Up next, an oral history with u. S. Army veteran baldwin myers, recorded in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. He talked about his time in korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. Baldwin i am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled b as in boy, aldwin. In the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan
Interviewer you are not baldy. Baldwin no. But when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan Valley on the oregonidaho line. Interviewer owyhee. Baldwin owyhee. Yes. Interviewer that is the indian name. Baldwin that is indian. I dont know what it means. [laughter] probably beautiful country. Interviewer tell me about your family when you were growing up. Baldwin well, i grew up on a cattle ranch about five miles south of Jordan Valley, and my mother was born in east europe. She was austrian, and my father was an old cowboy who
I came back and went back to the railroad until 1958, i guess it was, and i went into the legion in 1962. I worked there until i was 65 years old, and im 75 im 85 now i always liked the legion, ive been working there for many years. I take care of their on our guard. I take care of the angle. Thats about it. How many siblings do you have . I have four children. I have a wife. I have a son here in town. We have two daughters in rochester. We have a son in law. We have a daughter in ohio. Shes not a registered nurse, but she isnt ohio. She has two years of technical college. They are all married, but when is not married right now. We have quite a few grandchildren. We have nine grandchildren and eight grandchildren. The big family. How do you when you enlisted . 18 when i enlisted. It was june 16th, 1948. My friend and i were working at a warehouse and another friend came by and said you guys should join the guard. Its a pretty good deal. Good work. Check every month. We get about ten do
Political implications of this decision with our very own Scottie Hughes all right its time to suit your i q. Lets begin this hour with breaking news out of new york city where the infamous madam for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein going maxwell has entered a not guilty plea maxwell is being arraigned on several criminal charges including running a sex trafficking scheme targeting minors are to correspondent john heidi is monitoring todays Court Hearing john what do we know so far. Yeah and its ongoing at this point in fact the federal judge in this detention hearing the bail hearing is set to make a decision any moment but that said as you mentioned Glenn Maxwell pled not guilty to the charges of sex trafficking of minors the federal charges against her during this hearing in which she appeared via a live video link a trial date of july 12th 2021 was said basically the way this when she pled not guilty to the charges they then went into the scheduling portion of this and then the
Symbols of suppression. White supremacy, racism ngs and other toxic beliefs exist in our ranks impacting how black soldiers advance, their assignments, career fields, and how they are treated and assessed. Africanamericans comprise just a single digit percentage of Fighter Pilots and navigators, only 5 of army green berets, 2 of navy seals, and only 0. 6 of the air forces rescue jumpers are black. Structural racism still exists in our military formations. 43 of Minority Service members report they have seen examples of White Nationalism or racism within the ranks. These issues didnt happen suddenly but festered unchecked by a culture of indifference or intolerance. This culture extends to gender disparities we still see in our armed forces. We have made progress and this year witness historic barrier breaking firsts. Chief Master Sergeant joanne bass was selected as the first woman to serve as the highest ranking noncommissioned officer in a Service Components. Lieutenant junior grade