President harry truman. after using a flame care and explosives to clear seven concrete bunkers known as pillboxes, while under heavy machine gun fire in february of 1945. he kept pushing forward after all the men in his company laid their lives down. listen to what see if i had to say to fox and fox & friends own pete hegseth back in 2018 about that day. we had a great cause to save our freedom and our country, so i was certainly inspired by that. i wear the medal, by the way, in honor of two marines who sacrificed their life that day for mine. i perhaps wouldn t even be here had it not been for those two marines. joey: williams will lie in state in the west virginia capitol rotunda on saturday. he ll be laid to rest on sunday. carley: a life well lived. another major company is leaving california to set up shop in texas. a tech ceo who also left the
GEORGE TOWN: Left abandoned, unkempt and in filthy condition – the World War II pillboxes (bunkers) scattered all over the state are in dire need to be restored back to their glory days.
Fear in that moment? i have always said that if you re being shot at you have no fear, there s something wrong with you. the hero jima invasion brought on. under four hours after under heavy enemy fire he took out a network of japanese pillboxes with a flamethrower to clear the way for the infantry. are they spring bullets at you? oh yes absolutely. they re trying to get their best to get me, why they didn t get me i have no answer other than he wasn t ready for me i guess. chris: president truman gave woody the highest military honor for valor. but that s where the story begins, not ends. woody spent 33 years working at the va, securing benefits for veterans and their families. and in 2010 he started a foundation to honor goldstar families who have lost a loved one in battle. we have memorials for veterans all over this country in most communities.
do you feel any sense of fear in that moment? i have always said that if you re being shot at you have no fear, there s something wrong with you. the hero jima invasion brought on. under four hours after under heavy enemy fire he took out a network of japanese pillboxes with a flamethrower to clear the way for the infantry. are they spring bullets at you? oh yes absolutely. they re trying to get their best to get me, why they didn t get me i have no answer other than he wasn t ready for me i guess. chris: president truman gave woody the highest military honor for valor. but that s where the story begins, not ends. woody spent 33 years working at the va, securing benefits for veterans and their families. and in 2010 he started a foundation to honor goldstar families who have lost a loved one in battle. we have memorials for veterans all over this country in most communities.
Technology available to do a the problem is most of the time they don t know about the technology. so he started blue star senior tech, company that finds and sells senior approved gadgets. from simple video systems to keeping in touch with family, electronic pillboxes to prevent accidental overdoses, wearables for detecting falls and cooking devices to shut off forgotten stokes. technology has to add value. has to be simple and has to be reasonably inexpensive. those are three requirements. all to keep older folks safer like regina brown who has trouble walking and navigating tight spots in her home. i need some assistance getting off the floor. raise company is focused on helping former servicemembers because as dana cooper from veterans affairs says, vets often age faster than the