In 2009 with the 82nd airborne. This was not an easy assignment. This was really dangerous work. In fact, 37 of the men that the sergeant served with didnt return home. It was in 2010 that he was severely injured in an ied blast. He lost an arm, a leg and 40 of his body had burns over it. He wasnt expected to survive the medical flight but he did, fortunately. Thanks to really what may be described as a miracle and certainly the support of his amazing wife sarah, 110 surgeries and years of therapy, michael is able to join us here today. And its veterans like michael that are the reason the v. A. Exists, why when i had the privilege of sitting in my office not too long ago with michael and sarah talking about their experience that it was really heartbreaking for me to hear their story. Because the v. A. Had failed michael. He had to jump through one bureaucratic hoop after another just to try to get the services that he deserved and he earned. In one situation he had to wait 57 days jus
Horrible summer in selma alabama and Movement Leaders would charge between cops and demonstrators saying its not going to work. You have to talk people down and it was a great, name howard who had influence on henry and he talked about revolutionary patience that it took to employ nonviolence. The other piece of muscle that people forget is the music. The two things that police could not overcome was nonviolence and freedom songs, it drove them crazy. Drove them to the state line and dumped them out because he said, i couldnt stand their singing. [laughter] you mentioned a fellow name Robert Williams. Its interesting. I would rof to hear whats not in a documentary, what got left out of this series and a lot of things that got left out from the eyes in the press. In the decade that we covered there were literally thousands of actions and thousands of small cities and in the north also. Henry had to choose 12 battles, 12 iconic battles. Those are the ones that were in there. The events o