WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:01.866 --> 00:00:04.366 {\an1}MAN: YOU'RE WATCHING PBS. 2 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:06.333 --> 00:00:08.700 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: WELCOME TO THE 32nd ANNUAL 4 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:08.833 --> 00:00:11.733 {\an1}"NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT." 6 00:00:11.866 --> 00:00:14.166 {\an1}PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, 7 00:00:14.300 --> 00:00:20.000 {\an1}PERFORMED BY GRAMMY NOMINEE MICKEY GUYTON. 8 00:00:20.133 --> 00:00:28.133 {\an1}♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ 9 00:00:28.933 --> 00:00:36.933 {\an1}♪ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ 10 00:00:37.066 --> 00:00:41.433 {\an1}♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ 11 00:00:41.566 --> 00:00:46.266 {\an1}♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ 12 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:54.400 {\an1}♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED, WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING? ♪ 13 00:00:55.466 --> 00:01:03.466 {\an1}♪ AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ 14 00:01:03.733 --> 00:01:11.733 {\an1}♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ 15 00:01:12.366 --> 00:01:20.366 {\an1}♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ 16 00:01:23.333 --> 00:01:30.500 {\an1}♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE ♪ 17 00:01:30.633 --> 00:01:38.633 ♪ AND THE HOME OF THE BRA-AVE ♪ 18 00:01:46.966 --> 00:01:50.100 [FANFARE] 19 00:01:50.233 --> 00:01:53.433 {\an1}ANNOUNCER: AND NOW WELCOME TO THE 32nd ANNUAL 20 00:01:53.566 --> 00:01:55.966 {\an1}"NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT." 21 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.133 {\an1}TONIGHT'S SPECIAL GUESTS ARE... 22 00:02:01.266 --> 00:02:04.100 {\an1}AMERICAN STATESMAN GENERAL COLIN POWELL, 23 00:02:04.233 --> 00:02:06.900 {\an1}ROCK 'N ROLL HALL-OF-FAME LEGEND GLADYS KNIGHT, 24 00:02:07.033 --> 00:02:10.000 {\an1}COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR ALAN JACKSON, 25 00:02:10.133 --> 00:02:12.800 {\an1}GRAMMY AWARD WINNER SARA BAREILLES, 26 00:02:12.933 --> 00:02:15.966 {\an1}EMMY WINNING ACTOR STEVE BUSCEMI, 27 00:02:16.100 --> 00:02:19.366 {\an1}21-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER VINCE GILL, 28 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:22.166 MOTOWN ICONS THE FOUR TOPS, 29 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:26.966 {\an1}TONY AWARD AND SCREEN ACTORS GUILD NOMINEE MARY McCORMACK, 30 00:02:27.100 --> 00:02:30.300 {\an1}A STAR OF FILM AND TELEVISION... JOE MORTON, 31 00:02:30.433 --> 00:02:33.366 OPERA SUPERSTAR DENYCE GRAVES, 32 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:36.866 {\an1}EMMY AND SCREEN ACTORS GUILD WINNER KATHY BAKER, 33 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:41.333 {\an1}A STAR OF FILM AND BROADWAY STAGE... BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES, 34 00:02:41.466 --> 00:02:44.366 {\an1}FILM AND TELEVISION STAR BAILEE MADISON, 35 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:48.166 {\an1}AND ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC NOMINEE MICKEY GUYTON, 36 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:51.200 {\an1}FEATURING THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 37 00:02:51.333 --> 00:02:53.800 {\an1}CONDUCTED BY MAESTRO JACK EVERLY 38 00:02:53.933 --> 00:02:56.066 AND... GENERAL MARK A. MILLEY, 39 00:02:56.200 --> 00:02:58.066 {\an1}CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 40 00:02:58.200 --> 00:02:59.633 {\an1}AND THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 41 00:02:59.766 --> 00:03:02.800 {\an1}THE U.S. ARMY VOICES AND ARMY CHORUS, 42 00:03:02.933 --> 00:03:06.066 {\an1}THE SOLDIERS' CHORUS OF THE U.S. ARMY FIELD BAND, 43 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:08.300 {\an1}THE U.S. NAVY SEA CHANTERS, 44 00:03:08.433 --> 00:03:11.300 {\an1}THE U.S. AIR FORCE SINGING SERGEANTS, 45 00:03:11.433 --> 00:03:13.733 THE U.S. ARMY HERALD TRUMPETS, 46 00:03:13.866 --> 00:03:17.166 {\an1}THE ARMED FORCES SERVICE COLOR TEAMS. 47 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:21.966 {\an7}THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY... 48 00:03:22.100 --> 00:03:25.566 {\an7}THE HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS 49 00:03:25.700 --> 00:03:30.466 {\an7}HONORS ALL WHO SERVE, INCLUDING 236 OF ITS ESTEEMED MEMBERS. 50 00:03:30.600 --> 00:03:34.400 {\an7}SINCE 1947, THE HORATIO ALGER AWARD HAS BEEN PRESENTED 51 00:03:34.533 --> 00:03:37.566 {\an7}TO OUTSTANDING AMERICANS WHO EMBODY THE AMERICAN DREAM... 52 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:40.733 {\an7}BUILT ON HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, AND SUCCESS. 53 00:03:40.866 --> 00:03:45.166 {\an1}THROUGH THEM, THE ASSOCIATION HAS AWARDED $235 MILLION 54 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:47.866 {\an1}IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE 35,000 YOUTH 55 00:03:47.966 --> 00:03:52.100 {\an7}TO PURSUE THEIR AMERICAN DREAM THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION. 56 00:03:52.233 --> 00:03:55.366 AND BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, 57 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:58.166 {\an1}DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, 58 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:02.100 line:5% THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, 59 00:04:02.233 --> 00:04:04.366 GENERAL DYNAMICS, 60 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:08.833 {\an1}AND BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR PBS STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 61 00:04:08.966 --> 00:04:10.633 THANK YOU. 62 00:04:14.533 --> 00:04:17.400 {\an1}AND NOW HERE ARE TONIGHT'S CO-HOSTS, 63 00:04:17.533 --> 00:04:19.733 TONY AWARD WINNER JOE MANTEGNA 64 00:04:19.866 --> 00:04:23.166 {\an1}AND EMMY AWARD WINNER GARY SINISE. 65 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:26.166 WELCOME TO THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT." 66 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:29.166 line:5% AS ALWAYS, THIS GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION 67 00:04:29.300 --> 00:04:31.966 line:5% GIVES US A CHANCE TO UNITE IN TRIBUTE 68 00:04:32.100 --> 00:04:35.233 line:5% AND REMEMBER ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOM, 69 00:04:35.366 --> 00:04:38.133 line:5% ALL WHO SERVE, AND THEIR FAMILIES. 70 00:04:38.266 --> 00:04:39.800 {\an1}OUT OF CONCERN FOR EVERYONE'S HEALTH, 71 00:04:39.933 --> 00:04:41.700 {\an1}THERE WILL NOT BE A LIVE AUDIENCE 72 00:04:41.833 --> 00:04:44.200 {\an1}ON THE WEST LAWN OF THE U.S. CAPITOL. 73 00:04:44.333 --> 00:04:47.233 {\an1}INSTEAD, TONIGHT'S CONCERT WILL FEATURE TRIBUTES 74 00:04:47.366 --> 00:04:49.900 {\an1}AND PERFORMANCES IN WASHINGTON D.C., 75 00:04:50.033 --> 00:04:52.766 {\an1}AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND THE PENTAGON, 76 00:04:52.900 --> 00:04:55.700 {\an1}AND IN NEW YORK CITY, NASHVILLE, 77 00:04:55.833 --> 00:04:59.966 {\an1}AND HERE IN THIS VIRTUAL SPACE IN LOS ANGELES. 78 00:05:00.166 --> 00:05:03.233 IT'S NO SECRET WE'VE BEEN LIVING THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES, 79 00:05:03.366 --> 00:05:05.466 AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE 80 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:10.100 ALMOST 600,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS PANDEMIC, 81 00:05:10.233 --> 00:05:12.633 BUT AS ALWAYS IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, 82 00:05:12.766 --> 00:05:14.333 WHENEVER THERE IS A CRISIS, 83 00:05:14.466 --> 00:05:17.433 {\an1}OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL... 84 00:05:17.566 --> 00:05:21.366 {\an1}WHETHER THEY ARE IN UNIFORM SERVING OVERSEAS 85 00:05:21.500 --> 00:05:23.800 {\an1}OR SERVING US HERE AT HOME. 86 00:05:23.933 --> 00:05:27.200 {\an1}AND WE WANT TO MAKE SPECIAL MENTION OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS 87 00:05:27.333 --> 00:05:30.800 {\an1}AND THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE AND ITS MEMBERS 88 00:05:30.933 --> 00:05:34.500 {\an1}WHO LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. 89 00:05:34.633 --> 00:05:36.733 AND NOW WITH A TRIBUTE TO THOSE 90 00:05:36.866 --> 00:05:39.100 WHO GAVE THEIR VERY BEST TO OUR NATION, 91 00:05:39.233 --> 00:05:41.266 JOINING US FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 92 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:43.033 IS THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 93 00:05:43.166 --> 00:05:45.033 LED BY MAESTRO JACK EVERLY 94 00:05:45.166 --> 00:05:50.033 AND GRAMMY-WINNING OPERA LEGEND, DENYCE GRAVES. 95 00:05:50.166 --> 00:05:56.433 {\an1}♪ ALL WE'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE ♪ 96 00:05:56.566 --> 00:06:03.533 {\an1}♪ THE DREAM OF A NATION WHERE FREEDOM WOULD ENDURE ♪ 97 00:06:03.666 --> 00:06:07.233 {\an1}♪ THE WORK AND PRAYERS OF CENTURIES ♪ 98 00:06:07.366 --> 00:06:11.000 {\an1}♪ HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS DAY ♪ 99 00:06:11.133 --> 00:06:19.133 {\an1}♪ WHAT WILL BE OUR LEGACY? WHAT WILL OUR CHILDREN SAY? ♪ 100 00:06:19.533 --> 00:06:26.700 {\an1}♪ LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE WHO BELIEVED ♪ 101 00:06:26.833 --> 00:06:33.366 {\an1}♪ IN SHARING THE BLESSINGS I'VE RECEIVED ♪ 102 00:06:33.500 --> 00:06:41.000 {\an1}♪ LET ME KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN MY DAYS ARE THROUGH ♪ 103 00:06:41.133 --> 00:06:49.133 {\an1}♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, I GAVE MY BEST TO YOU ♪ 104 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:58.400 {\an1}♪ FOR THOSE WHO THINK THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHARE ♪ 105 00:07:00.133 --> 00:07:08.133 {\an1}♪ WHO FEAR IN THEIR HEARTS THERE IS NO HERO THERE ♪ 106 00:07:09.400 --> 00:07:17.400 {\an1}♪ KNOW EACH QUIET ACT OF DIGNITY IS THAT WHICH FORTIFIES ♪ 107 00:07:18.400 --> 00:07:26.400 {\an1}♪ THE SOUL OF A NATION THAT NEVER, NEVER DIES ♪ 108 00:07:26.700 --> 00:07:34.133 {\an1}♪ LET THEM SAY OF ME I WAS ONE WHO BELIEVED ♪ 109 00:07:34.266 --> 00:07:41.433 {\an1}♪ IN SHARING THE BLESSINGS I'VE RECEIVED ♪ 110 00:07:41.566 --> 00:07:49.566 {\an1}♪ LET ME KNOW IN MY HEART WHEN MY DAYS ARE THROUGH ♪ 111 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:53.533 {\an1}♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ 112 00:07:53.666 --> 00:07:59.200 {\an1}♪ I GAVE MY BEST ♪ 113 00:07:59.333 --> 00:08:05.700 ♪ TO YOU ♪ 114 00:08:11.133 --> 00:08:14.966 {\an1}THANK YOU, DENYCE. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 115 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:18.633 {\an1}SO MANY AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN OF THEMSELVES IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION 116 00:08:18.766 --> 00:08:22.300 {\an1}IN CONFLICTS LARGE AND SMALL, 117 00:08:22.433 --> 00:08:25.500 {\an1}IN WARZONES FAR AWAY... IN FRANCE AND GERMANY, 118 00:08:25.633 --> 00:08:28.166 {\an1}THE PACIFIC THEATER AND KOREA, 119 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.033 {\an1}IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, 120 00:08:31.166 --> 00:08:34.733 {\an1}AND NOT TOO LONG AGO, IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. 121 00:08:34.866 --> 00:08:37.266 MORE THAN A HALF-MILLION AMERICAN ARMED FORCES 122 00:08:37.400 --> 00:08:39.800 WERE CALLED TO FIGHT THE VIETNAM WAR. 123 00:08:39.933 --> 00:08:44.100 OVER 58,000 WOULD NEVER RETURN. 124 00:08:44.233 --> 00:08:48.800 IMAGES OF YOUNG MEN FIGHTING AND DYING FLOODED OUR TV SCREENS. 125 00:08:48.933 --> 00:08:56.800 MOSTLY UNSEEN WERE THE 265,000 WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH EQUAL DEDICATION. 126 00:08:56.933 --> 00:09:01.700 {\an1}THEY SERVED IN THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINES. 127 00:09:01.833 --> 00:09:06.300 THEY WERE INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. 128 00:09:06.433 --> 00:09:09.533 {\an1}THEY WERE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE RED CROSS AND THE USO. 129 00:09:09.666 --> 00:09:14.433 {\an1}OVER 11,000 OF THESE BRAVE AND COMMITTED WOMEN 130 00:09:14.566 --> 00:09:17.100 {\an1}WERE STATIONED IN-COUNTRY. 131 00:09:17.233 --> 00:09:20.166 {\an1}7,500 OF THEM WERE NURSES. 132 00:09:20.300 --> 00:09:21.766 {\an1}[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] 133 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:24.733 {\an1}SINISE: THERE WERE NO FRONT LINES IN VIETNAM... 134 00:09:24.866 --> 00:09:26.600 [GUNFIRE] 135 00:09:26.733 --> 00:09:28.900 NO SAFE AREAS. 