In afghanistan and iraq have changed the face of veterans day in america. Our phone lines are open now so you can give us a call. Host and we have a special line for veterans this morning host and catch up on social media at twitter, facebook, and email us. It is veterans day in the United States, and i want to lead with three different stories about the three different eras of veterans from three different papers today. Here is the Washington Times this morning. The headline reunion poignant for world war ii veterans. That story notes the host when the retirement army for slim tenant went to his first reunion at the 30th Infantry Division, those who landed on the beaches of normandy and fought across spansion germany, he was greeted by a thousand other veterans. Host another generation of veterans is looked at in the Christian Science monitor today. The vietnam era veterans. 40 years after americas most controversial war began to wind down, more vets seek closure and reconciliation. Front page of Christian Science monitor out this week. And finally, this story from politico. Iraq and afghanistan changed the face of veterans day. A bit of that piece host we will be talking about that subject with you in our first halfhour of todays washington journal. Has a rack in afghanistan, those wars and the change the face of veterans day in america has the and afghanistan changed face of veterans in america . Arnold, good morning. Caller let me take you off of speakerphone. How are you doing, man . Shameful the very way we treat our vet. They always tried to start another war. Off of the twoe longest wars. And the v. A. Benefits and the da hospitals are so backlog, so shamefully backlog. That they have the nerve of talking about another wars. Though that on veterans day like we do the poor for thanksgiving. All the food. The same with the vets are treated. We need to stop spending any on military supplements of supplies and stuff and start getting these vets astray into. Behind thist hurt thing. Host arnold of morning from North Carolina. We will be talking about some of those issues later in the show, but this morning we are asking who are the faces of veterans day for you . Have the wars in iraq and afghanistan changed the face to you . Faces, some veterans who are not around to celebrate veterans day from the recent conflict. The Washington Post ran the occasional feature faces of the fallen. The Washington Post has posted galleries of the fallen since 2003 and the information about those fallen have been compiled by military releases and news Service Reports and local newspaper stories and so, a few of the faces of the fallen dating back in may. We want to know who the faces of veterans day are for you. The walkie, wisconsin, on the line for democrats. Good morning. Faces that i was involved in was the vietnam war. I served two tours in vietnam. Nd we lost 58,000 troops and it seems as though, especially on the republican that they are more interested in the older, older people than it seems like vietnam is kind of pushed up under the rug throughout all of these tv programs. It is just different. We were treated differently we came home. We did not come home as a group of we came home as individuals. And we were shunned. Called baby killers. It is just Something Different about the way we are treated. Heroes. Ever called i wish someone would call me a hero today. Thank you. Host thank you for calling in from wisconsin. Of the you a shot now Vietnam Womens Memorial located near the vietnam wall. The live shot there this morning. Of ahas to also the focus piece in todays usa today. The memory and legacy of the women who served in vietnam and paved the way for future generations will be veteranst the annual day observation observance with a ceremony at 1 00 p. M. At the Vietnam Veterans memorial in washington. Also the Vietnam VeteransMemorial Fund will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the womens memorial located near the iconic wall. Theres the picture for you. Notes intoday story the chart that more women serve today than ever before. Women have accounted for growing share of enlisted troops in the last 50 years, and a chart showing the 1960 numbers branches andajor going from 1970, to 1980, 1990, 2000, and finally 2008 more women accounted for 19. 9 of enlisted troops in the air force, 6. 2 in the marine corps, 15 in the navy, 13. 2 in the army. We want to know what the faces of veterans day for you and whether the war in iraq has changed it. Democrat from alexandria, virginia. John, good morning. Caller happy veterans day to you, to everybody on all the veterans listening. I am a veteran. Activeduty marine. Tours two in iraq and two in afghanistan. I won a purple heart. Meaning i was wounded. The face of veterans day is very real to me. I do have a concern. I want to speak to everyone listening. My concern is the general narrative that is going to be remembered as we think about the of veterans narrative will be bid disgruntled, upset veteran dealing with his mental wounds, post traumatic stress. Issues the other mental that accompany returning from a war zone. I am afraid this negative narrative is repeating itself over and over through constant reinforcement in the general media. Overwhelmings the majority of returning veterans are stronger and more stable as a result of their combat experience. They are more disciplined and more confident. That would be my one message to the American People. My second would be, out there to veterans, is we need to continue our dedication to service as we come home. Our country translates to service to our communities. So, when we come back home, getting involved in Cancer Awareness or running in Community Five or 10k races or. Ven local Community Politics these are things that continue , thata spirit of service i highly recommend we start to