Very much wanted the do this together to talk about first ladies and the military and. Eir own particular roles and they wanted to do it together because they liked doing that in these troubled times. Before we hear from them, we are going to hear from a member of the military, captain william b. Reynolds iii. Cap they imgreated from guyana and raised him in a tradition of dedication to Public Service and instilled that in him from the time of his birth. And he took it to heart. Went to west point. And then was served, of course, first in korea and then twice in iraq. And on the second deployment in iraq he was the chief of reconnaissance and sniper employment and six months into that deployment he was nearly fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device during combat operations in southwest baghdad. Treated. Ck to be was treated for a long time with 26 surgeries but even during that time he served on the staff role at the pentagon as the deputy officer to the i. E. D. Defeat organ
Very much wanted the do this together to talk about first ladies and the military and. Eir own particular roles and they wanted to do it together because they liked doing that in these troubled times. Before we hear from them, we are going to hear from a member of the military, captain william b. Reynolds iii. Cap they imgreated from guyana and raised him in a tradition of dedication to Public Service and instilled that in him from the time of his birth. And he took it to heart. Went to west point. And then was served, of course, first in korea and then twice in iraq. And on the second deployment in iraq he was the chief of reconnaissance and sniper employment and six months into that deployment he was nearly fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device during combat operations in southwest baghdad. Treated. Ck to be was treated for a long time with 26 surgeries but even during that time he served on the staff role at the pentagon as the deputy officer to the i. E. D. Defeat organ
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First ladies during wartime. From Martha Washington visiting soldiers, to Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands of an estimated of troops. The National Archive hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. [applause] good morning, and welcome to my house. [laughter] the National Archives was created by an act of congress in 1984. The mission to preserve the records of the United States government and make those records available so that every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from the past. Today that collection is over 13 billion documents. Miles of film a video and more electronicillion records. At valleyrds start forge and go all the way up to the techniques that are being created as im speaking the tweaks that are being created as i am speaking. We are a nationwide network of facilities, one of the busiest is the National Personnel Records Center in st. Louis which houses more than 56 billion veterans records. Central responds to a billion requests each yea
First ladies during wartime. From Martha Washington visiting soldiers, to Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands of an estimated of troops. The National Archive hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. [applause] good morning, and welcome to my house. [laughter] the National Archives was created by an act of congress in 1984. The mission to preserve the records of the United States government and make those records available so that every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from the past. Today that collection is over 13 billion documents. Miles of film a video and more electronicillion records. At valleyrds start forge and go all the way up to the techniques that are being created as im speaking the tweaks that are being created as i am speaking. We are a nationwide network of facilities, one of the busiest is the National Personnel Records Center in st. Louis which houses more than 56 billion veterans records. Central responds to a billion requests each yea