136 00:09:30.633 --> 00:09:34.966 {\an1}RELENTLESS GUERRILLA WARFARE LEFT WOUNDED AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS 137 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:39.300 {\an1}IN DESPERATE NEED OF IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE. 138 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.100 {\an1}MEDEVAC HELICOPTERS DELIVERED A NEVER-ENDING STREAM 139 00:09:45.233 --> 00:09:50.800 {\an7}OF MUTILATED AND DYING MEN TO MOBILE HOSPITALS. 140 00:09:50.933 --> 00:09:55.166 {\an1}DOCTORS AND NURSES WORKED PUNISHING ROUND-THE-CLOCK SHIFTS 141 00:09:55.300 --> 00:09:57.133 TO SAVE LIVES, 142 00:09:57.266 --> 00:10:02.866 {\an1}OFTEN UNDER A SAVAGE BARRAGE OF ENEMY ROCKET AND MORTAR FIRE. 143 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.833 {\an1}THEIR COURAGE AND DETERMINATION WERE ASTOUNDING. 144 00:10:09.400 --> 00:10:11.133 THEY WAITED. 145 00:10:11.266 --> 00:10:13.466 THEY WORKED. 146 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.033 THEY BROUGHT HOPE AND HUMANITY. 147 00:10:18.166 --> 00:10:20.866 NURSES WITNESSED THE WORST OF WAR, 148 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:24.233 WHILE GIVING THE BEST THEY HAD. 149 00:10:24.366 --> 00:10:27.433 {\an7}THEIR LIVES, LIKE THOSE OF THE MEN THEY SOUGHT TO HEAL, 150 00:10:27.566 --> 00:10:30.800 {\an7}WERE FOREVER CHANGED. 151 00:10:30.933 --> 00:10:32.933 THEY BECAME A "BAND OF SISTERS," 152 00:10:33.066 --> 00:10:38.800 {\an1}FORGING A BOND WITH ONE ANOTHER THAT WOULD LAST A LIFETIME. 153 00:10:38.933 --> 00:10:41.400 {\an1}ONE OF THOSE NURSES WAS A 21-YEAR-OLD 154 00:10:41.533 --> 00:10:43.900 {\an1}FROM A MINNESOTA DAIRY FARM. 155 00:10:44.033 --> 00:10:46.500 {\an1}LIKE ALL THE WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM ERA, 156 00:10:46.633 --> 00:10:48.966 {\an1}DIANE CARLSON VOLUNTEERED. 157 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.700 {\an1}TO TELL HER STORY, FROM THE GROUNDS OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 158 00:10:52.833 --> 00:10:56.366 {\an1}AT THE WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL, 159 00:10:56.500 --> 00:11:01.733 {\an1}PLEASE WELCOME AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS KATHY BAKER. 160 00:11:01.866 --> 00:11:04.800 {\an1}[AS DIANE CARLSON] I DIDN'T JOIN THE ARMY TO BE AN ARMY NURSE. 161 00:11:04.933 --> 00:11:08.800 I WANTED TO BE AN ARMY NURSE IN VIETNAM. 162 00:11:08.933 --> 00:11:11.833 THE DAY I LEFT, MY FATHER... 163 00:11:11.966 --> 00:11:15.200 {\an1}HE WASN'T EXACTLY THE MOST AFFECTIONATE PERSON... 164 00:11:15.333 --> 00:11:18.600 {\an1}HE GAVE ME THE BIGGEST HUG EVER AND SAID, 165 00:11:18.733 --> 00:11:23.600 {\an1}"I HAVE 4 SONS, AND NOW I SEND MY DAUGHTER OFF TO WAR." 166 00:11:23.733 --> 00:11:27.333 {\an1}THEY FLEW US NURSES TO VIETNAM IN SKIRTS 167 00:11:27.466 --> 00:11:29.566 {\an1}AND CUTE LITTLE SHOES. 168 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:32.800 {\an1}THEN THE DOORS OPENED, AND YOU FELT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT 169 00:11:32.933 --> 00:11:35.966 AND SMELLED THE TERRIBLE STENCH. 170 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:38.533 {\an1}A SOLDIER WITH A BANDOLIER OF BULLETS IS SHOUTING, 171 00:11:38.666 --> 00:11:41.266 "GET DOWN! GET YOUR HEAD DOWN!" 172 00:11:41.400 --> 00:11:44.166 {\an1}YOU FELT NOTHING BUT TERROR. 173 00:11:44.300 --> 00:11:48.833 {\an1}I ENDED UP IN PLEIKU WORKING THE 71st EVACUATION HOSPITAL. 174 00:11:48.966 --> 00:11:50.833 {\an1}IT WAS PURE CHAOS. 175 00:11:50.966 --> 00:11:54.000 {\an1}WE WORKED IN HELMETS AND FLAK JACKETS 176 00:11:54.133 --> 00:11:56.666 {\an1}DURING INCOMING ENEMY FIRE. 177 00:11:56.800 --> 00:12:00.700 {\an1}PATIENTS ON EVERY TABLE, BLOOD EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED. 178 00:12:00.833 --> 00:12:03.000 {\an1}THE BODIES CAME SO FAST, 179 00:12:03.133 --> 00:12:05.733 {\an1}IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE ON A CONVEYOR BELT. 180 00:12:05.866 --> 00:12:10.200 {\an1}THEN IT WAS DONE, AND WE'D HOSE DOWN THE FLOORS. 181 00:12:10.333 --> 00:12:13.766 {\an7}WE WORKED ON YOUNG MEN WHOSE CHESTS WERE SPLIT OPEN 182 00:12:13.900 --> 00:12:17.066 {\an7}OR WHOSE FACES WERE SCARRED BEYOND RECOGNITION 183 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.266 {\an7}AND THEY'D LOST THEIR WILL TO LIVE. 184 00:12:20.400 --> 00:12:25.033 {\an1}MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS THAT ONE OF MY PATIENTS WOULD DIE ON MY WATCH 185 00:12:25.166 --> 00:12:27.633 {\an1}AND IT WOULD BE MY FAULT. 186 00:12:27.766 --> 00:12:30.166 {\an1}EVERYTHING IS BASED ON TRUST IN A WAR ZONE, 187 00:12:30.300 --> 00:12:32.933 AND WE NURSES TRUSTED EACH OTHER, 188 00:12:33.066 --> 00:12:36.633 {\an1}BUT WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE SAW OR DID THAT DAY. 189 00:12:36.766 --> 00:12:38.033 WE COULDN'T. 190 00:12:38.166 --> 00:12:39.500 {\an1}[HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING] 191 00:12:39.633 --> 00:12:42.633 {\an1}FOR THE TROOPS, THE SOUND OF CHOPPERS MEANT SALVATION. 192 00:12:42.766 --> 00:12:47.233 FOR US, IT MEANT ONLY ONE THING: MORE DEATH. 193 00:12:47.366 --> 00:12:50.433 {\an1}A NURSE WOULD OFTEN BE THE LAST PERSON A SOLDIER SAW 194 00:12:50.566 --> 00:12:55.233 {\an1}OR TOUCHED OR TALKED TO BEFORE HE DIED. 195 00:12:55.366 --> 00:13:01.166 {\an1}I REMEMBER A YOUNG SOLDIER WRAPPED NEARLY HEAD TO TOE IN BANDAGES. 196 00:13:01.300 --> 00:13:02.633 HIS WOUNDS WERE TOO SEVERE. 197 00:13:02.766 --> 00:13:05.966 {\an1}I KNEW HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. 198 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:10.266 "MA'AM," HE SAID. "PLEASE STAY. 199 00:13:10.400 --> 00:13:14.266 {\an1}I DON'T WANT TO DIE. DON'T LEAVE ME." 200 00:13:14.400 --> 00:13:19.666 {\an1}"I WON'T," I SAID. "I'M HERE WITH YOU." 201 00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:22.800 {\an1}I HELD HIS HAND AS IT GREW COLDER AND COLDER. 202 00:13:22.933 --> 00:13:25.966 HE DIED A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. 203 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:27.966 {\an1}I STILL COULDN'T LET GO OF HIS HAND. 204 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:29.900 I... I COULDN'T. 205 00:13:30.033 --> 00:13:32.600 {\an1}I REMEMBER PULLING THE SHEET OVER HIS FACE, 206 00:13:32.733 --> 00:13:36.533 {\an1}AND I KNEW THAT I WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT NIGHT AT HIS SIDE. 207 00:13:36.666 --> 00:13:42.566 {\an1}IN TIMES LIKE THAT, ALL YOU COULD DO IS PRAY FOR GRACE. 208 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:45.666 {\an1}I RAN OUT OF PRAYERS IN PLEIKU. 209 00:13:45.800 --> 00:13:49.766 {\an1}EVERY DAY IN VIETNAM, I'D FELT PART OF SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, 210 00:13:49.900 --> 00:13:52.333 {\an1}BUT THINGS WERE DIFFERENT BACK HOME. 211 00:13:52.466 --> 00:13:54.400 {\an1}I COULDN'T RELATE TO MY OWN GENERATION. 212 00:13:54.533 --> 00:13:57.166 I COULDN'T RELATE TO MY OWN COUNTRY. 213 00:13:57.300 --> 00:14:01.100 {\an1}PEOPLE TREATED ME AS IF I'D DONE SOMETHING SHAMEFUL, 214 00:14:01.233 --> 00:14:04.633 BUT I WAS PROUD OF WHAT I'D DONE. 215 00:14:04.766 --> 00:14:08.600 {\an1}I TRIED TO GET ON WITH MY LIFE, BUT I WAS ALWAYS ON EDGE. 216 00:14:08.733 --> 00:14:10.066 I COULDN'T SLEEP. 217 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:13.633 {\an1}MY DREAMS BECAME A TANGLE OF VIETNAM CASUALTIES 218 00:14:13.766 --> 00:14:15.666 {\an1}CALLING OUT FOR THEIR MOTHERS 219 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:18.733 {\an1}AND MY OWN KIDS CRYING OUT FOR ME. 220 00:14:18.866 --> 00:14:20.633 {\an1}TRYING TO GET OVER VIETNAM 221 00:14:20.766 --> 00:14:24.133 {\an1}WAS LIKE BEING OPERATED ON BY A RUSTY KNIFE. 222 00:14:24.266 --> 00:14:28.533 {\an1}WHAT MADE IT WORSE WAS THAT THERE WAS NOBODY I COULD TALK TO. 223 00:14:28.666 --> 00:14:31.933 {\an1}SO FINALLY, I JOINED A GROUP AT THE LOCAL VET CENTER... 224 00:14:32.066 --> 00:14:35.233 {\an1}THE 1 WOMAN WITH 9 MEN. 225 00:14:35.366 --> 00:14:37.500 {\an1}THEY WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR CIRCLE. 226 00:14:37.633 --> 00:14:39.833 THEY MADE ME FEEL AS IF I BELONGED. 227 00:14:39.966 --> 00:14:42.466 {\an1}I REALIZED I WASN'T ALONE. 228 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.866 {\an1}A COUNSELOR TOLD ME, "DIANE, YOU'RE SO ANGRY. 229 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:51.066 {\an1}AND ANGER TURNED INWARD IS DEPRESSION." 230 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:54.733 I'D BEEN DENYING THE WHOLE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE. 231 00:14:54.866 --> 00:14:59.366 {\an1}I DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER MYSELF A VETERAN. 232 00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:03.233 WHEN I FIRST SAW THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL, 233 00:15:03.366 --> 00:15:06.266 {\an1}IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. 234 00:15:06.400 --> 00:15:10.266 {\an1}WHO OF YOU DIED ON MY WATCH? 235 00:15:10.400 --> 00:15:12.900 I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T SAVE YOU. 236 00:15:13.033 --> 00:15:16.466 {\an1}WE TRIED. WE ALL TRIED. 237 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.466 {\an1}I FELT A HAND TAPPING ON MY SHOULDER. 238 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:23.700 {\an1}AND I TURNED TO SEE THIS MAN IN A FADED FIELD JACKET. 239 00:15:23.833 --> 00:15:27.100 {\an1}"MA'AM, WERE YOU A NURSE IN VIETNAM?" HE ASKED. 240 00:15:27.233 --> 00:15:29.333 I NODDED. 241 00:15:29.466 --> 00:15:32.966 {\an1}"I'VE WAITED A LIFETIME TO SAY THIS. 242 00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:37.000 {\an1}"THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR US. 243 00:15:37.133 --> 00:15:40.600 {\an1}YOU'RE ALL WE HAD." 244 00:15:40.733 --> 00:15:42.600 I FELT BLESSED. 245 00:15:42.733 --> 00:15:45.700 {\an1}I'D NEVER SHED A TEAR OVER MY TIME IN VIETNAM, 246 00:15:45.833 --> 00:15:48.033 BUT THAT DAY, I CRIED. 247 00:15:48.166 --> 00:15:51.066 {\an1}THAT DAY, I CRIED. 248 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:55.233 {\an1}UNTIL I HEARD THOSE SIMPLE WORDS "THANK YOU," 249 00:15:55.366 --> 00:15:58.600 {\an1}I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH I NEEDED TO HEAR THEM. 250 00:15:58.733 --> 00:16:01.533 WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS STEPPED UP TO SERVE 251 00:16:01.666 --> 00:16:03.966 AND ALWAYS PROVEN THEMSELVES. 252 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:06.133 {\an1}I WANTED WOMEN WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM 253 00:16:06.266 --> 00:16:09.233 {\an1}TO HAVE A PLACE THAT HONORED OUR SACRIFICE. 254 00:16:09.366 --> 00:16:12.033 IN 1983, I MADE IT MY MISSION 255 00:16:12.166 --> 00:16:16.300 {\an1}TO CREATE THE FIRST-EVER MEMORIAL ON THE NATIONAL MALL 256 00:16:16.433 --> 00:16:20.466 {\an1}DEDICATED TO WOMEN WHO'D WORN THE MILITARY UNIFORM. 257 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:26.600 {\an1}IT TOOK 10 YEARS TO BREAK GROUND, BUT WE PREVAILED. 258 00:16:26.733 --> 00:16:30.900 {\an1}THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL IS A PLACE FOR HEALING. 259 00:16:31.033 --> 00:16:35.400 {\an1}TOGETHER, FAMILIES AND VETERANS FIND A SENSE OF PURPOSE 260 00:16:35.533 --> 00:16:37.666 {\an1}AND BELONGING THERE. 261 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:41.566 {\an1}ALL SORROWS CAN BE BORNE IF WE SHARE OUR STORIES. 262 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:47.366 {\an1}IT'S HARD, BUT ONCE WE SHARE THEM, IT SOFTENS THE PAIN. 263 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:51.700 {\an1}I THINK ABOUT MY SERVICE IN VIETNAM EVERY DAY. 264 00:16:51.833 --> 00:16:54.333 {\an1}I WAS A VIETNAM NURSE. 265 00:16:54.466 --> 00:16:58.566 {\an1}WE SAVED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF WOUNDED 266 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:02.266 {\an1}AND TOUCHED MANY OF THE 58,000 OTHERS 267 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:05.533 {\an1}WHOSE NAMES ARE ETCHED IN BLACK GRANITE. 268 00:17:05.666 --> 00:17:07.800 {\an1}IT'S PART OF MY LIFE. 269 00:17:07.933 --> 00:17:09.900 IT'S WHO I AM. 270 00:17:10.033 --> 00:17:12.733 {\an1}IT'S WHO WE ALL ARE. 271 00:17:12.866 --> 00:17:15.100 WE REMEMBER. 272 00:17:17.633 --> 00:17:19.833 line:5% [APPLAUSE] 273 00:17:19.966 --> 00:17:22.033 line:5% CAN YOU STAND? CAN I HUG YOU? 274 00:17:22.166 --> 00:17:24.066 {\an1}YES. YOU WERE WONDERFUL! 275 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:26.966 I WAS SO NERVOUS. I WANT TO THANK YOU. 276 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:28.833 {\an1}YOU WERE WONDERFUL. YOU USED MY WORDS. 277 00:17:28.966 --> 00:17:30.266 I DID. WAS THAT WEIRD? 