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Mr. Caldwell thank you. It is a pleasure to be with you this morning. We thank you. We thank you for the decision you have made at a very young age to serve our great country in uniform. It is an important decision. It is a critical decision. It is a decision that will probably be one of the most important you will ever make in your life, and we need you. We not only need you for the skills that you bring, but for the leadership that is inside of you. Because we always have plenty of infantrymen and pilots and Public Affairs officers like i was and my wife was, but we will never have a glut of leadership. Yet we will always take that. So thank you for what youre doing. In the essence of time, i will introduce our medal of honor recipients, but i will not go into a lot of detail about what they did. You can see their stories online at themedalof honor. Com, and i encourage you to check that out. But i will say one thing about all g ....
Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin ....
Pioneering a new kind of air warfare that the arm termed air mobile. Colonel Bruce Crandall is a veteran Master Army Aviator in fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and has led more than 900 combat missions during two tours in vietnam. He was drafted into the army in 1953 and in early 1965 he joined the Dominican RepublicExpeditionary Force as a liason to the Airborne Corp and later that year commanded the first calvaries Division Company a. , 229th assault helicopter battalion in vietnam. He received many awards including the bronze star medal, the distinguished flying cross with one oak leaf cluster and the medal of honor. Dr. Tone johnson ....
Vietnam. The twopart battle took place 1965. Ovember 14 to 18, it was thanksgiving day at home when Americans First read about the battle, which was a turning week of sorts, with single casualty numbers exceeding those of the worst week of the korean war. Americans had to face the facts that we really were engaged in a war. Today, we have veterans of the battle of the ia drang valley it wastalking about what like on the front lines. Mr. Vince cantu was drafted in 1963 and became a u. S. Army private in the First Battalion of the seventh cavalry. His battalion was charged with a new type of air warfare that they called air mobile. Colonel Bruce Crandall is a helicopters,or and and has led more than 900, insions during two tours vietnam. He was drafted into the army in 1953, and in early 1965, he joined the dominican rep ....
Supplies, and to rescue wounded soldiers. Commemorating the anniversary of the battle of ia drang valley. Major freeman, think you for joining us. I want to ask you about those days. Could you tell me about your training for those types of missions . You had to throw some things out the door and improvise. Tell me what you bought into the battle. Major freeman experience. I did not have the privilege of training for the assault. By commander did. My commander did. They trained for two years. This was a brandnew concept of warfare as far as the army was concerned. I was already an experienced power prior to coming to that organization. For a year in tactical mapping. Ford been in south america four years doing the same basic job. Host and you had experience in korea . Yes, and i felt the sting of battle when i was very young. Host did being on the ground in , seeing battle in that sense, help you in those days in november, supporting . Major freeman absolutely. I understood war better t ....