Encounter. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much, again. And would you please share your birthday and birth place . My birthday is may 28th, 1933, and that was in new york city. I was born in New York Hospital in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. Yes, it was. How was it . Oh, it was wonderful. My daughter was here. One of my grandchildren was here. In fact, he came early and we went out to play golf which was my first time playing golf in over three years because of the injury to my leg. Oh. The cancer in the leg. So, it was a very, very wonderful birthday to spend with them. Again, happy birthday. Thank you. Please, tell me about your family background, the school you went to. It must be in new york city, right . In new york city, yes. I went to a school thats now called Fashion Institute of technology, and then i went on to what do you mean . You were in Fashion Institute . I tried, but i never worked at it at all. I cant sew a button on now. But, yes. And then i went into th
Thank you, sir. Thank you very much again. Would you please share your birthday and birthplace. My birthday is may 28, 1933, in new york city. I was born in York Hospital in new york city. Yesterday was your birthday. How was it . It was wonderful. My daughter was here and one of my grandchildren was here. He came early and we went out to play golf, which was my first time playing golf, in over three years, because of the injury to my leg. Oh. The cancer in my leg. It was a very wonderful birthday. Thank you. Please tell me about your family background, the school you went to. In york city . In new york city, yes. I went to a school that is now called the Fashion Institute of technology. You are in Fashion Institute . I tried but i never worked at it at all. I cannot sew a button on now. [laughter] but, yes. Then i went into the marine corps and i was 19 years old. The war in korea was going on. It was a calling. I had always wanted to be in the military. I had cousins and uncles and a
Now, a u. S. Army film from september 1950 when u. S. Led forces in south korea were in retreat. The film shows the arrival of British Forces and the subsequent drive to retake the south korean capital of seoul. This is war. War and its masses. War and its men. War and its machines. Together, they form the big picture. Welcome to the big picture. Im captain Carl Zimmerman. The big picture is a report to you from your army, an army committed to the people of the United States to stop communist aggression wherever it may strike. The Big Picture Campaign through firsttime reports of our combat veterans and through film taken by combat cameramen of the army signal corp. These are the men who daily record on film the big picture as it happens where it happens. Today, our big picture brings into focus the turning of the tide. Youll see our fight to hold on to the pusan perimeter. Youll see air support from our carriers, the invasion of wally, and the march on seoul. And youll hear a firsttim
My middle name is elizabeth. Interviewer elizabeth. And then last name . Reid. I was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1927. April of 1927. Interviewer what date . Mary ninth. April 9, 1927. Tell me about your family when you were born . Mary we were very poor. My father was from tennessee. My mother was from pittsburgh. And when i was born, we lived in pittsburgh then. I had two older brothers and a sister. The oldest brother was 10 years older than i was. And so, i by the time i a little kid,nd they were already grown. So it seemed to me as if i was almost an only child. And i always missed not having somebody else. But we were poor. Lived in houses on a hill. I was never without friends, because we played on the street s and in the fields, on the hills. Pittsburgh is full of hills, so i was my mother would warn me when i would go out to play, not to go over the hill. And of course, i didnt until i andto the end of the row went around the row, until she couldnt see me. But then i wen
I was born in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, in april 1927. Interviewer what date . April 9, 1927. Interviewer tell me about your family when you were born . Mary we were very poor. My father was from tennessee. Pittsburgh. S from and when i was born, we lived in pittsburgh then. I had two older brothers and a sister. Oldest brother was 10 years older than i was. So by the time i became aware as a little kid, they were already grown. If i was almost an only child. As if iit seemed to me was a no so it seemed to me as if i was only child. And i always missed someone else. But we were poor. We lived in a little house on a hill, and i was never without friends because we played on the on theand in the fields, hills. Pittsburgh is full of hills, so me when iwould warn would go out to play, not to go over the hill. Didnt, until, i i got to the end of the row went around the row, until she couldnt see me. But then i went over the hill, because that is where all the kids were. [laughter] interview