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Ernie obviously loves running, if you can call this that. but the world war ii vet says there's another, much greater purpose here.know >> i want people to know whatwa the war was all about and whatk it took to win it. >> reporter: specifically, thissa old sailor is running to raise awareness for one of the unsung heroes of the war, a ship he served on called an l.s.t. it stands for "landing ship tank," and it's how the allies got heavy equipment on to beaches. the u.s. built more than 1,000u. l.s.t.s during the war, but today only one remains in its original configuration. it's parked here on...

Creased my head from the front to the back. and when you got a head wound, you bleed like a pig. the other guys got hit, too. we get on a hedge roll and this tank -- it wasn't a tank it was a half track comes and fires a burst above us and i heard the tank leader saying "the americanas, shoot those guys they're american paratroopers." so i said to this -- oh fallon says to me what are we going to do schleggel? i said "we're going to surrender." i said to the young kid stand up and wave. the kid stands up and gets shot through the arm right away. the other kid stands up and yells to the people ...

>> axelrod: for the last half decade, we have seen plenty of pictures like these, american forces and their armored vehicles designed to protect them in iraq and afghanistan. some of those vehicles are now having a second life here at home. since 1995, the pentagon has given $4 billion worth of military equipment to local police forces, everything from tactical gear to weapons to those mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as mraps. >> reporter: warren county, new york, population 65,000 and home to lake george is a wintertime postcard-- peaceful, picturesque and well protected. this...

This track is very fast here at las vegas motor speedway. a mile and a half track. much like other ones we have driven. and the speeds are high. you go the length of a football field in less than a second. unfortunately when things happen in front of you and you don't have reaction time, bad things can happen. the sport is continuously getting safer, but with the car going up into the catch fence, unfortunately i don't think that was something that we could prepare ourselves for. >> espn's scott goodyear with the report. there had been earlier concerns there was aggressive driving early on in ...