278 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.466 {\an1}YOU USED MY WORDS. 279 00:17:31.600 --> 00:17:33.200 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 280 00:17:33.333 --> 00:17:36.466 GRAMMY WINNER SARA BAREILLES. 281 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:39.833 {\an1}THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE NURSES AND ALL THE WOMEN 282 00:17:39.966 --> 00:17:41.700 WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM ERA. 283 00:17:41.833 --> 00:17:45.766 {\an1}THEIR COURAGE AND COMPASSION WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. 284 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:50.933 {\an1}♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND TROUBLED ♪ 285 00:17:51.066 --> 00:17:56.500 ♪ AND YOU NEED A HELPIN' HAND ♪ 286 00:17:56.633 --> 00:18:03.366 {\an1}♪ AND NOTHIN', OH, NOTHIN' IS GOIN' RIGHT ♪ 287 00:18:07.366 --> 00:18:11.800 ♪ CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ME ♪ 288 00:18:11.933 --> 00:18:16.700 {\an1}♪ AND SOON I WILL BE THERE ♪ 289 00:18:16.833 --> 00:18:23.700 ♪ TO BRIGHTEN EVEN YOUR DARKEST NIGHT ♪ 290 00:18:26.433 --> 00:18:31.866 {\an1}♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪ 291 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:36.133 ♪ AND YOU KNOW, WHEREVER I AM ♪ 292 00:18:36.266 --> 00:18:41.033 {\an1}♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN', MM-MMM ♪ 293 00:18:41.166 --> 00:18:44.200 {\an1}♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪ 294 00:18:48.066 --> 00:18:52.666 ♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL ♪ 295 00:18:52.800 --> 00:18:56.933 {\an1}♪ ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS CALL ♪ 296 00:18:57.066 --> 00:19:03.033 {\an7}♪ AND I'LL BE THERE, YES, I WILL ♪ 297 00:19:03.166 --> 00:19:07.966 {\an7}♪ NOW, AIN'T IT GOOD TO KNOW YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪ 298 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:13.066 {\an1}♪ WHEN PEOPLE CAN BE SO COLD? ♪ 299 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:18.300 {\an1}♪ THEY'LL HURT YOU AND DESERT YOU ♪ 300 00:19:18.433 --> 00:19:22.966 {\an1}♪ THEY'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL IF YOU LET THEM ♪ 301 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:27.600 {\an1}♪ NOW, DON'T LET THEM ♪ 302 00:19:27.733 --> 00:19:33.566 {\an1}♪ YOU JUST CALL OUT MY NAME ♪ 303 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:38.166 ♪ AND YOU KNOW, WHEREVER I AM ♪ 304 00:19:38.300 --> 00:19:42.766 {\an1}♪ I'LL COME RUNNIN', YEAH ♪ 305 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:49.433 {\an1}♪ TO SEE YOU AGAIN ♪ 306 00:19:49.566 --> 00:19:54.433 ♪ WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER OR FALL ♪ 307 00:19:54.566 --> 00:19:58.766 {\an1}♪ ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS CALL ♪ 308 00:19:58.900 --> 00:20:03.900 {\an1}♪ AND I'LL BE THERE, YES, I WILL ♪ 309 00:20:04.033 --> 00:20:10.400 {\an1}♪ YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND ♪ 310 00:20:10.533 --> 00:20:14.066 [APPLAUSE] 311 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:20.300 {\an1}AND NOW A MAN WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO OUR COUNTRY. 312 00:20:20.433 --> 00:20:21.733 {\an1}HE HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART 313 00:20:21.866 --> 00:20:25.233 {\an1}OF THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" SINCE 1991, 314 00:20:25.366 --> 00:20:27.700 {\an1}AND WE'RE SO HONORED HE'S WITH US AGAIN. 315 00:20:27.833 --> 00:20:31.766 PLEASE WELCOME GENERAL COLIN POWELL. 316 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:34.000 [APPLAUSE] 317 00:20:34.133 --> 00:20:38.900 {\an1}THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HONOR THE OVER 265,000 WOMEN 318 00:20:39.033 --> 00:20:42.300 {\an1}WHO SERVED AROUND THE WORLD DURING THE VIETNAM ERA, 319 00:20:42.433 --> 00:20:46.700 {\an1}AND PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM. 320 00:20:46.833 --> 00:20:50.366 {\an1}I KNEW YOU THERE AS LINE OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL, 321 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:52.600 AS NURSES WHO SAW THE BLEAKEST, 322 00:20:52.733 --> 00:20:55.200 MOST TERRIFYING FACE OF WAR, 323 00:20:55.333 --> 00:20:58.233 DAY AFTER DAY, NIGHT AFTER HELLISH NIGHT. 324 00:20:58.366 --> 00:21:00.633 {\an1}WHEN I WAS HURT, YOU TOOK CARE OF ME. 325 00:21:00.833 --> 00:21:03.733 {\an1}FOR MALE SOLDIERS, THE WAR CAME IN FLASHES OF TERROR 326 00:21:03.866 --> 00:21:05.566 {\an1}AND OCCASIONAL DEATH, 327 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:09.466 {\an1}BUT FOR THE NURSES, THE PAIN WAS UNRELENTING. 328 00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:11.733 {\an1}YOU WENT. YOU SERVED. YOU SUFFERED. 329 00:21:11.866 --> 00:21:13.766 {\an1}YOU CAME QUIETLY HOME 330 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.100 {\an1}INTO A SOCIETY THAT DID NOT UNDERSTAND 331 00:21:16.233 --> 00:21:18.800 THE FULL EXTENT OF YOUR SACRIFICE 332 00:21:18.933 --> 00:21:21.833 {\an1}AND THE GRIEF YOU CARRIED. 333 00:21:21.966 --> 00:21:24.276 {\an1}WE, AS A NATION, SHOULD HAVE THANKED YOU AND RECOGNIZED YOU 334 00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:25.700 {\an1}WHEN YOU CAME HOME. 335 00:21:25.833 --> 00:21:28.266 {\an1}YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMFORTED BY US 336 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.266 AS YOU COMFORTED SO MANY WOUNDED 337 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.900 {\an1}AND DYING SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM. 338 00:21:33.033 --> 00:21:36.866 {\an1}AND YET IN SPITE OF YOUR PAIN, YOUR STORY IS ONE OF COURAGE, 339 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.266 {\an1}HEALING, AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT... 340 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.500 {\an1}A STORY OF A SISTERHOOD THAT HAS REMAINED INTACT 341 00:21:43.633 --> 00:21:45.800 AND INCLUDES ITS BROTHER VETERANS, 342 00:21:45.933 --> 00:21:49.366 {\an1}A STORY TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF SERVICEWOMEN 343 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:51.666 {\an1}WHO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. 344 00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:53.366 {\an1}THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL, 345 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:56.166 AS ENVISIONED BY DIANE CARLSON EVANS, 346 00:21:56.300 --> 00:21:59.066 {\an1}WILL FOR ALL TIME BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT YOU DID, 347 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.133 YOUR ACTS OF HOPE AND STRENGTH, 348 00:22:01.266 --> 00:22:03.133 {\an1}TENDERNESS AND POWER, 349 00:22:03.266 --> 00:22:05.166 AND ENSURE THAT ALL OF AMERICA 350 00:22:05.300 --> 00:22:08.100 {\an1}WILL REMEMBER THAT YOU SERVED WITH HONOR. 351 00:22:08.233 --> 00:22:12.133 {\an1}MY FELLOW VETERANS, YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICE 352 00:22:12.266 --> 00:22:14.500 {\an1}WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. 353 00:22:14.633 --> 00:22:16.433 {\an1}GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 354 00:22:16.566 --> 00:22:19.500 line:5% [APPLAUSE] 355 00:22:24.566 --> 00:22:25.666 line:5% THANK YOU, DIANE. 356 00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:28.200 {\an1}THANK YOU GENERAL POWELL. 357 00:22:28.333 --> 00:22:31.300 {\an1}THEY'VE EARNED THE TITLE OF THE GREATEST GENERATION, 358 00:22:31.433 --> 00:22:35.600 {\an1}BUT EVEN THOSE TWO POWERFUL WORDS DO NOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE 359 00:22:35.733 --> 00:22:38.933 {\an1}THEIR HEROISM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 360 00:22:39.066 --> 00:22:43.866 {\an1}16 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED IN UNIFORM IN THAT EPIC CAUSE 361 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:48.066 {\an1}AND MORE THAN 400,000 LOST THEIR LIVES. 362 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.600 {\an1}SIMPLY PUT, THEY SAVED THE WORLD FROM GLOBAL TYRANNY 363 00:22:52.733 --> 00:22:56.100 {\an1}AND WHEN THEY CAME HOME, THEY LAID THE FOUNDATION 364 00:22:56.233 --> 00:22:59.500 FOR THE AMERICA WE LIVE IN AND LOVE TODAY. 365 00:22:59.633 --> 00:23:03.200 {\an1}BOTH JOE AND I HAD UNCLES WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. 366 00:23:03.333 --> 00:23:06.000 {\an1}SADLY, THEY'RE NOW GONE, 367 00:23:06.133 --> 00:23:09.666 {\an1}AND THERE ARE FAR TOO FEW OF THEIR COMRADES LEFT. 368 00:23:09.800 --> 00:23:11.100 ONE OF THE HEROES I GOT TO KNOW 369 00:23:11.233 --> 00:23:14.200 {\an1}IS PRIVATE FIRST-CLASS LAWRENCE BROOKS, 370 00:23:14.333 --> 00:23:17.233 {\an1}WHO IS OUR NATION'S OLDEST LIVING VETERAN. 371 00:23:17.366 --> 00:23:23.300 THIS 111-YEAR-OLD IS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL. 372 00:23:23.433 --> 00:23:25.933 {\an1}BROOKS: IT WAS EVERYTHING, IT WAS EVERYTHING. 373 00:23:26.066 --> 00:23:29.100 {\an7}I WAS IN SOUTH PACIFIC 2 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. 374 00:23:29.233 --> 00:23:31.833 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT WE DID. SEE THAT AIRSTRIP THERE? 375 00:23:31.966 --> 00:23:34.133 {\an1}THAT'S WHAT OUR COMPANY BUILT. 376 00:23:34.266 --> 00:23:36.076 MAN: JUST WANTED TO COME OVER AND SAY THANK YOU. 377 00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:38.233 YOU REALLY PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF US. 378 00:23:38.366 --> 00:23:40.642 {\an1}MAN: THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WHEN YOU TALK TO AN OLDER PERSON 379 00:23:40.666 --> 00:23:42.133 {\an7}AND FIND OUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, MAN. 380 00:23:42.266 --> 00:23:44.766 {\an7}IT'S LIKE LESSONS THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE, 381 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:46.609 {\an7}SO IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO KNOW MR. BROOKS NOW. 382 00:23:46.633 --> 00:23:47.966 {\an1}WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE HIM, 383 00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.576 {\an1}YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, TO LEAD US, BECAUSE 384 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:52.033 {\an1}THAT IS GENIUS THAT WE JUST CAN'T MAKE UP RIGHT THERE. 385 00:23:52.166 --> 00:23:57.266 {\an1}MY MOTHER AND FATHER RAISED ME AND TOLD ME... 386 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.933 {\an1}TO SERVE GOD AND BE NICE TO PEOPLE. 387 00:24:01.133 --> 00:24:04.566 {\an1}I GUESS THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN LIVING SO LONG ALREADY. 388 00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:16.666 {\an1}I'M SO GLAD WE HAD A CHANCE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. BROOKS. 389 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:18.133 {\an1}WHAT AN AMAZING MAN. 390 00:24:18.266 --> 00:24:20.400 {\an1}AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, 391 00:24:20.533 --> 00:24:23.066 {\an1}WE WERE PRAYING THAT PEACE WOULD REIGN FOR A LONG TIME. 392 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:26.000 {\an1}BUT AS WE KNOW, WITHIN A FEW SHORT YEARS, 393 00:24:26.133 --> 00:24:29.466 {\an1}FIGHTING WOULD BREAK OUT ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 394 00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:34.933 {\an1}IT'S BEEN JUST OVER 70 YEARS SINCE THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR. 395 00:24:35.066 --> 00:24:39.366 {\an1}MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED IN THIS BRUTAL CONFLICT. 396 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.533 {\an1}CALLED A "POLICE ACTION" AT THE TIME 397 00:24:41.666 --> 00:24:44.766 {\an1}BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN AND THE UNITED NATIONS, 398 00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:49.466 {\an1}THE WAR LASTED 3 YEARS AND ENDED IN AN ARMISTICE 399 00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:51.966 {\an1}WITHOUT A FORMAL PEACE TREATY. 400 00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:54.600 TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA REMAIN HIGH 401 00:24:54.733 --> 00:24:57.233 AS A RESULT OF THIS UNRESOLVED TRUCE, 402 00:24:57.366 --> 00:25:00.566 KEEPING OUR MEN AND WOMEN STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA 403 00:25:00.766 --> 00:25:03.466 IN A STATE OF "HEIGHTENED ALERT." 404 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:05.600 {\an1}TONIGHT, WE HONOR THE PROUD VETERANS 405 00:25:05.733 --> 00:25:08.000 {\an1}WHO ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL TO DUTY 406 00:25:08.133 --> 00:25:11.166 {\an1}AND THE MEMBERS OF AN ELITE UNIT WHO MADE HISTORY 407 00:25:11.300 --> 00:25:13.733 {\an1}WITH THEIR COURAGE AND VALOR. 