celebrate as a positive member, a unique member of the american citizenry. Bond with theue American People of voter and it is on our onus to carry on our dedication to service and to spread it throughout society. Host thank you this morning. I line for veterans. Vivian writes in on twitter. Served 20 one years in the navy. To me, he is the face of the that. We are weeding your data reading posts, es, facebook mail. The face of veterans day for you. Frank is up from beltsville, new york, on the independent line. Caller it is a disgrace our current the way our country treats utterance. You see so many advertisements for wounded warriors. You know, the government should be taking care of our veterans because it is older men in the government who declared war. There was no necessity for a lot of these wars, what our veterans when voluntarily. Sometimes they were draft did in the vietnam conflict. And our government does not really take care of them. It is a shame as we make his promises these old men make promises to veterans and then they disregard them when they come back. They really do. Because there are just too many out thereople mentally and physically. They cant get jobs. We are focused on too many wrong things. Not to the average guy. People inng for the power. That is all i have to say. Page,on our facebook facebook. Com cspan, Edmund Christian says host facebook. Com cspan. cspanwj. Jerry is on the line for republicans out of maryland gary is on the line. Good morning. The local good morning to you and for the hero who called an ally calls ago caller good morning to you for the hero who called about three calls ago. About the negative narrative is going on if it is ok to say there is a very positive narrative, gary sparks, the american way on youtube. I suggest all of you veterans watch it. You will find out how we young people feel about you. From essex,s gary maryland this morning. A viewer says on twitter. A day to remember our beloved veterans was shut out visiting their memorials for the first time in history. She write to thanks obama. Of refers to the closure some of the memorials on the national mall. One place that gained a lot of attention was the closure of the world war ii memorial and the subject ofi veterans many different articles. From the wall street journal, the doolittle raiders, those who made the famed world war ii bomber attack in the pacific on tokyo. The article notes that of the original 80 men who four remain. Only before that can travel went to the National Museum of the air force for a final toast to their comrades, a tradition they kept up for over 50 years. Doolittle, then a general, and the raiders first reunited to commemorate their mission and it became an annual event. We are getting so old that we said a around anymore, retired Staff Sergeant who was an engineer gunner. I think it is time to put it to rest. That article in todays wall street journal. Wisconsin, on our line for democrats. Sergio, good morning. Im a veteran. What this day means to me. During the iraq and Afghanistan Wars i am a desert storm veteran, by the way. I was some 19861996. The womensay a lot of in these last two wars, lasted 10 yearsplus, have suffered. They went to battle. We with these women out here. Thats the togod last caller, blaming obama the. Hings that were closed i dont agree with that. I believe it is congress fault and they need to have mentors spending. The whole v. A. System needs to be nondiscretionary spending and funded a year in advance like to do the hospital side. January, this coming when they do the budget, they dont have to put us veterans on the line again. That is all i got to say. I appreciate them serving. In the be glad to be hole with them. Host sergio from madison this morning. You may want to note that later 35 we willw, around 9 speak to the National Legislative director of the disabled American Veterans group to discuss putting veterans funding first act that group is supporting it. Advanced appropriations for v. A. Programs and services to make sure veterans and families are not affected by a future government shutdown. We will be talking a little bit about this bill. Gregory is up next from tarboro, North Carolina, i veteran on our line for independents. Caller good morning, sir. My only comment is since those aforementioned wars, i think it tobe made easier for vets either start businesses through the Small Business association and or get work. It is a little rough in North Carolina for both of those things, especially after the sequester. I knew about a small company, they wanted to build a factory in North Carolina. I dont know if i can say their name on the air. Mine wave unita but it was pretty much washed because of my intelbased and the segment was taken out because them marketing segment museums,tals, goals, disabled people, and they would be able to control the flying helicopter with their mind. The sequester, that was pretty much squashed. They could still be done through a grassroots level. Business. T a small they were willing to build a factory here. Host gregory from the carolinas this morning. Talking about some legislative effort he is looking for. An article in the Washington Times was quote that talks about the several the washington bills working through congress. Host the headline lawmaker pushes to give veterans a day off on their day. Chicago, on our line for democrats this morning. Bill, you are on washington journal. Caller i want to thank all the veterans. I am a veteran of but i did not see any combat it the woman who called in see any combat. The woman called in and said. She did not realize to shut down the memorials. Congress did that. Also a shame. Veterans being00 cut. And weve got millions of veterans on social security. That is the way i look at it. That is criminal treatment of our veterans. It is the republicans