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To salute, stand, sit. he remembers hearing it from a white house staffer. >> the woman says to me, did you know you are the eyes and ears of the president? i said, no i hadn't thought about it. i wish you hadn't told me. >> reporter: it all started in 1949, the first parade ever broadcast on tv. president truman's staff asked charlie and some other broadcasting students do play-by-play. a few years later he was announcing baseball games for the washington senators and met president eisenhower. the white house called up and asked him to do parade duty again. >> i said, this is incredible! i do...