408 00:25:13.866 --> 00:25:16.400 [EXPLOSIONS] 409 00:25:16.533 --> 00:25:18.800 {\an1}MANTEGNA: JUNE 25, 1950. 410 00:25:18.933 --> 00:25:22.400 {\an1}NORTH KOREA, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, 411 00:25:22.533 --> 00:25:28.000 {\an1}LAUNCHES A SURPRISE ATTACK AGAINST SOUTH KOREA. 412 00:25:28.133 --> 00:25:29.900 {\an1}AS COLD WAR TENSIONS IGNITE, 413 00:25:30.033 --> 00:25:33.566 {\an1}U.N. TROOPS COME TO SOUTH KOREA'S DEFENSE. 414 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:35.766 [EXPLOSIONS] 415 00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:38.733 {\an1}THE FIRST AMERICAN FORCES LAND IN EARLY JULY. 416 00:25:38.866 --> 00:25:40.566 THEY FIGHT PUNISHING BATTLES 417 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:44.233 {\an1}THAT RAGE ACROSS THE KOREAN PENINSULA. 418 00:25:44.366 --> 00:25:46.500 [EXPLOSIONS] 419 00:25:46.633 --> 00:25:50.200 {\an1}U.N. FORCES BEGIN A PUSH ACROSS THE 38th PARALLEL 420 00:25:50.333 --> 00:25:52.133 {\an1}TOWARD THE CHINESE BORDER. 421 00:25:52.266 --> 00:25:57.233 {\an1}AN UNFORGIVING WINTER STALLS THE ADVANCE. 422 00:25:57.366 --> 00:25:59.800 {\an1}THE CHINESE BOLSTER NORTH KOREAN FORCES 423 00:25:59.933 --> 00:26:04.400 {\an1}WITH MASSIVE NUMBERS OF THEIR OWN SOLDIERS. 424 00:26:04.533 --> 00:26:07.333 OUR TROOPS FACE HIDEOUS PRIVATIONS, 425 00:26:07.466 --> 00:26:11.000 {\an1}ENDURE THE TERRIBLE EXTREMES OF WEATHER, 426 00:26:11.133 --> 00:26:14.333 {\an1}STRUGGLE THROUGH THE SAVAGE TERRAIN. 427 00:26:14.466 --> 00:26:17.566 {\an1}MORE THAN 100,000 ARE WOUNDED. 428 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:21.066 37,000 AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES 429 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:26.233 {\an1}IN THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS "THE LAND OF THE MORNING CALM." 430 00:26:26.366 --> 00:26:32.333 {\an1}NONE WHO SURVIVES WILL EVER FORGET WHAT HE EXPERIENCED. 431 00:26:34.066 --> 00:26:37.466 {\an1}3 MONTHS INTO THE KOREAN WAR, THE ARMY ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS 432 00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:40.800 TO FORM 4 NEW RANGER INFANTRY COMPANIES, 433 00:26:40.933 --> 00:26:45.033 {\an1}INCLUDING AN ALL-AFRICAN AMERICAN UNIT. 434 00:26:45.166 --> 00:26:48.133 {\an1}MORE THAN 500 MEN APPLIED. 435 00:26:48.266 --> 00:26:51.333 {\an1}ONE OF THEM WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 436 00:26:51.466 --> 00:26:54.000 {\an1}NAMED CLEVELAND VALREY. 437 00:26:54.133 --> 00:26:56.766 HERE TO TELL SERGEANT VALREY'S STORY 438 00:26:56.900 --> 00:27:01.233 {\an1}IS DISTINGUISHED ACTOR JOE MORTON. 439 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:05.333 {\an1}[AS SERGEANT VALREY] ALL IT TOOK FOR ME WAS TO SEE THE SIGN 440 00:27:05.466 --> 00:27:08.266 {\an1}IN THE RECRUITING OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN OAKLAND. 441 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:11.400 "JOIN THE ARMY, SEE THE WORLD." 442 00:27:11.533 --> 00:27:15.933 {\an1}THERE WAS NO QUESTION I WANTED TO BE A RANGER AND A PARACHUTIST. 443 00:27:16.066 --> 00:27:18.300 ABOUT 120 OF US MADE THE GRADE. 444 00:27:18.433 --> 00:27:22.066 {\an1}WE WERE THE FIRST AND ONLY ALL-BLACK RANGER COMPANY... 445 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.400 {\an1}A BLACK ELITE FORCE LED BY BLACK OFFICERS. 446 00:27:26.533 --> 00:27:28.366 THE ARMY SENT US TO JUMP SCHOOL 447 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.933 {\an1}IN FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, FOR TRAINING. 448 00:27:31.066 --> 00:27:34.900 {\an1}OUR BROTHER COMPANY, THE 4th RANGERS, WAS ALL WHITE. 449 00:27:35.033 --> 00:27:37.200 {\an1}WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS. 450 00:27:37.333 --> 00:27:40.833 {\an1}WE PRACTICED SMALL-SCALE RAIDS BEHIND THE LINES 451 00:27:40.966 --> 00:27:42.733 {\an1}NEAR ENEMY HEADQUARTERS. 452 00:27:42.866 --> 00:27:46.566 GET IN FAST, DO YOUR THING, GET OUT. 453 00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:50.300 {\an1}ALL OF US KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG HAUL, 454 00:27:50.433 --> 00:27:53.666 {\an1}BUT WE WERE GUNG-HO, YOUNG, AND INVINCIBLE. 455 00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:56.866 {\an1}WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. 456 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:01.066 {\an1}MY FIRST MEMORY OF KOREA IS THE COLD. 457 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:03.400 {\an1}WE ARRIVED IN THE DEAD OF WINTER. 458 00:28:03.533 --> 00:28:05.866 {\an1}THE WIND AND SNOW NEVER STOPPED BLOWING. 459 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:08.400 {\an1}WE RODE IN OPEN-BED TRUCKS WITH NO CANVAS 460 00:28:08.533 --> 00:28:10.333 {\an1}WHEN IT WAS 20 BELOW. 461 00:28:10.466 --> 00:28:13.033 {\an1}THE PAIN WAS EXCRUCIATING. 462 00:28:13.166 --> 00:28:17.800 {\an1}THE 2nd RANGERS SAW COMBAT 7 DAYS AFTER WE LANDED. 463 00:28:17.933 --> 00:28:20.866 {\an1}WE TOOK SMALL ARMS FIRE AND GRENADES, 464 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.466 {\an1}THEN THEY ATTACKED IN FULL FORCE. 465 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:26.166 THOUSANDS OF CHINESE SOLDIERS. 466 00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:29.300 IF YOU GOT ONE, ANOTHER WOULD COME. 467 00:28:29.433 --> 00:28:34.333 {\an1}IF YOU GOT A HUNDRED, ANOTHER HUNDRED WERE RIGHT BEHIND THEM. 468 00:28:34.466 --> 00:28:36.500 {\an1}IT WAS TERRIFYING. 469 00:28:36.633 --> 00:28:38.666 {\an1}LOST OUR FIRST RANGER THAT NIGHT... 470 00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:42.766 {\an1}SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ISAAC BAKER. 471 00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:44.466 THAT WAS A SHOCK. 472 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:47.066 {\an1}NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU THINK YOU'RE PREPARED, 473 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:51.366 {\an1}THAT FIRST MAN KILLED CHANGES THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS. 474 00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.366 {\an1}BY THE END OF THE FIRST MONTH, 475 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:59.700 {\an1}WE WERE DOWN TO ABOUT 60 MEN AND 1 OFFICER. 476 00:28:59.833 --> 00:29:03.466 {\an1}IF A BULLET DIDN'T GET YOU, THE FROSTBITE WOULD. 477 00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:07.600 {\an1}TAKE OFF YOUR BOOTS, ALL YOUR TOES WOULD BE FROZEN. 478 00:29:07.733 --> 00:29:10.366 {\an1}SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD FOLLOW A TRAIL 479 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:14.066 {\an1}WAS BY THE BLOODY FOOTPRINTS OF THE MAN WALKING AHEAD OF YOU. 480 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:16.633 {\an1}I WAS NEXT TO MY PARTNER, JAMES OAKLEY, 481 00:29:16.766 --> 00:29:19.366 {\an1}WHEN THE ICE CRACKED RIGHT UNDER HIM. 482 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:21.933 {\an1}I REACHED OUT MY HAND AND TRIED TO GRAB HIM. 483 00:29:22.066 --> 00:29:24.166 {\an1}HE HAD TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON HIS BACK. 484 00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:28.533 {\an1}ALL THAT HEAVY AMMUNITION PULLED HIM RIGHT UNDER. 485 00:29:28.666 --> 00:29:32.966 {\an1}THE CURRENT JUST... 486 00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:35.500 TOOK HIM AWAY. 487 00:29:35.633 --> 00:29:38.166 {\an1}YOU DON'T DWELL ON IT RIGHT THEN. 488 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:41.533 {\an1}YOU KNOW HE'S GONE AND NOT COMING BACK. 489 00:29:41.666 --> 00:29:46.733 {\an1}BUT LATER YOU THINK, "WHY DID HE GET KILLED AND I DIDN'T? 490 00:29:46.866 --> 00:29:50.966 {\an1}WHY HIM? WHY NOT ME?" 491 00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:53.633 {\an1}THERE WAS THIS ONE TIME I WAS LEADING THE SQUAD 492 00:29:53.766 --> 00:29:55.433 {\an1}ACROSS A FROZEN RIVER. 493 00:29:55.566 --> 00:29:57.633 {\an1}WE WERE TAKING FIRE FROM RIGHT IN FRONT OF US 494 00:29:57.766 --> 00:29:59.233 {\an1}AND ON EITHER SIDE. 495 00:29:59.366 --> 00:30:02.066 {\an1}I HEARD THE WORD "RETREAT." 496 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:04.433 {\an1}ABOUT 6 GUYS HAD ALREADY CROSSED THE RIVER, 497 00:30:04.566 --> 00:30:10.666 {\an1}AND MOST OF MY SQUAD THAT TURNED TO GO BACK GOT HIT. 498 00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:13.633 {\an1}3 DAYS LATER, WE WENT BACK TO RETRIEVE THE BODIES. 499 00:30:13.766 --> 00:30:17.433 {\an1}FOUND THEM STRIPPED AND FROZEN SOLID. 500 00:30:17.566 --> 00:30:20.100 EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD BEEN MACHINE-GUNNED, 501 00:30:20.233 --> 00:30:24.200 {\an1}BUT THERE WAS NO BLOOD BECAUSE IT WAS SO COLD. 502 00:30:24.333 --> 00:30:29.066 {\an1}YOU DON'T FORGET SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NOT EVER. 503 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:32.100 WAR IS HELL. IT JUST IS. 504 00:30:32.233 --> 00:30:36.033 THERE'S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT IT. 505 00:30:36.166 --> 00:30:39.966 IN MARCH OF '51, THEY ATTACHED THE 2nd RANGERS 506 00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:44.033 {\an1}TO THE 187th AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 507 00:30:44.166 --> 00:30:47.000 {\an1}AS PART OF OPERATION TOMAHAWK. 508 00:30:47.133 --> 00:30:48.833 {\an1}IT WAS GOOD FRIDAY. 509 00:30:48.966 --> 00:30:53.766 {\an1}OUR COMMANDER SAID TO US, "MEN, WE'RE GONNA MAKE HISTORY." 510 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:55.300 AND WE DID. 511 00:30:55.433 --> 00:30:58.466 {\an1}THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE U.S. ARMY 512 00:30:58.600 --> 00:31:03.566 {\an1}THAT A BLACK UNIT WAS INCLUDED IN AN AIRBORNE COMBAT JUMP. 513 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.000 {\an1}EVERY 2nd RANGER WANTED TO BE PART OF IT. 514 00:31:06.133 --> 00:31:09.933 {\an1}A FEW GUYS EVEN GOT THEMSELVES DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL EARLY 515 00:31:10.066 --> 00:31:13.600 {\an1}JUST SO THEY WOULDN'T MISS THE CHANCE. 516 00:31:13.733 --> 00:31:15.766 WE ALL KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS. 517 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.566 {\an1}GUYS DID DIFFERENT THINGS BEFORE THE MISSION. 518 00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:23.900 {\an1}SOME WROTE LETTERS. I READ MY BIBLE. 519 00:31:24.033 --> 00:31:26.200 {\an1}IT WASN'T THE JUMP THAT BOTHERED ME. 520 00:31:26.333 --> 00:31:29.333 IT WAS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT. 521 00:31:29.466 --> 00:31:33.600 {\an1}HUH, PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN'T SEE TRACER BULLETS COMING TOWARD YOU. 522 00:31:33.733 --> 00:31:35.600 DON'T BELIEVE IT. 523 00:31:35.733 --> 00:31:38.566 I WAS GLAD TO HIT THE GROUND IN ONE PIECE. 524 00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:41.266 {\an1}BUT I LANDED RIGHT NEXT TO A CHINESE SOLDIER. 525 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:45.400 {\an1}DIDN'T EVEN SEE HIM UNTIL AFTER A BROTHER RANGER SHOT HIM DEAD 526 00:31:45.533 --> 00:31:47.933 {\an1}AND SAVED MY LIFE. 527 00:31:48.066 --> 00:31:50.500 I DOVE FOR COVER. 528 00:31:50.633 --> 00:31:53.333 {\an1}A WHITE SOLDIER DUG IN RIGHT NEXT TO ME 529 00:31:53.466 --> 00:31:56.866 {\an1}AND WE HEARD THE ARTILLERY WHISTLING OVERHEAD. 530 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.133 {\an1}WE BOTH HUGGED THE GROUND A LITTLE BIT HARDER. 531 00:31:59.266 --> 00:32:03.800 {\an1}HUH, THERE'S NO DISCRIMINATION IN A FOXHOLE. 532 00:32:03.933 --> 00:32:07.933 {\an1}THE 2nd RANGERS TOOK OUR OBJECTIVE THAT DAY. 533 00:32:08.066 --> 00:32:10.666 {\an1}WE PROVED TO OURSELVES AND THE REST OF THE ARMY 534 00:32:10.800 --> 00:32:13.766 {\an1}THAT WE WERE GOOD AS ANYBODY. 535 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:17.366 {\an1}IN KOREA, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVED 536 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:19.700 {\an1}OR WHAT COLOR YOUR SKIN WAS. 537 00:32:19.833 --> 00:32:23.833 {\an1}WE WERE ALL AMERICANS... ONE NATION UNDER GOD. 538 00:32:23.966 --> 00:32:27.366 {\an1}THAT'S THE COUNTRY THE 2nd RANGERS FOUGHT FOR. 539 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:32.866 {\an1}ON MEMORIAL DAY, I REMEMBER ALL THE MEN I KNEW WHO WE LOST. 540 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:37.800 {\an1}I ALSO THINK OF THE NORTH KOREAN AND CHINESE SOLDIERS WE FOUND DEAD. 541 00:32:37.933 --> 00:32:40.233 {\an1}SOMETIMES THEY HAD PHOTOS OF THEIR FAMILIES 542 00:32:40.366 --> 00:32:42.566 PINNED INSIDE THEIR UNIFORMS. 