Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130906:23:58:00
Cunningham. he was part of what tom brokaw said was the greatest generation. he dropped out of his first year of college to join the u.s. navy. he wanted to be a naval aviator, got promised by a recruiter he could pull it off once he enlisted. instead they sent him to electronics school and sent him to new caledonia in the south pacific and issued a suitcase-sized piece of gear that allowed him to communicate with ships at sea to direct gunfire on enemy held islands. to there he was sent in the philippines, one of the really bad spots in the war. he was lucky. "the thing was changing all the t...
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