head toward the Holiday Weekend. In the meantime, a lot of clouds out the door, thunderstorms out the door, and you can see rain through western connecticut, a lot of the focusing south of the pike over the next few hours have an umbrella for the and a lot of that activity is focused south of the pike. Right now we want to get you out to the roads and see how we are doing. Olessa good morning. We start off at the pike with a check by Allston Brighton and traffic is nice and light in both directions. No problems ri
Convicted of illegal reentry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences. Strong. And then we get them out. Another reform im proposing is the passage of legislation named for detective Michael Davis and Deputy Sheriff danny oliver, two Law Enforcement officers recently killed by a previously deported illegal immigrant. The davisoliver bill will enhance cooperation with state and local authorities to ensure that criminal immigrants and terrorists are swiftly, really swiftly, identified and removed. And they will go fast. Believe me. Theyre going to go. We are going to triple the number of i. C. E. Deportation offices. Within i. C. E. I am going to create a new special Deportation Task force focused on identifying and quickly removing the most dangerous criminal Illegal Immigrants in america who have evaded justice. Just like Hillary Clinton has evaded justice. Okay . Maybe theyll be able to deport her. The local police who know every one of these criminals and they know each and every o