apartments in baltimore more other veterans returning home from the war, amazing stories and there's hardly a veteran alive who doesn't have one. our guest speaker -- [applaus [applause] >> our guest speaker today also has a story to tell, not of his own service, but of his family's. the vice-president's father, second lieutenant edward j pence, also served in the 45th infantry division in korea, not long after bill scott, our teenage chickasha sergeant. in the wars last month, ed pence was awarded the bronze star for higgs actions as a rifle platoon leader near pork chop hill. that's not all. in 1983, the vice-president's older brother first lieutenant greg pence also served with the 3rd 3 battalion in beirut