afghanistan. we were going out to go set up a new forward operating base for the unit coming in to replace us. there were about 50 american paratroopers on the ground and we were attacked by a hundred 50-300 enemy fighters that idea never element of surprise on the high ground. that is outnumbered. i was rewarded for my role in helping repel that assault alongside my other brothers. we lost nine paratroopers that i have never more than 25 wounded. my goodness. melvin morris in september 1969. you got your little of honor near trailing, what can you tell me about that day? my involvement in taking out the wounded and recovery they killed in action we went up against a major force. everyone in my element was wounded except two of us.
my fellow americans, america has lost one of our greatest patriots. we may follow his wisdom, i hope, and his timeless truth, but the truth of the matter is as divided as we are, the only way forward in democracy is unity, consensus, the only way. god bless bob dole. and god bless america. dole, a world war ii hero, former presidential candidate and a giant of the senate passed away on sunday, he was 98. good signs today for the u.s. economy, weekly claims for unemployment benefits hit 52-week low. 180,000 people filed initial claims last year. that s the smallest number since september 1969. wages are up, businesses are trying to hold on to the employees they have.
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vietnam in early september, 1969. to note that some of these are vietnam vets. my dad, a vietnam vet. colonel, and we know the sensitivities that and rightfully so that many vietnam vets have in the way they feel they ve been treated. very unpopular war. we had a draft, so it was not universal service. if you could not escape, you wound up in the service. and it s interesting that all those people, a large majority of people who wound up in the service, many against their will, performed bravely and valiantly, when we re all in it together, we all fight for each other. one last thing, we go through reviews all the time, recently, of some years ago, there was another review of medal of honor recommendations and a number of awards were made to japanese american troops, who were sent to concentration camps at the beginning of the war, and were members of the foreign 42nd regimental combat team, the most highly decorated unit in the united states army, the second world war. we do our
north. thank you both for your service to this country. i have to ask you as veterans, and i ll start with you, colonel morris, how you feel about these remarks. is it fair to make a statement that is factual to say that in some ways ho chi minh was inspired by our founding fathers? no. that is the typical rhetoric of all post-colonial despits. i was still in vietnam in september 1969. my platoon had suffered horrific casualties, so had our entire rifle company and our battalion, that ho chi minh was adamant that he was going to overrun and did eventually by 1975. when he died in september of 1969, we were still there. it comes as a shock to those of us who served there, the