Friend of the world war ii veteran service. This memorial is a Beautiful Day in washington, d. C. And we are glad to have everyone here today. My jname is jim fischer and i a the director of events. On this veterans day day we want to thank and honor all of the veterans especially the world war ii. It is my privilege to intr de e deuce introduce the master of sar ceremonies. Ken has more than 20 years of experience as a constructional working working on monuments and benefits. Earthquake damage, the National Martin Luther King memorial and others. His knowledge of this site is n invaluable in hope helping effort to join efforts to upkeep the memory. It is my honor to introduce kenneth terry. [ applause ] good morning. It is my great honor to be your master of ceremonies as we remember all of the veterans who have served our great country. To all of the veterans and Service Members past and present, we owe gratitude for their service. I am pleased to introduce the official party for the
At mondays veterans day day ceremony at Arlington National cemetery president obama talked about ending the war. Here is a little of what he had. On tour after tour in iraq and afghanistan. This generation, the 911 generation has met ever mission and because of their service the core of al qaeda is on the path to defeat and our homeland is safer. There are many people like the soontobe veteran i met a while ago. Hogan survived to iraq twice and survived three separate ied explosions and deployed again to afgh afgh afghanistan once she was well. She wears the combat action badge and is xht committed to helping others recover from the trial of war. Helping the truth is what she said all about. My fellow americans, that is what we should boo be all about. Soon one of the first marines to arrive in afghanistan 12 years ago, daniel yu, will lead the last trip that is set to deploy and more troops will come home. This winter the troop levels in afghanistan are down to 34,000 and by this Time
In terms of the physical place to live, she said in the famous interview with theodore white, the camelot interview the week after the assassination said she wanted to live with my children in the places i lived with jack. Georgetown and on the cape. She could have gone to the cape. She went to georgetown. Avril larriman loaned his home and she bought a home across the street. It was inundated with tourist buses, tourists, photographers, peeping into her windows and coming up on the porch. She couldnt bear it. After a relative few months, she took off for new york and spent the rest of her time there. Did mrs. Kennedy have to testify for the Warren Commission . She did. She did. June of 1964, earl warren and one or two others came to her parlor in georgetown and asked her about the motorcade. It was brief, i think it was less than a half an hour, but she did have to testify. Thats on the record. Some of her physical description was wounding and kept for sometime because it was too grap
Good morning. It is my great honor to be your master of ceremonies this morning as we commemorate and honor all veterans that served our great country. To all of our veterans and servicemembers, past present we owe a debt of gratitude for their service to our country. And you all for being here today. A special thanks to veterans for your service and sacrifices for our nation. I am pleased to introduce the official party for todays commemoration. Firstly, the governor of the great state of maryland, the honorable Martin Omalley. Also with us today is the postmaster general of the United States post office, the honorable patrick donahoe. The superintendent of the National Mall and immortal parks , mr. Robert mobile. The executive director of the maritime administration, mr. Joule is a bot. Mr. Joel zabat. And my boss, the chairman of the board for friends of the National World war ii memorial, Lieutenant General army states United States army retired. Also with us today, we have from th