Between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate a. M. Nue beyond 10 50 the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, minutes. , for five ms. Adams thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to honor two North Carolina women who left us this year, former former dr. Dorsett, representative mcalister. I admired and was friends with them. Of they were both educators who service. Public proud graduates of historically colleges. Founded and led organizations to cell a anemia. Lows of personal tragedy, both women were predeceased by a child they loved like a best friend. They were both county commissioners and state legislators. All, trailblazers. Katie dorsett was the first black women on the greensboro i was proud to follow in her footsteps. After serving on the security she was elected to the county board of commissioners and went on to serve in governor hunts administration an
Partners for yet another of what i know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money. As many of you know. We are so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome our two guests. They had me in grade school. I was a fourthgrader when hollywood released the great escape starring james Steve Mcqueen and james garner and charles bronson, among others. All of the guys in my class fell in love with it. All of us wanted to be mcqueen. He survives. The movie was based on a true story. The escape of 76 allied soldiers escape from germany in 1944. The film pretty much gave us the real life tragic ending to that story, only three of those men who escaped state escaped. Two norwegian pilots, and another pilot from the netherlands. No americans. The other 73 were killed or recaptured, more than two thirds of them were executed. The fact is, escaping was hard. And it wasnt often try during world war ii in particular. When it was, it often didnt succeed. When it
Compelling presentation. These guys are money, as many of you know. And were so fortunate, so privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome david mills and kayla westra of the Minnesota West Community and Technical College, the coauthors of great wartime escapes and rescues. Ill start by saying they had me in grade school. I was a fourth grader, i think, when hollywood released the great escape. The classic adventure drama. It pretty quickly became a tv staple and all of the guys in my class at st. Josephs Elementary School in missouri fell in love with it and wed play it out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen. I think i wound up with the attenborough role which is fine by me, though, i get executed at the end of the movie. Of course mcqueen survives. What we didnt realize then and what we probably didnt care about was that the movie was based on a true story, the escape of 76 allied soldiers and officers from ger
Tonight we welcome our two great the coauthors of wartime escapes and rescues. I have to say they had me in grade school. I was a fourthgrader when hollywood released the great escape starring James Mcqueen Steve Mcqueen and james garner and charles bronson, among others. All of the guys in my class fell in love with it. We would play at out at recess. Each one of us would take one of the roles. Of course all of us wanted to be mcqueen. He was the cooler one. I always was the one who got executed at the end of the movie. Of course the Queen Mcqueen survives. The movie was based on a true story. The film gave us a real life ending to this story. Only three of those men who escaped stayed escaped. And anothern pilots pilot from the netherlands, no americans. Escape was not often tried and when it was it did not succeed. When it did, it really was an inspiration. It was often hollywood stuff. This is the third time david has spoken here at the library. The last was a little less than a ye
I know will be a compelling presentation. These guys are money. As many of you know. We are so fortunate and privileged to be associated with them. Tonight we welcome our two guests. They had me in grade school. I was a fourthgrader when hollywood released the great ape starring James Mcqueen Steve Mcqueen and james garner and charles bronson, among others. All of the guys in my class fell in love with it. All of us wanted to be mcqueen. He survives. The movie was based on a true story. Only three of those men who escaped state escaped. Two norwegian pilots in another pilot from the netherlands. No americans. Escape was not often tried and when it was it did not succeed. When it day, it really was an inspiration. It was often hollywood staff. This is the third time david has spoken here at the library. The last was a little less than a year ago. Thank you so much for making the trip. These join us in welcoming both of them. [applause] good evening. Thank you for coming out. Looks like