Drinking. Thousands of people reluctantly begin to move into a refugee camp. Im in south western sudan with thousands of people are congestedn facilities, displaced by the ongoing flooding. Hello. Welcome to the program. The World Health Organization has sounded the alarm over the rising rate of coronavirus transmission across europe. More than 300,000 infections in the past seven days. Weekly cases are now exceeding those reported when the pandemic peeked across the continent back in march. The who is urging countries not to cut quarantine periods, warning the sacrifices already made could be wasted. In britain, the government has admitted Testing Capacity is not satisfactory as more regions are sent into lockdown. England,tle, northeast a major city and now part of a huge region under new covert restrictions. From friday, more than 1. 5 million residents cannot socialize with people outside their households or social bubble. Bars and restaurants have to close by 10 00 in the evening.
1926. 26 . How old are you . I will be 91 this friday. Be 91. Look too young to what is the secret . George my wife. She kept me. How long have you been married to her . Onrge it will be 66 years june 17. Years, wherer 66 were you born . Born in the state of washington in 1926. Tell me about your family, when you were growing up. George my dad worked for the railroad and we originally came from North Carolina so i grew up in North Carolina. I have been in two states mostly. How many schools have you went to . Bonlee high school beard high school. Bonlee high school . Washington . Of george it was in North Carolina. When did you graduate . George in 1945. Since 1926, you went through the Great Depression . George you were four years old yes. You were four years old when the Great Depression happened. How was it . George my great grand father got laid off by it. I got to know him as a kid. We lived on a farm in north acres, about 90 acres of farmland. It must have been hard. George oh ye
Democratic republic. Two years ago, a United Nations commission supervised free elections south of the 30th parallel and the republic of korea, a sovereign, democratic nation, was born. In may 1950, the citizens of this young republic went to the polls again to exercise their democratic rights to choose their government under their democratic constitution. Even as the citizens of the korean republic voted in free the north korean communist leaders were boasting of their intention to unify the country by force. And this was the target, they partly mountainous peninsula and the 20 million peaceloving citizens of the republic of korea. The attack by the north korean communists came suddenly and without warning. The heroic Republican Army rallied to the defense of the republic, improvising quickly to meet the unprovoked aggression, korean republican troops were thrown against the invaders south of the 38th parallel, against a prepared army armed with tanks and guns, they were illequipped t
Birthday and birthplace . My birthday is may 28, 1933, and that was in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. How was it . My daughter was here, my grandchildren were here. It was my first time playing golf in over three years because of the injury to my leg, the cancer in the leg so it was a very, very wonderful birthday to spend with them. Again, happy birthday. Thank you. Please tell me about your family background, the school you went through. It must be in new york city, right . In new york city, yes. I went to a school now called the Fashion Institute of technology what do you mean . You were in fashion . I tried but i never worked at it at all. I cant sew a button on now, but yes. And then i went into the marine corp when i was 19 years old. The war in korea was going on and it was a calling. I had always wanted to be in the military. I had cousins and uncles and a godfather that served in the military during world war i and world war ii. And so korea was my opportunity to
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