Experiences with the sixth Armored Division in european theater, including fighting in the battle of the bulge. Mr. Slater served as an aide and shared stories about patton. The National World War Ii Museum conducted this interview in 2009 for its oral history collection. 2009. Is august 5, thomas with the National World War Ii Museum. Today i am with Esther Benjamin schleider. For the record, please state your full name. Olafchleider benjamin schleider. Were reborn . Mr. Schleider texas. When were you born . One of the things i remember is, my grandfather, who was a very successful is businessman, was nra, theppy with the National Coverage at recovery act. He had a lot of choice words to say about that. I also remember, we had some tom operations in addition the business my father was in. To,we had to kill cattle for some reason, it was part of the program. And it was very distressing to my family to have cattle killed. We tried to process as much of the meat as possible. And preserve
Interviewer what were you doing before the war, sir . James it was so long ago, it is hard. Let me see. Working like at a store, as a clerk at a store, like at that time there were a and p and the and mutual stores, and that is what i was doing then. Interviewer i see that you joined the marine corps. What made you decide to join the marine corps . James ok. Me and a buddy were at the ymca, sitting there like we always do, and we saw two marines coming towards us. They were going to go into the ymca. And they were dressed in blues. So i said to this buddy, man, they look sharp. I think im going to join. And that is how i joined. You know, i never thought of war, nothing, just that uniform. That got me. And thats it. Interviewer it made an impression on you . James mary much, so, yes. Interviewer and still does today . James yes, it still does today. Interviewer so you joined up, and where did you go for basic . James for basic i went to paris island for boot camp. Interviewer how rigor
Battles of guadalcanal and iwo jima. The National World War Ii Museum conducted this interview in 2007 4 its oral History Collection 2007 for its oral History Collection. I am here with mr. James salerno. Please tell me your full name. James anthony salerno. Interviewer when and where were you born . Was born in summit, new jersey, in 1918. Interviewer what were you doing before the war, sir . It was so long ago, it was hard. A store, as aat clerk at a store, like at that time there were a and p stores, and that is what i was doing then. Interviewer what made you decide to join the marine corps . Buddy were ata the ymca, sitting there like we always do, and we saw two marines coming towards us. They were going to go into the ymca. And they were dressed in blues. So i said to this buddy, man, they look sharp. I think im going to join. And that is how i joined. You know, i never thought of war, nothing, just that uniform. That got me. And thats it. Interviewer it made an impression on yo
Protesters who were here block writing parts of central to this part of central is in shut down all the shops are shut all the roads are blockaded and the police have moved in so certainly some extraordinary scenes in the last hour or so here where we are which is government headquarters and is there a fear there that things things could get violent given the previous protests that have turned. Well these scenes are becoming familiar on hong kong streets every weekend we saw similar scenes last weekend where we saw tens of thousands of people once again rally in parts of central now last weekend we saw the various m. T. R. Stations in central they were set on fire at the moment weve got a number of m. T. R. Stations which have been shut down this whole area is blockaded but as i said the right place have certainly out their behavior they want to they want to arrest some of these other the more radical groups a small up Minority Group but certainly before we had parts of government head
The immediate past. Trying to dissuade turkey from taking d. S. 400. 00 but. He is not a country that needs to negotiate with other countries to seek admission or power to pressure when it comes to beating our needs for self defense or. The brochure is going to deliver this as 400. 00 to turkey. And that will have consequences going through we say visit each time this is a done deal not the process continues to record live there will be a dissociation with the f. 35. 00 system. Also coming up a war of drove them out of syria on our refugees are being told to demolish their new homes in lebanon we have a special report that and im very angry with ive lived here since 2013 and within a span of 2 weeks to have decided that everything has to be demolished its very hard for us. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world a very warm welcome while we begin their day in turkey which has received the 1st shipments of a russian s. 400 Missile Defense system despite