A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute. You said you are from brooklyn, new york . Did you were you raised and grew up in brooklyn . Harold the first 11 years of my life, i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we spent time in a town called monticello. That is where you went to school . Harold that is where i went to junior high and high school. It is in my notes as i go along here. Do you have any brothers or sisters . Harold one brother who is deceased. I came from a small town called monticello at the foothill of the catskill mountains. Monticello was approximately 90 miles from new york city. I was inducted in the army in 1944, shortly after graduating high school. I was 18 years old. Other inductees and i traveled by bus to fort dix, new jersey, where we were processed. When the processing was complete, we were put on a train and we were sent to camp crop, south carolina, outside of sparta
Its may 29, 2014. Im in florida. What is your name . My name is harold w. Berkman. Harold, when were you born and where were you born . I was born on february 22, 1926 in brooklyn, new york. I have been a resident of florida since 1975. Im 88 years old. In order to accurately trace my military odyssey, i have drawn from four sources. One, my memory. Two, my discharge papers. Three, letters that i sent to my parents when i was in europe. And fortunately, my mother had saved my letters. And four, regimental and battalion history of the 317th regiment and second battalion that had been declassified. A neighbor of mine who was an expert in terms of accessing the internet did the research for me. Lets back up for a minute, please, harold. Sure. You said you were born in brooklyn, new york . Yeah. Were you raised and did you grow up in brooklyn some. The first 11 years of my life i spent in brooklyn. Then my father retired and we moved up to a small town in Sullivan County called monticello.
To date, which is difficult, as fast as this situation is moving. This hearing today is intended to assess the geopolitical and humanitarian impact of turkeys crossborder attack on u. S. Interests in the middle east, determined how best to salvage u. S. Interests moving forward and evaluate the state of u. S. turkey relations. Before we talk about the current state of affairs in syria, its important to recall the path that brought us here. To begin, the Syrian Civil War is a complex, multisided conflict that has drawn in russia, iran, the u. S. , nato allies, and other entities. Over the course of this eightyearlong conflict, syrias brutal dictator, ai bar shal ai said, with the support of russia and iran, has relentlessly bombed cities and towns across syria, resulting in over 500,000 deaths and leaving over 10 Million People displaced. We are all aware that many confirmed uses of chemical weapons by the russiabacked assad regime, adding to the humanitarian suffering in violations of
I recently watched an interview where you talked about the title of your book and you mentioned that the title is basically in reference to conduct on the coming. But as i read the book, one of the things that stuck out to me, among many was you talk a lot about finding yourself, trying to find yourself and what your purpose and meant to be in life. My take away from the title prior to reading the previous interviews which really is about the struggle to undo and ill become many of the things that your parents taught you or had expected of you only to have to become again after you left the marine corps. Can you tell us more about where you are in the process . Guest yeah, unbecoming means so many Different Things and i think any interpretation is probably correct in its military justice term and i wanted to play without a little bit very literally i observed the marines doing things that i found unbecoming and certainly legal and Sexual Violence against members. But that was on was th
I ran launched an attack on israel last night. Although israel reports it intercepted the majority of the attempted strikes, the entire region and israels allies are on alert for further escalation. We will keep you updated on the story as it continues to develop and we want to hear your reactions to the attack and with the United States should do about it. Our phone lines are republicans, 202 7488001. For democrats, 202 7488000. Independents can reach us at 202 7488002. If you would like to text us, that number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include your name and where you are writing in from. On social media, we are at facebook. Com cspan and on x at cspanwj. There has been quite a bit of Global Reaction to these attacks. Looking at the washington post, iran launches aerial attacks at israel. Strikes threaten to further inflame a volatile mideast. Iran launched an attack of more than 200 missiles and drones, and assault the put the Israeli Military on high alert and threatens to u