Theres the heavy guns. This is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. There were real guns in france and heavy artillery. One of the body bearers is represented there. The field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. These are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. In some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. As they moved up and provided close artillery support, thats the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. General pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. Then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. And i follow a chicagoan. A dough boy through the entire war. Younger was part of the second infantry division. An elite unit within the American Expedition theary forc and younger is there. Hes a dough boy. A regular grunt. A sergeant that fights from battle to battle. Hes wounded
Also the actions of individuals. A number testified to the great sacrifice, death and combat. The National Cemetery in arlington, virginia is the resting place of more than 400,000 people, including nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers. In 1921, a single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who have died without being identified. The soldier of world war 1 was laid to rest with so many lemm ceremony attended by those of the highest ranks. On Film Documents the progress of that soldiers remains from france to the United States. And the newly built tomb of the unknown soldier. As the ceremonies at the u. S. Capitol where the unknown lay, general pershing stood to fill the role of the nearest relative. Along the way, eight men personally selected by general pershing accompanied the body of the unknown. So well hear from Patrick Odonnell and learn the story of those eight bearers and their hair rheroism on the battlefiel. He is an expert on elite units. Author of 11 books includin
Looking at chinese data coming out confirming the momentum of the return. We have pmi data. Is a look at the benchmarks we are looking at. Some of the foreign exchanges and commodities. Climb. Ing a massive up 3. 4 . The dollar index is moving up. We have seen this drop alongside the oil prices as well. The dollar is one of those in the crosshairs. Gold is steady. Lets get to new york and have a look at some of the first word news headlines, here is karina mitchell. Coronavirus cases are leading to more lockdowns. Germany, and the u. K. Already increasing but controls. Than. S. Reported more 78,000 new cases over the week and after two Straight Days of National Records. Anger is rising across europe as governments impose new lockdown rules. Officials blocks travel from local regions. There is still no national clampdown. The u. K. Will go into lockdown again later this week while extending wage support for four load furloughed workers. South koreas export led recovery continued last mo
Terms of economy and in terms of political stability now being on the list of state sponsors of terror has greatly hindered sudans economy and its ability to attract Foreign Investors and to even deal or invest in Foreign Trade outside of a country thats resulted in severe hard currency shortages and we can see that just by taking a walk around the streets of khartoum you can see people lining up for bread due to shortages of wheat you can see people lining up for fuel due to shortage of petrol and thats because the country has been suffering from this hard currency shortage that makes it very difficult to import basic necessities. Of freedom around 900. 00 prisoners from jail in the democratic republic of congo the jailbreak happened in the eastern city of beni the mayor is blaming a local group. Thailands Prime Minister is recalling parliament for a special session next week as protesters continue calls for him to quit thousands have rallied for several days in the capital bangkok th
The death of his granddaughter. Fire and ice the scene that might describe 2020 right in front of your eyes early today starts right now glad youre with us to end the week im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. President trump and joe biden are battling through states at breakneck speeds the president is in florida while biden is in michigan they stood in stark contrast in one of the more intense exchanges the president refused to denounce the qanon conspiracy. I know very little. I just told you. But what you told me doesnt make it fact i know nothing about it. I know theyre very much against pedophilia they fight it very hard. But i know nothing about it. Its a satanic cult run by the doc. Republican ben sasse said, quote, qanon is nuts and they call conspiracy theories conspiracy theories. He may be right i just doan know about qanon. As for biden, he acknowledged mistakes on the crime bill and impact on black americans and he hasnt said yet whether hes going to add seats to if Sup