543 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:47.133 {\an1}THAT MOVED ME DEEPLY. 544 00:32:47.266 --> 00:32:51.266 {\an1}I'VE HEARD KOREA CALLED "THE FORGOTTEN WAR," 545 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:55.666 {\an1}BUT NONE OF US WHO FOUGHT AND SUFFERED OVER THERE WILL EVER FORGET IT. 546 00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:59.033 {\an1}WE DID OUR COUNTRY PROUD. 547 00:32:59.166 --> 00:33:01.433 AND WE REMEMBER. 548 00:33:01.566 --> 00:33:04.000 line:5% [APPLAUSE] 549 00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:10.700 {\an1}MANTEGNA: AND NOW, HERE IS THE INCOMPARABLE GLADYS KNIGHT. 550 00:33:10.833 --> 00:33:15.266 {\an1}THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE 2nd RANGERS 551 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.466 {\an1}AND ALL OUR HEROES WHO FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR. 552 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:24.633 AND I SAY THIS... 553 00:33:24.766 --> 00:33:32.600 {\an1}♪ IT MUST HAVE BEEN COLD THERE IN MY SHADOW ♪ 554 00:33:32.733 --> 00:33:40.733 {\an1}♪ TO NEVER HAVE SUNLIGHT ON YOUR FACE ♪ 555 00:33:41.433 --> 00:33:49.433 {\an1}♪ YOU WERE CONTENT TO LET ME SHINE ♪ 556 00:33:49.833 --> 00:33:56.666 {\an1}♪ YOU ALWAYS WALKED A STEP BEHIND ♪ 557 00:33:56.800 --> 00:34:04.800 {\an1}♪ WHOA-OA, I WAS THE ONE WITH ALL THE GLORY ♪ 558 00:34:05.233 --> 00:34:06.566 ♪ MM-HMM ♪ 559 00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:14.033 {\an1}♪ BUT YOU WERE THE ONE WITH ALL THE STRENGTH ♪ 560 00:34:14.166 --> 00:34:22.066 {\an1}♪ A BEAUTIFUL FACE WITHOUT A NAME, OH, YEAH ♪ 561 00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:27.633 {\an1}♪ AND I NEVER ONCE HEARD YOU COMPLAIN ♪ 562 00:34:27.766 --> 00:34:30.333 line:5% ♪ WHOA OHH ♪ 563 00:34:30.466 --> 00:34:37.900 {\an7}♪ DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY HERO, UH-HUH ♪ 564 00:34:38.033 --> 00:34:44.100 ♪ AND EVERYTHING I'D LIKE TO BE? ♪ 565 00:34:44.233 --> 00:34:46.166 ♪ OOH OOH ♪ 566 00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:54.133 {\an1}♪ I CAN FLY HIGHER THAN AN EAGLE ♪ 567 00:34:54.266 --> 00:35:01.333 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS ♪ 568 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:13.633 {\an1}♪ IT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED TO GO UNNOTICED ♪ 569 00:35:13.766 --> 00:35:17.566 {\an1}♪ BUT I'VE GOT IT ALL RIGHT HERE ♪ 570 00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:20.400 {\an1}♪ RIGHT HERE IN MY HEART ♪ 571 00:35:20.533 --> 00:35:27.566 {\an1}♪ OHH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I KNOW THE TRUTH ♪ 572 00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:29.166 ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ 573 00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:34.133 {\an1}♪ OH, AND I WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU ♪ 574 00:35:34.266 --> 00:35:36.900 ♪ WHOA-OA ♪ 575 00:35:37.033 --> 00:35:43.200 {\an1}♪ DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY HERO? ♪ 576 00:35:43.333 --> 00:35:50.566 {\an1}♪ UH-HUH, AND EVERYTHING I'D LIKE TO BE ♪ 577 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:53.066 ♪ OOOH ♪ 578 00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:54.933 {\an1}♪ I COULD FLY HIGHER ♪ 579 00:35:55.066 --> 00:35:56.633 ♪ HIGHER ♪ 580 00:35:56.766 --> 00:36:00.633 {\an1}♪ HIGHER THAN AN EAGLE ♪ 581 00:36:00.833 --> 00:36:05.366 {\an1}♪ FOR YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS ♪ 582 00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:07.400 ♪ DID YOU EVER KNOW? ♪ 583 00:36:07.533 --> 00:36:09.266 ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ 584 00:36:11.633 --> 00:36:16.066 {\an1}♪ I'LL FLY SO HIGH ♪ ♪ DID YOU EVER KNOW? ♪ 585 00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:17.566 ♪ MMM ♪ 586 00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:21.233 {\an1}♪ YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ♪ 587 00:36:21.366 --> 00:36:28.633 {\an1}♪ YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH ♪ 588 00:36:28.766 --> 00:36:33.966 ♪ MY WINGS ♪ 589 00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:41.600 ♪ MY WINGS ♪ 590 00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:47.266 ONCE AGAIN, FROM ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, 591 00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:49.533 {\an1}HERE IS GENERAL COLIN POWELL. 592 00:36:49.666 --> 00:36:52.133 [APPLAUSE] 593 00:36:52.266 --> 00:36:54.966 {\an1}WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE 3 MEMBERS OF THE 2nd RANGERS 594 00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:57.000 {\an1}WHO ARE WITH US TONIGHT. 595 00:36:57.133 --> 00:36:58.600 ON BEHALF OF ALL AMERICANS, 596 00:36:58.733 --> 00:37:01.433 {\an1}WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS SERVICE. 597 00:37:01.566 --> 00:37:05.466 {\an1}THE 2nd RANGER INFANTRY COMPANY SHATTERED STEREOTYPES. 598 00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:07.966 {\an1}THESE RANGERS MADE AN HISTORIC CONTRIBUTION 599 00:37:08.100 --> 00:37:10.600 {\an1}TO RACIAL EQUALITY IN THE MILITARY 600 00:37:10.733 --> 00:37:13.433 {\an1}AND PROVED THE ABILITY OF BLACK SOLDIERS. 601 00:37:13.566 --> 00:37:16.666 {\an1}THEIR STORY, AND THAT OF OTHER AFRICAN-AMERICANS 602 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:19.833 {\an1}WHO FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR, INSPIRED ME, 603 00:37:19.966 --> 00:37:22.366 {\an1}HELPED ME TO IMAGINE A CAREER IN THE MILITARY 604 00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:25.733 {\an1}AND SET THE STAGE FOR ME AND SO MANY OTHERS TO SUCCEED. 605 00:37:25.866 --> 00:37:27.733 {\an1}THEY SHOWED THE WAY. 606 00:37:27.866 --> 00:37:29.866 {\an1}AND IT IS FOR THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR WILLINGNESS 607 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:33.666 {\an1}TO FIGHT FOR THE VALUES OF OUR NATION THAT WE HONOR THEM. 608 00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:37.866 {\an1}TONIGHT, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HEROISM OF ALL OUR KOREAN WAR VETERANS. 609 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:42.166 {\an1}WE RENEW OUR PROMISE ALWAYS TO REMEMBER THEIR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY 610 00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:46.633 {\an1}AND THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE OF THE MORE THAN 36,000 SOLDIERS 611 00:37:46.766 --> 00:37:50.500 {\an1}THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THIS FIERCE AND BRUTAL WAR. 612 00:37:50.633 --> 00:37:52.633 {\an1}WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE DISTINGUISHED VETERANS 613 00:37:52.766 --> 00:37:54.733 {\an1}OF THE KOREAN WAR HERE WITH US. 614 00:37:54.866 --> 00:37:59.333 {\an1}WE SALUTE YOU AND ALL YOUR FELLOW BROTHERS IN ARMS. 615 00:37:59.466 --> 00:38:03.733 {\an1}AND NOW, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE TRUE AMERICAN HEROES. 616 00:38:03.866 --> 00:38:06.366 line:5% [APPLAUSE] 617 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:10.700 line:5% [NO AUDIO] 618 00:38:20.966 --> 00:38:25.066 THANK YOU, GENERAL POWELL. 619 00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:27.266 line:5% THE GULF WAR BEGAN 30 YEARS AGO 620 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.700 line:5% WHEN OUR NATION LAUNCHED OPERATION DESERT STORM. 621 00:38:30.833 --> 00:38:34.200 line:5% WE THANK ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND SACRIFICED IN THAT CONFLICT, 622 00:38:34.333 --> 00:38:37.466 line:5% AND WE REMEMBER ALL THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES 623 00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:39.766 OF THOSE WHO WERE LOST. 624 00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:43.100 {\an1}IT'S SO HARD FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS 625 00:38:43.233 --> 00:38:44.933 {\an1}AND MISSING THEIR LOVED ONES. 626 00:38:45.066 --> 00:38:49.100 {\an1}AND IT IS EQUALLY HARD FOR THEIR FAMILIES HERE AT HOME. 627 00:38:49.233 --> 00:38:53.000 {\an1}THERE'S AN ACHE, A LONGING, A NEED TO CONNECT 628 00:38:53.133 --> 00:38:56.600 {\an1}AND TO ALWAYS SHOW EACH OTHER THEIR SUPPORT AND LOVE, 629 00:38:56.733 --> 00:38:58.700 {\an1}NO MATTER HOW FAR APART. 630 00:38:58.833 --> 00:39:01.366 WITH A SONG THAT SPEAKS TO THAT, 631 00:39:01.566 --> 00:39:05.066 HERE ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 632 00:39:05.200 --> 00:39:07.600 THE FOUR TOPS. 633 00:39:07.733 --> 00:39:10.066 {\an1}THE FOUR TOPS: ♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪ 634 00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:14.866 {\an7}AMERICA, TO ALL THE TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES, 635 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.209 line:5% TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SERVED, 636 00:39:16.233 --> 00:39:18.366 {\an7}FROM THE FOUR TOPS ON MEMORIAL DAY... 637 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:20.566 {\an7}♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪ 638 00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:23.633 {\an1}♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 639 00:39:23.766 --> 00:39:24.866 {\an1}♪ I REALLY NEED ♪ 640 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:29.066 {\an1}♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 641 00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:31.300 {\an1}♪ ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NEVER NEAR ♪ 642 00:39:31.433 --> 00:39:32.733 {\an1}♪ I REALLY NEED ♪ 643 00:39:32.866 --> 00:39:35.333 {\an1}♪ YOUR VOICE I OFTEN HEAR ♪ 644 00:39:35.466 --> 00:39:36.666 {\an1}♪ I REALLY NEED ♪ 645 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:39.133 ♪ ANOTHER DAY, 'NOTHER NIGHT ♪ 646 00:39:39.266 --> 00:39:40.366 {\an1}♪ I REALLY NEED ♪ 647 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:43.633 {\an1}♪ I LONG TO HOLD YOU TIGHT ♪ 648 00:39:43.766 --> 00:39:48.500 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE I'M SO LONELY ♪ 649 00:39:48.633 --> 00:39:52.366 {\an1}ALL: ♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 650 00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:56.266 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 651 00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:59.700 {\an1}♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 652 00:39:59.833 --> 00:40:04.400 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 653 00:40:04.533 --> 00:40:07.633 {\an1}♪ SOME SAY IT'S A SIGN OF WEAKNESS ♪ 654 00:40:07.766 --> 00:40:12.033 {\an1}♪ FOR A MAN TO BEG, YEAH ♪ 655 00:40:12.166 --> 00:40:15.566 ♪ THEN WEAK I WOULD RATHER BE ♪ 656 00:40:15.700 --> 00:40:18.500 {\an1}♪ IF IT MEANS HAVING YOU TO KEEP ♪ 657 00:40:18.633 --> 00:40:22.133 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE LATELY I'VE... I'VE BEEN LOSING SLEEP ♪ 658 00:40:22.266 --> 00:40:27.200 ♪ WELL, BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 659 00:40:27.333 --> 00:40:31.133 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 660 00:40:31.266 --> 00:40:35.066 {\an1}♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 661 00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:39.133 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 662 00:40:39.266 --> 00:40:40.466 {\an1}♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪ 663 00:40:40.600 --> 00:40:45.933 ♪ EMPTY NIGHTS ECHO YOUR NAME, YEAH ♪ 664 00:40:46.066 --> 00:40:49.566 {\an1}♪ SOMETIMES I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER ♪ 665 00:40:49.700 --> 00:40:52.266 {\an1}♪ IF I'LL EVER BE THE SAME ♪ 666 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:54.866 ♪ OH, YEAH! ♪ 667 00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.200 ♪ AND, BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 668 00:40:58.333 --> 00:41:02.200 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 669 00:41:02.333 --> 00:41:06.100 {\an1}♪ BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 670 00:41:06.233 --> 00:41:10.533 {\an1}♪ GOT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LOVIN' ♪ 671 00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:19.333 {\an1}THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 672 00:41:20.666 --> 00:41:24.266 {\an1}2021 MARKS THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER 673 00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.566 AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY... 674 00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:30.033 {\an1}A FOCAL POINT TO BRING ALL AMERICANS TOGETHER 675 00:41:30.166 --> 00:41:32.433 {\an1}TO REFLECT UPON AND REMEMBER THOSE 676 00:41:32.566 --> 00:41:36.600 {\an1}WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR OUR COUNTRY. 