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
Time. So it was down the whole yeah, it was maybe, probably almost to the gates. Thats how long the line was. Reporter did they explain what was going on . No. Klm 11 00 in the morning, we have to wait almost five hours. They have a flight for 11 hours and they just come out. Reporter sfos duty manager said approximately 30 flights landed during the audit and 20 airlines were affected. People were coming from singapore, paris, listen do lon. The cbp will monitor the incident. It doesnt seem it was of malicious intent as of yet. Luz pena, abc 7 news. Thank you. Here at abc 7 news were committed to building a better bay area and finding improvements that impact your quality of life. Building a bay area takes buildings, thats what bart will do in the east bay all weekend. Both the bart tracks and the lanes on highway 24 will be closed starting tonight near lafayette. It lowill be a headache for riders and drivers with 30 to 40minute delays and this is what it takes to make improvements. I
Skyline boulevard. Now the second victim was found late last night. The Sheriffs Office says investigators came back to the scene of the first homicide on skyline boulevard around 11 00 p. M. To search for more evidence. Thats when they discovered the second victim just before midnight. They heard him calling for help. He was on the ground with stab wounds and later died. Around the same time, deputies say they saw another man driving away. He was believed to be a suspect. Deputies say he was driving towards the victim. The man wasnt hit by gunfire but crashed into a ditch. He was arrested and taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries. Now for some background on the first homicide that happened late monday night. The Sheriffs Office said a deputy was at an unrelated call on west skyline boulevard and found the body of 32yearold abdul malik nashir. Its scary. Its especially scary figuring out how close it is to my house and parks people hike in all the time. They are both really wo
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