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
We are back with the scene of a deadly plane crash in las vegas. Two people were killed when a 46yearold cessna crashed at a construction site minutes after taking off. Witnesses say the plane was flying low before coming down. The faa is investigating. The Arizona Coyotes have cut ties with their top pick in the recent nhl draft. Mitchell miller was dropped by the team after a published report described millers 2016 Juvenile Court conviction for the bullying of a black classmate with a developmental disability. 2020 has certainly been throwing so many aspects of normal life right out the window. But is Daylight Saving time next . Will ganss looked into this. I am not complaining about getting an extra hour of sleep this weekend, but a sunset before 5 00 p. M. . Thats depressing, kind of like, you know, this entire year. When the lights go down in the city the lights going down in cities across the country much earlier beginning this sunday thanks to Daylight Saving time. Sunset will b
In central minsk on sunday Security Forces arrested dozens of demonstrators mass protests demanding the resignation of longtime president Alexander Lukashenko have been held every sunday since august so just spewed at president ial election. Rescue workers have pulled a 70 year old man off from a collapsed building in the western turkish city of izmir 2 days after a strong earthquake in the agency struck turkey and neighboring greece but hopes of finding more survivors are fading the quake has killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100. This is g. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website did appear dot com. Many millis moves and precise choreography you ought to trademarks the french dont screw you retain the value you have more of that later and with that very well ball come to a new edition of euro backs lets see what else we have in the show today. Europe next report of macks merrill take left and weve gone for a year in revenue an
From Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests vince vaughn Lorraine Bracco, musical guest Gus Dapperton, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, hears your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy oh oh, my goodness. Oh thank you so much. Oh, hello. Oh, my goodness. Thank you. Oh, no, please no, no, no, oh, no, no, no oh, no, no, no no oh, my goodness. Wow its been so long since i saw you guys oh, my gosh. Thank you so much for tuning in, watching the tonight show. Here we are, from new york city. Yeah, the tonight show. Thank you for watching [ cheers and applause guys, lets get to the news and jokes. Well, its been four days now, and i think we need to operation warp speed president trumps concession speech. [ laughter ] what a time this is. The president has gone from firing people on reality tv to denying the reality that hes fired. [ laughter ] yep, trump just doesnt know when its