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Large mortars out of this howitzer. it is the most likely scenario. that is what happens in terms of tracking u.s. troops in the fog of war that's what is likely to come out. >> give n everyone neknew the coordinates of the hospital hospitals with borders said you are bombing our hospital, after that call came in was there a decision that irrespective of the hospital that americans or afghan forces are being fired upon and therefore they had no choice? >> i actually went to the headquarters at the air force bases and it was hard to get through to that piarticular number. i was with the air con...

Who's seen it all. >> i was the second armor division. >> he came to miami in 1945 by new york's lower east side by the battle of normandy. >> the weather was much better for me. the war made miami beach for the simple reason that people were stationed here and they saw a world that they didn't believe. >> during world war ii, miami saw a massive influx of military personnel, hotels which had seen a sharp drop in business, made a deal with the government to house troops. >> parents came down, sons came down, they opened businesses here and it was basically jewish at the time and that's how ait...

But colonel jack, unpack a little bit of what you heard from the president today. you still did get questions from the gallery about whether or not we are creeping and whether there could be missions people, military missions. but what i thought i heard was absolutely we are not doing a combat mission. what did you hear? >> there are going to be combat missions, but they're not going to be done by combat forces. when people think about boots on the ground, they're thinking about the first armor division, the 82nd airborne division, large formations of troops. we are having troops on the ground...

joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? >> reporter: well, you know, i've been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is they're coming home. that's exactly what they've heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july and august. all that was made official yesterday when w the announcement of president obama. that...

Honor those who have fought and die to protect their fellow americans. president obama began a day of recommend brences for veterans in the rose garden saying they gave their best and deserved the best in return. >> that includes leaders who will guide them, support their families and wisdom. strength and compassion. >> reporter: with that, he nominated general martin dempsey as chairman of the joint chiefs. dempsey, now army chief of staff commanded the first armor division in iraq in 2003 and later was in charge of training iraqi forces. he led the u.s. army training program. >> he is probab...