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From 1917 to 1974. It features an interview with wwi and wwii veteran captain joy hancock. Who is pictured here. The second half of the film explores how contributions by navy women increased beginning in the mid1960s. As restrictions were removed, opportunities opened up in a variety of fields. music music music music music it was a dramatic first, the first time in navy history women wear assigned to the crew of a ship. In 1972, at Hunters Point naval shipyard, the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. The navys first woman admiral gave the commissioning address. The sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new, unusual type of ship with a mission to assist the efforts to improve morale and flexibility by home boarding combat and ships overseas. It will provide services to deploy dependence wherever the fleet is assigned. In addition to this forward step, the sanctuary has also been accepted as the ship to be dissipated in the pilot pr ....
Part, for the topic of her program today. As you can see, she has fully immersed herself in the history of mississippi where she let the Community Driven study of the mississippi confederate home. She recently launched the civil war governors project between the archives and history, the digital library, and urc of southern mississippi. Your attention to roleommon theme their as educators and mentors. She is the former president of the Mississippi Historical society and serves on the board of trustees of the society of military history. Too many mississippis and when introduction. [laughter] the academic journal of war and society, and the magazine civil war times. Expose thef her book intersection of military and social history. Her newest book, hoods texas is the basis of her program today, redefining unit history. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Susannah ural. [applaus ....
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May our lawmakers live with such faithfulness that they will be your redemptive instruments at a time when truth seems a rare commodity. May you find delight in those who by faith trust you to make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth. Lead our senators to a fresh dedication in their service you to and humanity. Grant that justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for 30 seconds. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley veter ....