This month on sundays at 10 00 a. M. , American History tv will air a selection of these interviews with former prisoners of war. Now we hear from Clifford Petrey who was wounded and captured by the chinese in december 1950. He remained a prisoner of one until august 1953. Bill joining us on American History tv is jongwoo han, who is the founder and president of the korean war veterans digital memorial. Thank you for being here. Professor han thank you for inviting me. This is a great opportunity. Thank you. Bill what is the war veterans digital memorial . Professor han it is a digital memorial. It is a combination database that is composed of interviews and historical artifacts from the korean war veterans who fought from 1950 to 1953 in the korean war. So i do an interview of the korean war veterans about their memories and their sacrifices and also i collect artifacts like photographs they actually took during the war and the letters they wrote to their families and other artifacts
If memory serves me correctly, my mom kept the three or four letters that she got from me and i read those many times after i came home. Yes, she got them. I got three or four letters from home. My sister wrote to me every three or four days. We didnt get all the mail that was sent to us. I know that for sure because my family members a lot of them wrote letters to me but i didnt get that many. I got a few. You still keep the letter . When did your family and parents know that you are in the camp . As you may know we were carried as mia for a long time. They had no confirmation of my status until about august or september of 51. There was an exchange of information between the chinese and our government. They did have large number of pows. I dont know when this information was passed or when either side honored what the other side said. As far as the status of the troops, i dont know. I believe that my mom and dad got word that we were no longer mia that we were pow. Pow. They didnt kn
Carved ivory calling card case that has a card enclosed with dollys signature as well as that of her niece, anna. Some small cut glass perfume bottles and a pair of silk slippers that have tiny little ribbons that tie across the arch of her foot and the two dresses are the reproductions of a silk, peach silk, gown that she wore earliest in life and a red velvet gown. There is now a legend that accompanies this dress. Watch all of our events from greensboro. With live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan and the senate on cspan 2, here on cspan 3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant hearings and public events. Then on the weekend we have programs that tell our nations story. Visiting battlefields and key events, american artifacts and touring museums and sites. Historic bookshelf with the best known American History writers. The presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanderinchief. And our new series real america. Featuring films from
There is very big serious each is to be addressed. Also a reluctance to confront these issues in the congress. Not only do they have a lot to do, but they as you may have noticed have a hard time doing anything these days, they disagree about so much. We argued to say it is time to stop kicking the can down the road and start having an intelligent conversation about these big issues. To start s off today i am going to call on four people who know about this, and they will speak in turn and open up for questions from the audience. To my left is robert taub dermott designated acting chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission by president obama on december 4th, 2014. He is new to the job but he was also sworn in as the commissioner in 2011 and elected vice chair in 2013. He came to the post office from the army where he was special assistant to the secretary of the army john mcyou and served as chief of staff to u. S. Congressman john mccue for a whole decade. To his left is dr. Robert
Misdemeanors and those convicted of three or more misdemeanors. So heres my ask. We want to work with you to restore this relationship. Weve replaced secure communities with a new program for the benefit of Public Safety. But i need a partner. In those in this room, in governors and mayors county commissions, and so forth. Weve done our part to end the controversial secure communities program. Now i ask that you and others get with your city attorney, your city council, your police commissioner, your chief get a hold of the policy document that i issued in november to see how weve replaced the secure communities program. For the benefit of all of toes we serve. And if youre one of those 177 jurisdictions, you will get a knock on the door from me. Because we want to work with you to rebuild this relationship. In my view it is a Public Safety imperative. Elsewhere in our department were moving forward on our Cyber Security mission. We had legislation passed late last year. The administra