who are driving these things. Thanks again to all veterans. Thank you. Host you are seeing a live shot of the Vietnam Veterans memorial this morning. As we show you that shot, i want to show you a few other headlines as well from around the papers today that dont have to do with veterans issues. A piece from the washington leaves deadly typhoon grim scenes. The full scale of the disaster just becoming apparent. Up to 10,000 people may have died. Affected people were by the storm, according to the National Disaster agency. A few of the other papers have teachers pictures. As usa today puts it, the horrors of the typhoon. A picture from the new york timesof the destruction. Christie went on the sunday shows yesterday. Cost around questions on his president ial run. Chris christie was on abcs yesterday and was asked whether he was going to serve out his entire second term as governor. Times notes he stiff armed some questions about the 2016 resident to run and sidestep some of the hot button issues and declining to wade into what he called the washington d. C. Game. We want to play you a little bit from the interview now. [video clip] the governor of new jersey. That is my job on what i asked for for for years. That is what i was going to do. Bowls for years . Who knows. I will continue to finish to my job. He will try to figure out what life will bring you two years from now. I did not expect to be sitting here four years ago, george, so no one can make those predictions. Host one of the headline in many of the papers today is on nuclear deal and what happened after negotiations ended over the weekend. Heres the front page of the Washington Post. H, we host weve got about five minutes left in the segment. We are asking our callers who they see as the face of veterans day and has air rack and afghan changedand afghanistan it for you . John. Good morning. Are you there . All right, we will go to stored from petersburg, virginia. A democratn and a veteran waiting to talk about who he sees as the face of veterans day. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call. I served with the 24th Infantry Division in germany during the cold war. Have beenar veterans forgotten. There was so much danger. Berlin wall, czechoslovakia. So little said about the cold war veterans. It was a very dangerous place over there. Got the wall torn down you hear very little about the cold war veteran. I think more should be done about that. I am going to try to promote something to recognize that. The young men over there it was terrible. I think. On online for veterans. Also waiting on the line for veterans is jerry from portsmouth, rhode island. Good morning. Caller good morning. Listening to the last gentleman called. I was drafted during the vietnam war, to patient in germany. What happened with me i remember my dad, he was in the in the navy, in the pacific. He brought me to the train station to go overseas and when i came home my dad was waiting for me when i got off the plane. To me, the greatest guy in the world is proud of serving his country and he inspired me. Andink the people in iraq Afghanistan War, what i see are a lot of great people who volunteered to go to war and willing to serve their country. Were a little hesitant. I just want to congratulate all the veterans who served, and i great job. All did a host a veteran talking about his father. On the opinion page of usa ofay, and executive editor the newspaper talk about his father who was also a veteran of world war ii and died a few weeks ago. The headline he starts his piece by quoting from tom brokaws book the greatest generation. Host quoting from the greatest generation. , new jersey on our line for democrats. Angela, good morning. Caller andrew, good morning. Caller i am calling for the families of people who died during the Second World War, rent of mine. Died in the Pacific Theater shortly after pearl harbor. Died in the european theater, the invasion of normandy. Joe died. Host those are the faces of veterans day for you . And the korean war, william armstrong, who i went to school with. Paperboy waswar, my vet. E war he got killed in vietnam did all these other guys got killed in these other wars. God bless those families and the people surviving, and for those memories. Doing thisare you veterans day for yourself . I am years old, so i cant do very much. A friend of mine, their families. The three people i spoke about first, i guess their families are all gone, too. But there are friends of theirs that are still around and served. The andrew, thank you for call this morning from new jersey. Appreciate you calling in on the world war ii veterans. He brought up a few of them. The oldest world war ii vet, 107, is set to meet with president obama today. Richard overton. Believed to be the oldest known American Veteran of world war aviationrmy 188th engineer battalion. He volunteer when he was in his 30s for service and joined up in 1942. Set to meet with president obama. President obama is set to go over to Arlington Cemetery across the Potomac River for a wreathlaying ceremony and remarks at the tomb of the unknown soldier. That will happen at 11 00 a. M. This morning. You can see that on cspan today. Last call in the segment goes to rick from new baltimore, michigan, on our line for democrats. Good morning. Caller i just want to thank all the veterans today alive alive today and deceased, fighting for the freedom. In countries in the middle east and elsewhere you name it. Dictatorships that are ruthless and everything else. You know what i mean . My dad went to normandy and he came back in the war changed drastically. In and out of the hospital for a good part of my life while living with my folks. To when i was 16, i wanted quit school and join the marines and fight with the others but my dad wouldnt hear of it. So, i just wanted to tha