Founding freedom riders. Katherine westmoreland, wife of u. S. Army general William Westmoreland who commanded u. S. Forces in vietnam talked about her life as a military daughter, sister and spouse. She recounted her time living in vietnam and serving as a red cross nurses aide during the war and recalled hosting president s and first ladys as well as her friendship with bob and dolores hope. This interview is just over an hour. Good evening, maam. Today is the 1st of october, 2016, and were in the west point center for oral history, and im here with Katherine Stephens van deusen westmoreland, but you go by kitsy. Right. Thats right. Maam, could you please spell your last name for the transcriber. Westmoreland. Thank you, maam. Tell me about your childhood. I know you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat. Well, when i grew up in the army, i would say i grew up as a millionaires child without any money. So i had the most wonder
Stephens van deusen westmoreland, but you go by kitsy. Right. Thats right. Maam, could you please spell your last name for the transcriber. Westmoreland. Thank you, maam. Tell me about your childhood. I know you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat. Well, when i grew up in the army, i would say i grew up as a millionaires child without any money. So i had the most wonderful childhood. I had two brothers and we all were well, my father had been in the cavalry and he was one a wonderful horseman. So both my brother my older brother and i rode from the time i guess i was 3 years old, and my older brother was the same way. What posts were you on when you grew up . Well, i was born at princeton. New jersey. The followers at princeton for six years. And when he married my mother, my mother was a very beautiful lady. And i think most of the princeton students were in love with her because she was so lovely. And then my older brother w
War and recalled hosting president s and first ladys as well as her friendship with bob and dolores hope. This interview is just over an hour. Good evening, maam. Today is the 1st of october, 2016, and were in the west point center for oral history, and im here with Katherine Stephens van deusen westmoreland, but you go by kitsy. Right. Thats right. Maam, could you please spell your last name for the transcriber. Westmoreland. Thank you, maam. Tell me about your childhood. I know you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat. Well, when i grew up in the army, i would say i grew up as a millionaires child without any money. So i had the most wonderful childhood. I had two brothers and we all were well, my father had been in the cavalry and he was one a wonderful horseman. So both my brother my older brother and i rode from the time i guess i was 3 years old, and my older brother was the same way. What posts were you on when you grew
Privileged to hear from two Vietnam Veterans who are comrades and brothers chuck hagel and tom haeckel both volunteered to go to the war and fought in the same Army Infantry unit. From Middle America to the vietnam war and then home again. As we observed we are privileged to hear from the two eyewitnesses. Retiring as a Lieutenant General commanded troops both in afghanistan and iraq earning a five star medals in combat action badge as a contributing editor for the magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015 and beforend that, a u. S. Senator from his home state ofeb nebraska. During the vietnam war, he served in combat as the army and earned two purple hearts in the combat infantry badge and vietnamese gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at omaha he worked as a staff assistant, cofounded vanguard cellular and served as the head of the administrat
I heard the explosion. And then i just go under the sink and in the second explosion, everything is black. And in other news barack obama ends his trip to havana for a pitch to the end of the division between the u. S. And cuba. Hello, everyone, im robin adams. Monitoring the worlds main sports stories for you. And the winner is fifa has launched germanys hosting world cup 2026. Well have more in the program. Hello, Security Forces in belgium have launched a manhunt for one of three men believed to be behind a series of bombings that killed 34 people. The Islamic State in iraq and the levant says it carried out the attacks in brussels. The police have released this picture. It shows two suspected suicidebombers dressed in black. Its the third man in the hat who is now being hunted. The first attack happened at zaventem, brussels main airport. Then in central brussels, an explosion at a metro station killed 20 and wounded 130. Well, the blast at zaventem airplane happened at 8 15 local