677 00:41:36.733 --> 00:41:39.633 {\an1}AND 2021 ALSO MARKS THE 80th ANNIVERSARY 678 00:41:39.766 --> 00:41:41.433 OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR 679 00:41:41.566 --> 00:41:46.800 {\an1}THAT BROUGHT AMERICA INTO THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 680 00:41:46.933 --> 00:41:50.033 {\an1}PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CALLED DECEMBER 7th 1941 681 00:41:50.166 --> 00:41:53.566 A DATE THAT WOULD LIVE IN INFAMY. 682 00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:55.366 {\an1}FOR US, ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, 683 00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:59.366 {\an1}THIS 80th ANNIVERSARY YEAR IS A CHANCE TO REFLECT 684 00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:03.433 AND REMEMBER THE 2,400 LIVES LOST 685 00:42:03.566 --> 00:42:06.466 {\an1}AND TO BE GRATEFUL TO THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS 686 00:42:06.600 --> 00:42:09.233 {\an1}WHO UNITED TO SAVE THE WORLD. 687 00:42:09.366 --> 00:42:12.266 {\an1}WE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO VETERANS WHO WERE THERE AT PEARL HARBOR 688 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:15.666 {\an1}AND ASKED THEM TO BE PART OF THIS CONCERT. 689 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:17.133 {\an1}WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE 690 00:42:17.266 --> 00:42:21.533 {\an1}AND FOR GIVING US A FEW MOMENTS OF THEIR PRECIOUS TIME. 691 00:42:21.666 --> 00:42:23.933 {\an1}7 MINUTES TO 8:00, THE PHONE RANG. 692 00:42:24.066 --> 00:42:25.533 {\an1}I PICKED UP THE PHONE THERE, 693 00:42:25.666 --> 00:42:28.066 {\an1}AND THE GUY SAYS, "THE JAPANESE ARE ATTACKING PEARL HARBOR." 694 00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:31.966 {\an7}MAN: WHEN THE SHIP BLEW UP IN 7, 8 MINUTES THERE, 695 00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:34.666 {\an1}1,177 WERE KILLED IMMEDIATELY. 696 00:42:34.800 --> 00:42:36.433 THEY DIDN'T KNOW. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME. 697 00:42:36.566 --> 00:42:39.566 {\an1}THEY GOT TO THEIR BATTLE STATIONS, AND THAT WAS ALL. 698 00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:43.400 {\an7}BY THE TIME I GET UP THERE, PLANES ARE BUZZING AROUND, 699 00:42:43.533 --> 00:42:47.800 {\an7}BUILDINGS ARE BURNING HERE... IT'S CHAOS. 700 00:42:47.933 --> 00:42:51.633 {\an1}I'M NOT A HERO, I JUST DID MY JOB THE BEST I COULD. 701 00:42:51.766 --> 00:42:56.466 {\an1}AND PEARL HARBOR IS ALWAYS A DATE TO REMEMBER 702 00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:59.900 {\an1}THE 2,403 KILLED HERE THAT SUNDAY, 703 00:43:00.100 --> 00:43:04.266 {\an1}OF WHICH 1,177 WERE MY SHIPMATES ABOARD THE "ARIZONA." 704 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:07.333 YOU'LL NEVER... YOU'LL NEVER FORGET 'EM, NEVER. 705 00:43:07.466 --> 00:43:11.033 {\an1}MAN: I'M PROUD OF MY SERVICE. I'M PROUD OF MY COUNTRY. 706 00:43:11.166 --> 00:43:12.366 {\an1}I'D DO IT AGAIN, 707 00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:15.233 {\an1}BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED FOR THIS COUNTRY. 708 00:43:15.366 --> 00:43:17.333 {\an1}THEY DIED FOR LIBERTY THERE, 709 00:43:17.466 --> 00:43:18.766 {\an1}AND THEY DIED FOR YOU. 710 00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:22.066 {\an1}MEMORIAL DAY IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY 711 00:43:22.200 --> 00:43:24.666 {\an1}TO HONOR ALL THE ONES THAT ARE PASSED. 712 00:43:28.466 --> 00:43:30.700 {\an1}60 YEARS AFTER PEARL HARBOR, 713 00:43:30.833 --> 00:43:34.833 {\an1}OUR NATION WAS ONCE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK ON OUR HOME SOIL. 714 00:43:34.966 --> 00:43:41.066 {\an1}SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, SHATTERED OUR SENSE OF SECURITY AND PEACE. 715 00:43:41.200 --> 00:43:44.100 {\an1}IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR THE BUILDINGS TO RISE AGAIN 716 00:43:44.233 --> 00:43:49.566 {\an1}FROM THE ASHES AND DUST OF THAT DAY 20 YEARS AGO, 717 00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:52.133 {\an1}BUT MORE IMPORTANT, AS THE DAYS WENT BY, 718 00:43:52.266 --> 00:43:54.600 {\an1}SO ROSE THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. 719 00:43:54.733 --> 00:44:01.300 {\an1}WE WERE REMINDED OF OUR SHARED VALUES AND OF OUR UNITY AS A PEOPLE. 720 00:44:01.433 --> 00:44:06.033 {\an1}THE HEALING BEGAN, AND IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY, 721 00:44:06.166 --> 00:44:08.866 {\an1}BUT THE SCARS WILL NEVER FULLY FADE... 722 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:12.400 {\an1}FOR WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR MEMORIES OF SEPTEMBER 11th 723 00:44:12.533 --> 00:44:18.033 {\an1}WILL BE SEARED IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS FOREVER. 724 00:44:18.166 --> 00:44:20.800 WHERE WERE YOU THAT DAY? 725 00:44:20.933 --> 00:44:27.933 {\an1}I WAS AT HOME IN LOS ANGELES WHEN I GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND TO TURN ON THE TV. 726 00:44:28.066 --> 00:44:31.066 {\an1}LIKE EVERYONE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO THINK. 727 00:44:31.200 --> 00:44:32.933 {\an1}I WAS IN SHOCK. 728 00:44:33.066 --> 00:44:35.066 {\an1}WHILE THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR 729 00:44:35.200 --> 00:44:37.766 {\an1}WAS AN ATTACK ON OUR MILITARY, OUR PACIFIC FLEET, 730 00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:42.066 {\an1}THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, 731 00:44:42.200 --> 00:44:45.700 {\an1}WAS AN ATTACK ON BOTH OUR MILITARY AT THE PENTAGON 732 00:44:45.833 --> 00:44:48.533 {\an1}AND OUR CIVILIAN POPULATION AS WELL. 733 00:44:48.666 --> 00:44:54.066 {\an1}IT SHOOK THE WORLD, AND IT WAS A DAY THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET. 734 00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:56.566 {\an1}WHAT ABOUT YOU JOE? 735 00:44:56.700 --> 00:45:00.766 I WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN MY FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING ON A NEW TV SHOW. 736 00:45:00.966 --> 00:45:02.700 AND AS I WAS GETTING READY, 737 00:45:02.833 --> 00:45:07.400 {\an1}MY WIFE RAN INTO THE ROOM SAYING, "TURN ON THE TV". 738 00:45:07.533 --> 00:45:10.966 AS I WATCHED, I FELT SO HELPLESS. 739 00:45:11.100 --> 00:45:14.733 A FEW MONTHS LATER, I WAS ASKED IF I WANTED TO TAKE PART 740 00:45:14.866 --> 00:45:16.633 IN THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" 741 00:45:16.766 --> 00:45:19.733 {\an1}TO SHARE THE STORY OF 4 NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS 742 00:45:19.866 --> 00:45:22.200 WHO LOST THEIR SONS THAT DAY. 743 00:45:22.333 --> 00:45:28.300 I DID THAT, AND HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS CONCERT EVER SINCE. 744 00:45:28.433 --> 00:45:33.500 SEPTEMBER 11th FOREVER CHANGED HOW I THINK OF MEMORIAL DAY. 745 00:45:33.633 --> 00:45:40.400 FOR ME, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY WE HAVE AS A NATION. 746 00:45:40.533 --> 00:45:46.466 {\an1}THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th CHANGED THINGS FOR SO MANY AMERICANS. 747 00:45:46.600 --> 00:45:51.366 {\an1}AMONG THEM WAS AN ACTOR WHO HAD ONCE WORKED AS A NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTER. 748 00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:52.900 {\an1}IN THE DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK, 749 00:45:53.033 --> 00:45:56.866 {\an1}HE VOLUNTEERED TO HELP HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES AT THE FIREHOUSE 750 00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.366 {\an1}TRY AND LOCATE BODIES OF THE MISSING. 751 00:46:00.566 --> 00:46:02.633 COMING TO US FROM GROUND ZERO, 752 00:46:02.766 --> 00:46:05.166 OVERLOOKING THE 9/11 MEMORIAL IN MANHATTAN 753 00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:07.733 IS THAT FORMER FIREFIGHTER, 754 00:46:07.866 --> 00:46:12.200 THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR STEVE BUSCEMI. 755 00:46:14.133 --> 00:46:18.033 {\an1}WE WOKE TO A BRIGHT SEPTEMBER DAY FULL OF PROMISE. 756 00:46:18.166 --> 00:46:21.066 {\an1}ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE WERE TAKING KIDS TO SCHOOL, 757 00:46:21.200 --> 00:46:24.800 GOING TO WORK, HAVING COFFEE WITH FRIENDS, 758 00:46:24.933 --> 00:46:27.700 {\an1}AND THEN THE PHONE CALLS BEGAN. 759 00:46:27.833 --> 00:46:30.766 {\an1}"OH, MY GOD, A PLANE HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER?" 760 00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:32.733 {\an1}"HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN?" 761 00:46:32.866 --> 00:46:36.166 {\an1}"ARE YOU WATCHING THIS?" "TURN ON YOUR TV." 762 00:46:36.300 --> 00:46:39.266 {\an1}AND A MORNING THAT BEGAN SO SUNNY AND BRIGHT 763 00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:42.766 {\an1}WAS THE BEGINNING OF AMERICA'S DARKEST HOURS. 764 00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:44.500 [SIRENS] 765 00:46:44.633 --> 00:46:47.900 {\an1}WE WATCHED IN DISBELIEF AT THE FLAMES FROM THE NORTH TOWER 766 00:46:48.033 --> 00:46:52.933 {\an1}SHOOTING INTO THE SKY, THE AIR FILLING WITH SMOKE, 767 00:46:53.066 --> 00:46:54.666 {\an7}AND THEN FLIGHT 175 768 00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.333 {\an7}FLIES FULL FORCE INTO THE SECOND TOWER. 769 00:46:57.466 --> 00:46:59.433 [CRYING] 770 00:46:59.566 --> 00:47:03.566 {\an1}THE CITY'S BRAVEST AND FINEST RUNNING TOWARDS DANGER 771 00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:06.666 {\an1}TO HELP SAVE THOSE FLEEING FROM IT... 772 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:10.200 {\an1}IMAGES THAT CAN NEVER BE ERASED FROM MEMORY, 773 00:47:10.333 --> 00:47:13.566 {\an1}PICTURES THAT WILL NEVER BE LOST TO TIME. 774 00:47:13.700 --> 00:47:16.233 {\an1}THERE'S CONFUSION AND CHAOS, 775 00:47:16.366 --> 00:47:20.700 {\an1}AND EVERY PASSING MINUTE BRINGS A NEW TRAGEDY. 776 00:47:20.833 --> 00:47:23.300 [CRASH] 777 00:47:23.433 --> 00:47:27.233 {\an1}A THIRD JET VEERS INTO D.C. AIRSPACE AT GROUND LEVEL, 778 00:47:27.366 --> 00:47:30.766 {\an1}EXPLODING IN THE NERVE CENTER OF OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE, 779 00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:34.233 {\an1}KILLING OVER 200 PEOPLE. 780 00:47:34.366 --> 00:47:39.500 {\an1}HEROES IN UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN WORKERS RUSH TO THE RESCUE, 781 00:47:39.633 --> 00:47:41.400 {\an1}LEADING THOUSANDS TO SAFETY 782 00:47:41.533 --> 00:47:46.766 {\an1}AND EVACUATING CHILDREN IN THE PENTAGON DAY CARE CENTER. 783 00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:50.566 {\an1}OVER A HUNDRED MILES AWAY, IN THE SKY OVER PENNSYLVANIA, 784 00:47:50.700 --> 00:47:56.266 {\an1}PASSENGERS ON FLIGHT 93 CALL THEIR LOVED ONES TO SAY GOOD-BYE 785 00:47:56.400 --> 00:48:01.866 {\an1}AND THEN LAUNCH A COURAGEOUS ATTACK TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE PLANE. 786 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:06.700 {\an1}IT PLUNGES INTO AN ISOLATED FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, 787 00:48:06.833 --> 00:48:09.233 {\an1}BUT THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE ON BOARD THAT DAY 788 00:48:09.366 --> 00:48:13.833 {\an1}SAVES COUNTLESS LIVES IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. 789 00:48:13.966 --> 00:48:17.800 {\an1}THEN, AS THOUSANDS WATCH FROM THE STREETS 790 00:48:17.933 --> 00:48:21.133 {\an1}AND TENS OF MILLIONS WATCH AT HOME, 791 00:48:21.266 --> 00:48:24.166 {\an1}THE SOUTH TOWER COLLAPSES. 792 00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:27.633 [SIRENS] 793 00:48:27.766 --> 00:48:33.566 {\an1}102 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST ATTACK, THE NORTH TOWER FALLS. 794 00:48:40.233 --> 00:48:42.966 {\an1}MAN: LOTS OF SMOKE BUILDING UP ABOVE THE TOWER... 795 00:48:43.100 --> 00:48:49.366 {\an1}IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS, ALMOST 3,000 HUMAN SOULS WERE LOST. 796 00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:53.233 {\an1}THEY WERE MOMS AND DADS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS, 797 00:48:53.366 --> 00:48:57.033 {\an1}SENIOR CITIZENS WITH FOND MEMORIES OF DAYS PAST, 798 00:48:57.166 --> 00:49:00.933 {\an1}YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DREAMS OF TOMORROW. 799 00:49:01.133 --> 00:49:04.233 {\an7}AND IT DIDN'T MATTER THEIR COLOR OR RELIGION, 800 00:49:04.366 --> 00:49:07.066 {\an1}WHO THEY WERE OR WHERE THEY WERE FROM, 801 00:49:07.200 --> 00:49:12.833 {\an1}FOR ON THAT DAY, THEY ALL WERE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 802 00:49:12.966 --> 00:49:18.200 {\an1}AT MANHATTAN'S ENGINE COMPANY 55 WHERE I WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS, 803 00:49:18.333 --> 00:49:21.633 {\an1}THE GUYS I SERVED WITH EACH KNEW 20 TO 30 FIREFIGHTERS 804 00:49:21.766 --> 00:49:24.700 {\an1}WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. 