Vanessa was special, like a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know what it was about her that just touches me. Reporter Vanessa Guillen was the light of her family. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that reporter one of six children, beloved by her siblings and her parents, originally from mexico, raising their children to pursue the american dream. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little, following in her steps. Reporter even from a young age, one thing was clear, vanessas sense of duty to her country. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter as soon as she graduated from high school, vanessa enlisted in the u. S. Army. In her first training, she didnt even want to come back. She was unhappy. Even when she got home she was a new person. Like her skin was full of glowing. [ speaking in Foreign Languageoo ft. Hood in killeen, texas, one of the armys Largest Military installations. She worked as a small arms repair soldier
Greene discuss how roomy remember the civil war and whether to remove or contextualize confederate monuments. Then sunday, at 6 pm eastern, on american artifacts, we will preview photographs of native americans. Which includes more than a half million images. At 8 pm on the presidency, a look at president ial retreats, including abraham lincoln, harvard Hoover Mountain fishing camp, and stories of the kennedys. Clintons, and obamas, and marthas been yard. And monday night, at 8 pm eastern, august mark the 75th anniversary of the bombings up hiroshima and nagasaki. American history tv and washington journalist back of the events that led to the bombing and their legacy with author ian toll, and president trumans grandson, Clifton Truman daniel. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv, this Labor Day Weekend on cspan three. From our lectures in history series, San Diego State University Professor Pierre Asselin teaches a class on the vietnam war. Looking at the conflict f
Unturned vanessa was special. Like, a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know whats with vanessa, but, like, her smile just touches me. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that connection. Vanessas 20 years old. She was born and raised in houston, texas, one of six children. Thats vanessa right in the middle. Her parents are immigrants from mexico. Mom, gloria, took care of the kids while dad, rogelio, worked as a machine operator. The guillen family is catholic and very religious. This is the baptism. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats your favorite . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little. I was, like, following her steps. And she used to be like, be like me. Be tough, and ignore everyone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she graduated high school. Shes just in girl who dreams of a better life and then she immediately enlists. Here you have a young latina woman, out of high school, who says, this is what i want to do. I want t
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Oh. I was told wanted to be a teacher. He was studying at the scene up a Teacher Training College in the mexican state of get a little. But one bullet changed everything. This footage shows the fateful moment. Ill go and around 50 other students had commandeered public buses to get back to the college after a demonstration such actions arent unusual in parts of mexico. Suddenly Police Stopped the bus and then opened fire on the armed students hit by a bullet although fell to the ground. 6 students were shot dead 2 more were seriously wounded. 43 students all each between 18 and 23 were abducted theyve never been seen since just like thousands of others in mexico. A number of Police Officers were subsequently arrested accused of carrying out the murders a number of the weapons used in those crimes were German Military grade g 36 assault rifles made by a heckler and koch. But the German Government hadnt approved their export to this region so how did they get there. A court in the city o