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Thank you for your patient. We got a little bit of a late start. Were going to have a great session this morning. Im the morning anchor. At the cbs affiliate here in washington, d. C. Im honored to be back as a moderator of the teachers conference. We did it last year as well. This is a very special occasion. Had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. Im meeting some new friends this morning as well. Before we get under way and we honor our greatest generation and well go over the goals on what wed like to try to get done this morning, i would like to call up, before we get started, chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial Josiah Bunting iii to say a few things. [ applause ] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill. Who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. And to me the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this was people like this. Is in fulfill
When we got to our unit or the base camp, we went to supply, given fatigues. I said to the supply sergeant, wheres my ammo . He says, you dont get none. I says, excuse me, were this vietnam. Wheres my ammo . Youre a clerk, you dont get any. How do they expect you to survive in vietnam that you cant defend yourself . Why are you there the you cant defend yourself . I had several ideas in mind for the title of the book, and what i ended up with was fear was my only weapon, because basically we were not allowed to have ammo for our m16s. We were clerks at a main headquarters for the 9th intan try division, and infantry division, ask we just werent allowed to have ammo. So i figured fear, which i was in all the time even though i did not go out on fire fights and with the infantry or anything like that, we still feared for our lives. I wrote the book mainly because ing home there vietnam and meeting other vietnam vets, basically, the conversations revolved around combat and what not, which
See how intimately connected they are. And this is something that i think will make for a richer study of immigration. And now from booktvs recent visit to trenton, new jersey, youll hear about the life of j. Dennis papp, a soldier in the vietnam war who was forbidden from carrying ammunition in his gun because of his role as a personnel clerk. When we got to our unit or the base camp for the ninth infantry division, we went to supply, given fatigues. Youre handed an m16, and then i said to the supply sergeant, wheres my ammo . He says, you dont get none. I says, excuse me, were in vietnam. Wheres my ammo . Youre a clerk, you dont get any. How do they expect you to you survive in vietnam that you cant defend yourself . Why are you there if you cant defend yourself . I had several ideas in mind for the title of the book, and what i ended up with was fear was my only weapon because, basically, we were not allowed the ammo for our m16s. We were clerks at a main headquarters for the ninth
Hetill has some problems walking. Hes working on that. But he says he is sow sheep he is able to see and be with his family once again. Jose pea is going home after a week in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to his leg inflicted during a robbery on januarar3rd. I feel fine. With me, with the hospital. Neki seen here on this surveillance camera struggling with his assailant as a gas station at 2810 northwest 12th avenue in miami. Pea a cab driver was working that night, gave the suspect all his cash but got shot anyway. His family has stayed by his bedside throughout the ordeal. He and his wife have small children. Do you feel lucky to be alive . [ speaking in spanish ] of course, of course. Neki he is not yet able to walk. He could have nerve damage. Works have to wait and see how he feels. Pea says he i eager to make a living once again. I need work for my kids, for my wife, and for me. And for myself. Neki pea tearing get back to work, eager to recover, but he did have a