805 00:49:24.833 --> 00:49:28.100 5,000 CHILDREN LOST A PARENT THAT DAY. 806 00:49:28.233 --> 00:49:30.133 5,000! 807 00:49:30.266 --> 00:49:35.466 880 OF THEM WERE FIREFIGHTER'S KIDS. 808 00:49:35.600 --> 00:49:39.366 {\an1}IN THE HOURS THAT FOLLOWED, WE DID MORE THAN MOURN. 809 00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:42.666 {\an1}OUR GRIEF AND ANGER WERE THE CATALYSTS 810 00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:44.966 {\an1}TO BRING AMERICANS TOGETHER, 811 00:49:45.100 --> 00:49:46.800 {\an1}DOING WHATEVER WE COULD TO HELP... 812 00:49:46.900 --> 00:49:51.800 {\an1}DONATING BLOOD, GIVING COMFORT TO FRIENDS AND TO STRANGERS ALIKE, 813 00:49:51.933 --> 00:49:55.566 {\an1}SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS, 814 00:49:55.700 --> 00:49:59.800 BUT THERE WERE SO FEW TO FIND. 815 00:49:59.933 --> 00:50:03.266 {\an1}AS DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT THAT SEPTEMBER 11th, 816 00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:09.200 {\an1}20 YEARS AGO A SKYLINE AND A NATION WERE FOREVER CHANGED, 817 00:50:09.333 --> 00:50:14.066 {\an1}BUT THE FIRES THAT BURNED HELPED FORGE A SPIRIT OF UNITY. 818 00:50:14.200 --> 00:50:17.933 {\an1}FROM THE DUST AND DEBRIS, HEROES AROSE, 819 00:50:18.066 --> 00:50:22.000 {\an1}AND THE MEMORIALS THAT STAND TODAY ON THOSE HALLOWED GROUNDS 820 00:50:22.133 --> 00:50:25.933 {\an1}REMIND US OF THE PROMISES WE MADE TO THOSE WE LOST 821 00:50:26.066 --> 00:50:31.900 {\an1}AND TO THEIR FAMILIES THAT WE WILL NEVER FORGET. 822 00:50:32.033 --> 00:50:35.566 {\an1}AND NOW WITH A SONG THAT RESONATED SO POWERFULLY 823 00:50:35.700 --> 00:50:39.033 {\an1}WITH SO MANY AMERICANS BACK THEN, AND TODAY, 824 00:50:39.166 --> 00:50:42.400 {\an1}HERE IS ALAN JACKSON. 825 00:50:42.533 --> 00:50:45.300 {\an1}[SONG INTRO PLAYING] 826 00:50:56.866 --> 00:51:00.266 {\an1}♪ WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNIN' ♪ 827 00:51:00.466 --> 00:51:04.200 {\an1}♪ ON THAT SEPTEMBER DAY? ♪ 828 00:51:04.333 --> 00:51:08.466 {\an1}♪ WERE YOU IN THE YARD WITH YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN ♪ 829 00:51:08.600 --> 00:51:12.066 {\an1}♪ OR WORKIN' ON SOME STAGE IN L.A.? ♪ 830 00:51:12.200 --> 00:51:16.733 {\an1}♪ DID YOU STAND THERE IN SHOCK AT THE SIGHT OF THAT BLACK SMOKE ♪ 831 00:51:16.866 --> 00:51:20.600 ♪ RISIN' AGAINST THAT BLUE SKY? ♪ 832 00:51:20.733 --> 00:51:24.966 {\an1}♪ DID YOU SHOUT OUT IN ANGER, IN FEAR FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR ♪ 833 00:51:25.100 --> 00:51:29.066 {\an1}♪ OR DID YOU JUST SIT DOWN AND CRY? ♪ 834 00:51:31.333 --> 00:51:35.666 {\an1}♪ DID YOU WEEP FOR THE CHILDREN THAT LOST THEIR DEAR LOVED ONES ♪ 835 00:51:35.800 --> 00:51:39.366 {\an1}♪ PRAY FOR THE ONES WHO DON'T KNOW? ♪ 836 00:51:39.500 --> 00:51:43.866 {\an1}♪ DID YOU REJOICE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED FROM THE RUBBLE ♪ 837 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:47.766 {\an1}♪ AND SOB FOR THE ONES LEFT BELOW? ♪ 838 00:51:47.900 --> 00:51:52.066 {\an1}♪ DID YOU BURST OUT WITH PRIDE FOR THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ♪ 839 00:51:52.200 --> 00:51:56.100 {\an1}♪ AND THE HEROES WHO DIED JUST DOIN' WHAT THEY DO? ♪ 840 00:51:56.233 --> 00:52:00.466 {\an1}♪ DID YOU LOOK UP TO HEAVEN FOR SOME KIND OF ANSWER ♪ 841 00:52:00.666 --> 00:52:05.633 {\an1}♪ AND LOOK AT YOURSELF AND WHAT REALLY MATTERS? ♪ 842 00:52:07.933 --> 00:52:10.400 {\an1}♪ I'M JUST A SINGER OF SIMPLE SONGS ♪ 843 00:52:10.533 --> 00:52:14.900 ♪ I'M NOT A REAL POLITICAL MAN ♪ 844 00:52:15.033 --> 00:52:19.266 {\an1}♪ I WATCH CNN, BUT I'M NOT SURE I CAN TELL YOU ♪ 845 00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:23.433 {\an1}♪ THE DIFFERENCE IN IRAQ AND IRAN ♪ 846 00:52:23.566 --> 00:52:27.466 {\an1}♪ BUT I KNOW JESUS, AND I TALK TO GOD ♪ 847 00:52:27.600 --> 00:52:31.966 {\an1}♪ AND I REMEMBER THIS FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG ♪ 848 00:52:32.100 --> 00:52:36.966 {\an1}♪ FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS HE GAVE US ♪ 849 00:52:37.100 --> 00:52:40.833 {\an1}♪ AND THE GREATEST IS LOVE ♪ 850 00:52:43.366 --> 00:52:46.766 {\an1}♪ AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNIN' ♪ 851 00:52:46.900 --> 00:52:50.633 {\an1}♪ ON THAT SEPTEMBER DAY? ♪ 852 00:52:50.766 --> 00:52:54.700 {\an1}♪ TEACHIN' A CLASS FULL OF INNOCENT CHILDREN ♪ 853 00:52:54.833 --> 00:52:58.833 {\an1}♪ OR DRIVIN' DOWN ON SOME COLD INTERSTATE? ♪ 854 00:52:58.966 --> 00:53:03.066 {\an1}♪ DID YOU FEEL GUILTY 'CAUSE YOU'RE A SURVIVOR? ♪ 855 00:53:03.200 --> 00:53:06.966 {\an1}♪ IN A CROWDED ROOM, DID YOU FEEL ALONE? ♪ 856 00:53:07.100 --> 00:53:11.433 {\an1}♪ DID YOU CALL UP YOUR MOTHER AND TELL HER YOU LOVED HER? ♪ 857 00:53:11.566 --> 00:53:15.800 {\an1}♪ DID YOU DUST OFF THAT BIBLE AT HOME? ♪ 858 00:53:17.833 --> 00:53:22.000 {\an1}♪ DID YOU OPEN YOUR EYES AND HOPE IT NEVER HAPPENED ♪ 859 00:53:22.133 --> 00:53:25.633 {\an1}♪ CLOSE YOUR EYES AND NOT GO TO SLEEP? ♪ 860 00:53:25.766 --> 00:53:30.333 {\an1}♪ DID YOU NOTICE THE SUNSET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AGES ♪ 861 00:53:30.466 --> 00:53:34.000 {\an1}♪ AND SPEAK TO SOME STRANGER ON THE STREET? ♪ 862 00:53:34.133 --> 00:53:38.566 {\an1}♪ DID YOU LAY DOWN AT NIGHT AND THINK OF TOMORROW ♪ 863 00:53:38.700 --> 00:53:42.433 {\an1}♪ GO OUT AND BUY YOU A GUN? ♪ 864 00:53:42.566 --> 00:53:46.933 {\an1}♪ DID YOU TURN OFF THAT VIOLENT OLD MOVIE YOU'RE WATCHIN' ♪ 865 00:53:47.066 --> 00:53:50.733 ♪ AND TURN ON "I LOVE LUCY" RERUNS? ♪ 866 00:53:50.866 --> 00:53:55.333 {\an1}♪ DID YOU GO TO A CHURCH AND HOLD HANDS WITH SOME STRANGER ♪ 867 00:53:55.466 --> 00:53:59.166 {\an1}♪ STAND IN LINE TO GIVE YOUR OWN BLOOD? ♪ 868 00:53:59.300 --> 00:54:03.633 {\an1}♪ DID YOU JUST STAY HOME AND CLING TIGHT TO YOUR FAMILY ♪ 869 00:54:03.766 --> 00:54:07.600 {\an1}♪ THANK GOD YOU HAD SOMEBODY TO LOVE? ♪ 870 00:54:11.066 --> 00:54:13.666 {\an1}♪ I'M JUST A SINGER OF SIMPLE SONGS ♪ 871 00:54:13.800 --> 00:54:17.766 ♪ I'M NOT A REAL POLITICAL MAN ♪ 872 00:54:17.900 --> 00:54:22.533 {\an1}♪ I WATCH CNN, BUT I'M NOT SURE I CAN TELL YOU ♪ 873 00:54:22.666 --> 00:54:26.633 {\an1}♪ THE DIFFERENCE IN IRAQ AND IRAN ♪ 874 00:54:26.766 --> 00:54:30.500 {\an1}♪ BUT I KNOW JESUS, AND I TALK TO GOD ♪ 875 00:54:30.633 --> 00:54:35.100 {\an1}♪ AND I REMEMBER THIS FROM WHEN I WAS YOUNG ♪ 876 00:54:35.233 --> 00:54:39.800 {\an1}♪ FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS HE GAVE US ♪ 877 00:54:39.933 --> 00:54:44.700 {\an1}♪ AND THE GREATEST IS LOVE ♪ 878 00:54:44.833 --> 00:54:48.800 {\an1}♪ THE GREATEST IS LOVE ♪ 879 00:54:48.933 --> 00:54:51.400 {\an1}♪ THE GREATEST IS LOVE ♪ 880 00:54:54.833 --> 00:55:00.666 {\an1}♪ AND WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNIN' ♪ 881 00:55:00.866 --> 00:55:05.000 {\an1}♪ ON THAT SEPTEMBER ♪ 882 00:55:05.133 --> 00:55:10.266 ♪ DAY? ♪ 883 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:22.966 {\an1}WE ALL THANK ALAN. 884 00:55:23.100 --> 00:55:27.000 {\an1}WE KNOW HOW BUSY HE'S BEEN WITH HIS NEW ALBUM "WHERE HAVE YOU GONE," 885 00:55:27.133 --> 00:55:30.966 {\an1}BUT BEING A PART OF THIS TRIBUTE WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HIM 886 00:55:31.100 --> 00:55:34.133 {\an1}THAT HE WANTED TO SHARE HIS POWERFUL SONG 887 00:55:34.266 --> 00:55:38.933 {\an1}THAT RESONATED WITH SO MANY AMERICANS BACK THEN AND TODAY. 888 00:55:39.066 --> 00:55:42.700 {\an1}SINCE 9/11, OVER 3 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN 889 00:55:42.833 --> 00:55:45.966 {\an1}HAVE SERVED IN OUR ARMED FORCES AROUND THE GLOBE. 890 00:55:46.100 --> 00:55:48.533 THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 891 00:55:48.666 --> 00:55:52.633 {\an1}HAVE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF OVER 7,000 SERVICEMEMBERS 892 00:55:52.766 --> 00:55:58.666 {\an1}AND LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS WOUNDED, ILL, AND INJURED. 893 00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:02.933 {\an1}AS THE END TO AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR APPEARS IN SIGHT, 894 00:56:03.066 --> 00:56:05.433 {\an1}WE LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING OUR ARMS TO THOSE 895 00:56:05.566 --> 00:56:08.000 WHO WILL SOON BE RETURNING HOME. 896 00:56:08.133 --> 00:56:11.966 {\an1}WE SALUTE THOSE WHO GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION 897 00:56:12.100 --> 00:56:13.900 {\an1}IN THEIR COUNTRY'S SERVICE, 898 00:56:14.033 --> 00:56:19.366 {\an1}AND WE GRIEVE WITH THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND. 899 00:56:24.866 --> 00:56:32.066 {\an1}A GENERATION OF MEN AND WOMEN INSPIRED BY LOVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY... 900 00:56:32.200 --> 00:56:36.666 {\an1}A GENERATION WHO PUT FEAR BEHIND THEM... 901 00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:39.333 {\an1}A GENERATION AT WAR. 902 00:56:40.700 --> 00:56:42.266 SOLDIER: GO! [GUNFIRE] 903 00:56:43.733 --> 00:56:47.333 {\an1}SINISE: FOR 20 YEARS, OUR PATRIOTIC SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN 904 00:56:47.466 --> 00:56:49.933 HAVE BRAVED MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS, 905 00:56:50.066 --> 00:56:53.866 {\an1}FACED THE BRUTALITY OF UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE... 906 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:59.666 {\an1}SNIPERS, UNCEASING GUERRILLA ATTACKS, AND IEDs. 907 00:57:02.533 --> 00:57:09.033 {\an1}SOME HAVE RETURNED TO THE TEARFUL, LOVING EMBRACE OF THEIR FAMILIES. 908 00:57:09.166 --> 00:57:11.633 {\an1}[SOLDIERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY] 909 00:57:11.766 --> 00:57:15.000 OTHERS BEAR THE TERRIBLE SCARS OF BATTLE 910 00:57:15.133 --> 00:57:19.566 {\an7}AND THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS. 911 00:57:19.700 --> 00:57:23.300 {\an1}[EXHALES] GOT AWAY, MAN... AGAIN. 912 00:57:24.633 --> 00:57:27.066 {\an1}SINISE: TOO MANY HAVE MADE A FINAL HOMECOMING 913 00:57:27.200 --> 00:57:32.066 SHROUDED IN HONOR AND SACRIFICE. 914 00:57:32.200 --> 00:57:39.600 {\an1}EVERY LOSS TEARS A HOLE IN A DELICATE FABRIC OF RELATIONSHIPS. 915 00:57:39.733 --> 00:57:44.733 {\an1}PARENTS, CHILDREN, FRIENDS. 916 00:57:44.866 --> 00:57:51.600 {\an7}THEY WAITED, WHILE A GENERATION AT WAR CONTINUED TO SERVE. 917 00:57:56.233 --> 00:58:00.266 {\an1}STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH PHANEUF WAS A VOLUNTEER CITIZEN-SOLDIER 918 00:58:00.466 --> 00:58:05.200 {\an1}IN THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS WIFE, MICHELE. 919 00:58:05.333 --> 00:58:08.600 {\an1}HERE TO SHARE THE STORY OF THE PHANEUF FAMILY, 920 00:58:08.733 --> 00:58:13.700 {\an1}ACCLAIMED ACTRESSES MARY McCORMACK AND BAILEE MADISON. 921 00:58:13.833 --> 00:58:16.100 [APPLAUSE] 922 00:58:19.100 --> 00:58:21.300 {\an1}[AS MICHELE PHANEUF] JOE LIVED TWO TOWNS OVER FROM OURS. 923 00:58:21.433 --> 00:58:23.433 HIS HIGH SCHOOL WAS OUR ARCH RIVAL. 924 00:58:23.566 --> 00:58:24.766 {\an1}SO I KNEW WHO HE WAS. 925 00:58:24.900 --> 00:58:27.600 HE WAS CUTE. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. 926 00:58:27.733 --> 00:58:30.000 BUT, BOY, COULD HE BE COCKY. 927 00:58:30.133 --> 00:58:32.666 ONE DATE WITH JOE WAS ALL IT TOOK. 928 00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:34.333 FAST FORWARD, AND WE'RE MARRIED 929 00:58:34.466 --> 00:58:36.333 {\an1}AND RAISING RYAN, DANIELLE AND JORDAN. 930 00:58:36.466 --> 00:58:39.000 {\an1}JOE BECAME A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER UNDER MY DAD, 931 00:58:39.133 --> 00:58:40.666 {\an1}AND COACHED BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL. 932 00:58:40.800 --> 00:58:44.666 {\an1}I WAS WORKING AS AN EMT AND TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS. 933 00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:48.400 {\an1}AFTER A WHILE, JOE DECIDED TO END HIS STINT WITH THE GUARD 934 00:58:48.533 --> 00:58:50.100 {\an1}TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH US. 935 00:58:50.233 --> 00:58:55.866 {\an1}ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, JOE CALLED ME FROM WORK, BESIDE HIMSELF. 936 00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:57.209 {\an1}HE WANTED TO GO RIGHT AWAY TO HELP, 937 00:58:57.233 --> 00:58:59.433 BUT I TALKED HIM OUT OF IT. 938 00:58:59.566 --> 00:59:02.100 {\an1}A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE DROVE INTO THE CITY. 939 00:59:02.233 --> 00:59:04.600 {\an1}EVERYTHING WAS STILL COVERED IN DUST. 940 00:59:04.733 --> 00:59:07.800 WHEN JOE SAW THE GUARD PATROLLING, 941 00:59:07.933 --> 00:59:11.633 {\an1}THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED THINKING HE NEEDED TO GET BACK IN. 942 00:59:11.766 --> 00:59:15.533 {\an1}HE WAS DETERMINED TO HELP TRACK DOWN THE TERRORISTS. 