this is albert keogh we are looking at, 98. he is a royal navy veteran. do i hear applause? applause look at his face as who takes it all in. he hails from scotland and the smile on his face, because the thing is, he survived, james. he understands what the loss is because he had a life. ~ . , , , life. what must they be feeling, thou~h? life. what must they be feeling, though? the life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, - life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, for| life. what must they be feeling, - though? the fact that they, for some reason, they have cheated, they cheated death in 1944 and had cheated death in 1944 and had cheated it ever since and here they still are. cheated it ever since and here they stillare. how cheated it ever since and here they still are. how wonderful cheated it ever since and here they stillar
school named after him. he was in the dragoon guards. find school named after him. he was in the dragoon guards. school named after him. he was in the dragoon guards. and those in the tanks had a terrible the dragoon guards. and those in the tanks had a terrible casualty - the dragoon guards. and those in the tanks had a terrible casualty rate. - tanks had a terrible casualty rate. use this tanks had a terrible casualty rate. use this typically had no chance of getting use this typically had no chance of getting through unscathed. it was an unbelievably tough gig to have. cecil unbelievably tough gig to have. cecil has unbelievably tough gig to have. cecil has caused many personal friendships with the french. he has been returning for years to pay tribute to his colleagues who never made it through, and we are going to see more of his influence, as our service unfolds. we are listening to a medley of wartime shoes and favourites of our veterans and i think i am hearing there
century sailor penmanship. but in their petition they said this guy had done everything from swearing to torturing people. the sailor serving under his command wrote to the continental congress saying he was unfit to lead them and they wanted him removed. this was a huge risk for them because their commander was not just any old guy. he was kind of the guy. hopkins was the first commander in chief of the continental navy. nevertheless, there was an investigation into his behavior. the continental congress did vote to remove hopkins from his command. hopkins then retaliated, filed a retaliatory lawsuit that put two of the men who had raised the alarm about him in jail. and the continental congress realized the sort of pickle they were in here and they decided they would essentially come to the rescue of those men who were jailed after raising the alarm about this commander. they authorized payment for the sailor s legal defense, helped provide the evidence those sailors needed to help g
the sailor serving under his command wrote to the continental congress saying he was unfit to lead them and they wanted him removed. this was a huge risk for them because their commander was not just any old guy. he was kind of the guy. hopkins was the first commander in chief of the continental navy. nevertheless, there was an investigation into his behavior. the continental congress did vote to remove hopkins from his command. hopkins then retaliated, filed a retaliatory lawsuit that put two of the men who had raised the alarm about him in jail. and the continental congress realized the sort of pickle they were in here and they decided they would essentially come to the rescue of those men who were jailed after raising the alarm about this commander. they authorized payment for the sailor s legal defense, helped provide the evidence those sailors needed to help get acquitted and get out of jail. in so doing the continental congress put together what is now believed to be the first wh