, honorableu president of this great United States of america, President Trump. That you for inviting us now to hope code talkers to the capital and to the white house of this great nation we call United States. Us three ofve with the 13 surviving navajo code talkers of world war ii. He survived the battle. His Landing Craft was blown up and he had to swim to the beach to survive. Saipan, he got shut up really badly. He survived one year in naval hospital. Thomas, also one of the code talkers that was on iwo jima. A tough battle, three Marine Divisions landed on eulogy iwo jima. The code talkers within the fifth Marine Division, also, as if marine corps was not enough, he was is it any United States army. That awful battle. Brian is peter mcdonald, i am i am nott israel, i went in when i was 15 1944. Old in that we went onto north china toh sixth Marine Division get the japanese in northern china to surrender. They do not want to surrender. It took first Marine Division six Marine Divi
This is 15 minutes. [indiscernible] thank you president of these great United States President Trump. Thank you for inviting us not hope code talkers navajo code talkers. We have today three navajo code talkers of world war ii. One is 97 years old, a veteran of world war ii. His Landing Craft blown up, and had to swim to the beach to survive. ,he got shot up real badly survived one year in naval hospital. , also one of the code talkers who were on iwo jima, a tough battle. Three Marine Divisions landed on iwo. It was part of it the code talkers within the fifth Marine Division. Corps was notne enough, he enlisted in the United States army, served in the korean war, survived that awful battle. My name is peter mcdonald. I am the president of the 13 surviving navajo code talkers. I went in. I am 90 years old. I went in when i was 15 years old in 1944 and was with the st marine date on guam first marine brigade on guam and then went on to north china with six Marine Division to get those
Of the tribes that we have here today. Mr. Speaker, leader harry reid, leader nancy pelosi, distinguished guests, honorees, guests and families, we are very proud of you, and im very proud o be included today. Here during native American Heritage month, i have the great privilege of representing the finest military in the world in recognizing the hundreds of native americans who have worn the cloth of our nation in the istinctive way that we celebrate today, and in such a courageous way defending a country that did not always keep its word to their ancestors. [applause] the 33 tribes and 216 individuals we recognize today represent native warriors that leverage their native tongue to defend our nation through an unbreakable code, patriots that possessed a unique capability and willingness to give of their special talent and their lives. As richard west, founding irector of the National Museum of the American Indian so elegantly captured it, language is central to cultural identity. It
Elected. But not possible today. No. Independent mind person at a time when that was allowed. Woman. Epends on the if she wanted to not get involved but today women are so they wereout than then. And this was 1940s and woman. American she was her own person. Thanks to both of you for telling us the story of the truman family in the white job afterust into the the death of Franklin Roosevelt and then making it their own. Your time. Te and thanks to the White House Historical association and to the folks at the Truman Library and undependence for their help video tonight. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] ladies,row on first mamie eisenhower. She held only one press conference as first lady but was popular and took charge of running the white house. As first lady, she conducted inspections and approved menus for a record visits. Number of state suffering from an inner ear condition she spent part of her be
A ceremony was held awarding 33 tribes the congressional gold medal. We will hear from members of congress and the military in this hourlong event. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. All come to the state capital. Be joined byd to those that made this day possible including dan boren from oklahoma. [applause] fortunate to have in leaders two outstanding , two native americans of tom cole and mark woolen mark mullen. We need to immortalize men who were in no way, meeting for the first in a way meeting for the first time. During the second world war, he was a member of the 195th Field Artillery battalion. One day in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in Southern France and heard one of his brother and singing under a tree. Dialogue and the put them to work on opposite ends of the radio. That