The korean war began seven years ago on june 20 5, 1950. It ended with an armistice agreement in 1953. Next, an interview with John Jeffries recorded in 2014 by the korean war legacy foundation. We hear about his experiences providing medical treatment for north korean pows. The project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. John jeffries. I was born in salt lake city, utah on august 7, 1929. Raised by a mother who was single mother. Had five children. We had the bare essentials, fairly. Barely. I got a chance to work on my mothers Brothers Farms and sisters farms as i was growing up. I had a great childhood. Educated in salt lake. Went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. Graduated as a teacher. Desire, to be a coach and a teacher. My mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. I would try to get the men working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. I did that often and i tried to get a l
Mothers Brothers Farms and sisters farms as i was growing up. I had a great childhood. That was educated right there in salt lake. Went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. Graduated as a teacher. That was my desire, was to be a coach and a teacher. My mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. I would try to get the men that were working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. I did that often and i tried to get a little work there. To get yoution are connection to get some bread for your family. John my father was an alcoholic and was not available. She was raising five of us on her own. Because she could not afford the liquor, she divorced so she could take care of us kids. The depression was as a young person i thought everybody was in the same boat. I did not realize there were people having three meals a day except when i went on the farms and they had food. I had a great childhood. The rest of my siblings did not have t
Accounts can help galvanize the stories of world war ii for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons hopefully and have a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their compatriots have gone through. We know the gentleman gentleman sitting here before us, and the other infants, we have a short the other infants, we have a short time. It is amazing they are sitting here with us today. We also want to make sure everyone in the audience has a chance to participate and ask questions of their own that you will find valuable in your classrooms and for your students. When you ask them, i will probably step forward to make sure i can hear you properly, repeat the question so the audience can hear and the cspan audience can hear and our honorees in here as well. Lets introduce our panel. First to my left in a handsome red blazer [laughter] charles mcgee, one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer in the United States air force
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. November 13, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. All time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Green, for five minutes. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it and still i rise. And still i rise because i love my co
Representative susan wild, democrat from pennsylvania who represents the seventh district. She formerly served in allentown, pennsylvania. Where were you born . Born on an air force base in germany. My father was an air force officer and my parents were stationed there. Tell us about tell us about his service . Wild he lied about his age to join and retired at the age of 55 and went through the college g. I. Bill and went through Officer Training School and became an air force pilot. And he served in world war ii . Wild and korea. He was a bomber pilot. He was pretty much of a disciplinarian, everything you would expect from a military guy. Very funny, extroverted, my friends loved him and at home he was very demanding. What was childhood like . Representative wild we moved constantly. My mother always worked, had her own career which she had to constantly reinvent because of moving around so much. I have a younger sister who is almost eight years younger. It was difficult because of t