943 00:59:15.666 --> 00:59:17.766 {\an1}YOU WEREN'T GOING TO MESS WITH HIS AMERICA, 944 00:59:17.900 --> 00:59:22.233 {\an1}NOT WITH HIS WORLD, NOT ON HIS WATCH. 945 00:59:22.366 --> 00:59:25.033 {\an1}[AS JORDAN PHANEUF] DAD WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR US. 946 00:59:25.166 --> 00:59:27.500 {\an1}I LOVED HIS LAUGH MOST OF ALL. 947 00:59:27.633 --> 00:59:31.366 {\an1}I WAS ONLY 6 THE FIRST TIME THAT HE LEFT FOR DEPLOYMENT. 948 00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:36.766 {\an1}HE TRIED TO ACT TOUGH, BUT CRIED WHEN HE HUGGED US. 949 00:59:36.900 --> 00:59:43.366 {\an1}I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF IT, NOT THEN. 950 00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:47.633 {\an1}JOE KEPT IN TOUCH AS OFTEN AS HE COULD FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 951 00:59:47.766 --> 00:59:51.100 {\an1}HE'D CALL OR EMAIL, NO MATTER WHERE HE WAS, 952 00:59:51.233 --> 00:59:53.700 AND HE'D ALWAYS SEND PHOTOS. 953 00:59:53.833 --> 00:59:55.809 {\an1}MADISON, AS JORDAN: THERE'S PICTURES OF HIM IN THE BARRACKS, 954 00:59:55.833 --> 00:59:58.133 {\an1}WEARING THESE FUNNY COSTUMES. 955 00:59:58.266 --> 01:00:01.133 {\an1}HE WOULD GIVE CANDY TO THE KIDS OVER THERE. 956 01:00:01.266 --> 01:00:04.400 {\an1}HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO LIFT PEOPLE'S SPIRITS, 957 01:00:04.533 --> 01:00:07.566 {\an1}THAT WAS MY DAD. 958 01:00:07.700 --> 01:00:11.033 JOE FELT INVINCIBLE. 959 01:00:11.166 --> 01:00:17.600 {\an1}THE LAST EMAIL I GOT FROM HIM SAID, "HEY, HONEY... 960 01:00:17.733 --> 01:00:20.600 {\an1}"I'LL TEXT YOU WHEN I GET BACK FROM THE MISSION. 961 01:00:20.733 --> 01:00:24.333 {\an1}I'M OFF TO DISCOVER NEW AND UNCHARTED LANDS." 962 01:00:27.033 --> 01:00:29.533 {\an1}IT WAS EARLY MORNING, DECEMBER 16th. 963 01:00:29.666 --> 01:00:33.066 JORDAN HAD FALLEN ASLEEP ON MY BED. 964 01:00:33.200 --> 01:00:34.500 {\an1}I HEARD A CAR DRIVE UP. 965 01:00:34.633 --> 01:00:36.233 WE HAD THIS GRAVEL DRIVEWAY, 966 01:00:36.366 --> 01:00:37.900 {\an1}AND YOU COULD HEAR THE ROCKS CRUNCHING 967 01:00:38.033 --> 01:00:40.700 AS IT ROLLED PAST THE WINDOW. 968 01:00:40.833 --> 01:00:43.466 {\an1}I JUMPED UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS. 969 01:00:43.600 --> 01:00:45.433 [INHALES] 970 01:00:45.566 --> 01:00:48.200 {\an1}WHEN I STEPPED OUTSIDE, I SAW TWO MEN IN ARMY UNIFORMS 971 01:00:48.333 --> 01:00:52.766 {\an1}GETTING OUT OF THE CAR JUST LIKE YOU SEE IN THE MOVIES. 972 01:00:52.900 --> 01:00:55.333 {\an1}I KNEW RIGHT THEN. 973 01:00:55.466 --> 01:00:57.900 {\an1}THEY CAME UP THE STEPS, 974 01:00:58.033 --> 01:01:03.600 {\an1}"MICHELE PHANEUF... CAN WE COME IN?" 975 01:01:03.733 --> 01:01:07.500 {\an1}I GOT UP AND WENT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. 976 01:01:07.633 --> 01:01:12.800 {\an1}I SAW MY SISTER DANNY, AND I WAS, LIKE, "WHAT'S GOING ON?" 977 01:01:12.933 --> 01:01:18.566 {\an1}AND SHE SAID..."DAD." 978 01:01:20.700 --> 01:01:23.266 {\an1}I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH. 979 01:01:23.400 --> 01:01:27.233 I REMEMBER MY DANNY SCREAMING. 980 01:01:27.366 --> 01:01:29.366 {\an1}SHE JUST STARTED SCREAMING. 981 01:01:29.500 --> 01:01:34.033 {\an1}I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, AND I SAW MY AUNT CRYING. 982 01:01:34.166 --> 01:01:37.833 {\an1}THEN SHE COLLAPSED ON THE DRIVEWAY. 983 01:01:37.966 --> 01:01:40.800 {\an1}I WAS SO OVERWHELMED. 984 01:01:40.933 --> 01:01:43.066 WHAT DO YOU SAY? 985 01:01:43.200 --> 01:01:45.666 {\an1}HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN THEIR WORLD, 986 01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:48.800 {\an1}THEN AND THERE, IS NEVER GONNA BE THE SAME? 987 01:01:48.933 --> 01:01:53.100 {\an1}IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 988 01:01:53.233 --> 01:01:55.500 {\an1}IT NEVER WILL. 989 01:01:55.633 --> 01:02:00.100 {\an1}I MEAN, DAD'S BIRTHDAY HAD ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS AGO. 990 01:02:00.300 --> 01:02:01.600 {\an1}IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 991 01:02:01.733 --> 01:02:05.766 {\an1}AND WE HAD JUST HUNG HIS FAVORITE ORNAMENT ON THE TREE. 992 01:02:05.900 --> 01:02:10.166 {\an1}ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS CURL UP IN BED AND SOB MY HEART OUT, 993 01:02:10.300 --> 01:02:12.866 {\an1}BUT I HELD IT TOGETHER FOR THE FUNERAL. 994 01:02:13.000 --> 01:02:15.700 {\an1}JOE DESERVED THAT, 995 01:02:15.833 --> 01:02:18.733 {\an1}AND THE KIDS NEEDED TO SEE THAT. 996 01:02:18.866 --> 01:02:22.033 {\an1}JOE ALWAYS STOOD PROUD FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED IN, 997 01:02:22.166 --> 01:02:24.700 {\an1}AND I WAS GOING TO HONOR THAT. 998 01:02:24.833 --> 01:02:27.700 SO I STOOD TALL. 999 01:02:27.833 --> 01:02:32.333 {\an1}PEOPLE KEPT MOVING PAST ME IN THE LINE. 1000 01:02:32.466 --> 01:02:36.533 {\an1}THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO A SAD LITTLE KID. 1001 01:02:36.666 --> 01:02:38.400 {\an1}BUT THEN THIS MAN THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW 1002 01:02:38.533 --> 01:02:42.700 {\an1}GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES SO HE COULD LOOK ME INTO THE EYES. 1003 01:02:42.833 --> 01:02:48.166 {\an1}AND HE SAID, "YOUR DAD WAS A HERO. 1004 01:02:48.300 --> 01:02:52.533 {\an1}YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE OLDER HOW GREAT HE WAS." 1005 01:02:52.666 --> 01:02:57.333 {\an1}AND I... I STARTED CRYING BECAUSE, 1006 01:02:57.466 --> 01:03:02.766 {\an1}BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO REALLY SEE ME IN THAT MOMENT. 1007 01:03:02.900 --> 01:03:04.900 [AS MICHELE PHANEUF] JOE LOVED ARLINGTON CEMETERY... 1008 01:03:05.033 --> 01:03:08.766 line:5% THE SOLEMNITY, THE SENSE OF SACRIFICE. 1009 01:03:08.900 --> 01:03:12.033 line:5% HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO BE BURIED THERE. 1010 01:03:12.166 --> 01:03:15.266 line:5% PEOPLE FROM EASTFORD, TWO WHOLE BUSLOADS, 1011 01:03:15.400 --> 01:03:17.800 {\an1}CAME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. 1012 01:03:17.933 --> 01:03:20.700 {\an1}I KEEP MY DAD'S PICTURE BY MY BED. 1013 01:03:20.833 --> 01:03:25.233 {\an1}MOM MADE US THESE SCRAPBOOKS WITH ALL THE PICTURES OF US AS A FAMILY. 1014 01:03:25.366 --> 01:03:27.033 {\an1}AND WHENEVER I HAVE A REALLY SAD DAY, 1015 01:03:27.166 --> 01:03:29.733 {\an1}I TAKE IT OFF THE SHELF TO HELP ME REMEMBER. 1016 01:03:29.866 --> 01:03:34.066 {\an1}WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HIM. WE JUST DO. 1017 01:03:34.200 --> 01:03:36.633 {\an1}AND I HOPE THAT I'VE HELPED INSTILL IN MY CHILDREN 1018 01:03:36.766 --> 01:03:38.600 {\an1}THAT HE'S STILL HERE... 1019 01:03:38.733 --> 01:03:41.100 {\an1}NOT IN THE WAY YOU WANT HIM TO BE HERE, I TELL THEM, 1020 01:03:41.233 --> 01:03:43.900 {\an1}BUT IN YOUR HEART. 1021 01:03:44.033 --> 01:03:46.433 THAT'S WHERE YOUR FATHER IS. 1022 01:03:46.566 --> 01:03:49.200 {\an1}I DEFINITELY WISH THAT HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR THINGS LIKE 1023 01:03:49.333 --> 01:03:56.033 {\an1}GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE OR MY 21st BIRTHDAY. 1024 01:03:56.166 --> 01:04:00.000 {\an1}BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S WATCHING OVER ME. 1025 01:04:00.200 --> 01:04:03.333 {\an1}I KNOW HE'D WANT ME TO BE STRONG. 1026 01:04:03.466 --> 01:04:07.000 {\an1}IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US TO KNOW THAT JOE'S OFFICERS AND FELLOW SOLDIERS 1027 01:04:07.133 --> 01:04:11.600 CALLED HIM A HERO FOR THE GOODNESS IN HIS HEART TO HELP OTHERS. 1028 01:04:11.733 --> 01:04:13.500 THEY COULD COUNT ON HIM. 1029 01:04:13.633 --> 01:04:19.433 HIS COUNTRY COULD COUNT ON HIM, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DID. 1030 01:04:19.566 --> 01:04:23.600 {\an1}THAT'S WHY MEMORIAL DAY IS SO IMPORTANT TO US, 1031 01:04:23.733 --> 01:04:26.066 {\an1}TO OUR FAMILY. 1032 01:04:26.200 --> 01:04:30.933 {\an1}IT'S A TIME FOR US TO CLOSE OUR EYES AND REMEMBER. 1033 01:04:31.066 --> 01:04:34.900 {\an1}WE REMEMBER MY DAD. 1034 01:04:35.033 --> 01:04:38.900 WE REMEMBER WHY WE HAVE THIS DAY AND HOW WE GOT HERE. 1035 01:04:39.033 --> 01:04:42.000 IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALL STOP WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, 1036 01:04:42.133 --> 01:04:45.766 EVEN IF FOR ONLY A MOMENT, 1037 01:04:45.900 --> 01:04:49.200 FOR JOE, AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN 1038 01:04:49.333 --> 01:04:53.633 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES... TO REMEMBER. 1039 01:04:55.300 --> 01:04:57.433 {\an1}TO REMEMBER. 1040 01:04:58.966 --> 01:05:03.366 [APPLAUSE] 1041 01:05:03.500 --> 01:05:05.266 {\an7}McCORMACK: OH, NOW YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN. 1042 01:05:05.400 --> 01:05:08.766 {\an7}THAT'S OK. 1043 01:05:08.900 --> 01:05:10.533 {\an7}THANK YOU. 1044 01:05:10.666 --> 01:05:12.633 line:5% I REALLY JUST WANT TO HUG YOU. 1045 01:05:12.766 --> 01:05:15.466 {\an7}[TALKING INDISTINCTLY] 1046 01:05:18.133 --> 01:05:22.066 {\an1}AND NOW, WITH A SONG DEDICATED TO THE PHANEUF FAMILY 1047 01:05:22.200 --> 01:05:24.400 AND ALL AMERICA'S GOLD STAR FAMILIES 1048 01:05:24.533 --> 01:05:26.566 {\an1}WHO LOST A LOVED ONE TO WAR, 1049 01:05:26.700 --> 01:05:29.866 {\an1}HERE IS BRIAN D'ARCY JAMES. 1050 01:05:29.966 --> 01:05:31.933 {\an1}[SONG INTRO PLAYING] 1051 01:05:34.866 --> 01:05:40.333 {\an1}♪ COME STOP YOUR CRYING, IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT ♪ 1052 01:05:40.466 --> 01:05:45.700 {\an1}♪ JUST TAKE MY HAND AND HOLD IT TIGHT ♪ 1053 01:05:45.833 --> 01:05:51.033 {\an1}♪ I WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ALL AROUND YOU ♪ 1054 01:05:51.166 --> 01:05:56.433 ♪ I WILL BE HERE, DON'T YOU CRY ♪ 1055 01:05:56.566 --> 01:06:01.800 {\an1}♪ FOR ONE SO SMALL, YOU SEEM SO STRONG ♪ 1056 01:06:01.933 --> 01:06:07.266 {\an1}♪ MY ARMS WILL HOLD YOU, KEEP YOU SAFE AND WARM ♪ 1057 01:06:07.400 --> 01:06:12.566 {\an1}♪ THIS BOND BETWEEN US CAN'T BE BROKEN ♪ 1058 01:06:12.700 --> 01:06:17.333 ♪ I WILL BE HERE, DON'T YOU CRY ♪ 1059 01:06:17.466 --> 01:06:22.566 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART ♪ 1060 01:06:22.700 --> 01:06:27.866 {\an1}♪ YES, YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART ♪ 1061 01:06:28.000 --> 01:06:36.000 {\an1}♪ FROM THIS DAY ON, NOW AND FOREVER MORE ♪ 1062 01:06:39.033 --> 01:06:42.900 {\an1}♪ DON'T LISTEN TO THEM 'CAUSE WHAT DO THEY KNOW? ♪ 1063 01:06:43.033 --> 01:06:44.300 CHORUS: ♪ WHAT DO THEY KNOW? ♪ 1064 01:06:44.433 --> 01:06:49.333 {\an1}♪ WE NEED EACH OTHER TO HAVE, TO HOLD ♪ 1065 01:06:49.466 --> 01:06:53.933 {\an1}♪ THEY'LL SEE IN TIME ♪ 1066 01:06:54.066 --> 01:06:57.400 ♪ I KNOW ♪ 1067 01:06:59.800 --> 01:07:03.366 {\an1}♪ WHEN DESTINY CALLS YOU, YOU MUST BE STRONG ♪ 1068 01:07:03.500 --> 01:07:04.933 CHORUS: ♪ YOU GOTTA BE STRONG ♪ 1069 01:07:05.066 --> 01:07:09.766 {\an1}♪ I MAY NOT BE WITH YOU, SO YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ON ♪ 1070 01:07:09.900 --> 01:07:14.300 {\an1}♪ THEY'LL SEE IN TIME ♪ 1071 01:07:14.433 --> 01:07:17.933 ♪ I KNOW ♪ 1072 01:07:18.066 --> 01:07:20.266 {\an1}♪ WE'LL SHOW THEM TOGETHER ♪ 1073 01:07:20.400 --> 01:07:24.533 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART ♪ 1074 01:07:24.666 --> 01:07:29.400 ♪ BELIEVE ME, YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART ♪ 1075 01:07:29.533 --> 01:07:30.800 CHORUS: ♪ I'LL BE THERE... ♪ 1076 01:07:30.933 --> 01:07:38.933 {\an1}♪ FROM THIS DAY ON, NOW AND FOREVER MORE ♪ 1077 01:07:41.966 --> 01:07:46.900 {\an1}♪ YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART ♪ 1078 01:07:47.033 --> 01:07:52.633 {\an1}♪ NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY ♪ 1079 01:07:52.766 --> 01:08:00.766 {\an1}♪ YOU'LL BE HERE IN MY HEART ALWAYS ♪ 1080 01:08:03.266 --> 01:08:09.733 ♪ ALWAYS ♪ 1081 01:08:09.866 --> 01:08:12.000 [APPLAUSE] 1082 01:08:19.533 --> 01:08:25.266 {\an1}FROM ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ONCE AGAIN, GENERAL COLIN POWELL. 1083 01:08:27.100 --> 01:08:30.933 {\an1}IN HONOR OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION, 1084 01:08:31.066 --> 01:08:34.833 {\an1}PLEASE RISE AT HOME, IN BODY OR IN SPIRIT, 1085 01:08:34.966 --> 01:08:40.833 {\an1}WITH HAND ON HEART OR SALUTE FOR THE PLAYING OF "TAPS." 1086 01:08:42.833 --> 01:08:45.800 {\an1}[TRUMPETER PLAYING "TAPS"] 1087 01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:45.266 {\an1}MANTEGNA: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, VINCE GILL. 1088 01:09:45.400 --> 01:09:47.533 {\an1}[SONG INTRO PLAYING] 1089 01:09:58.933 --> 01:10:06.866 {\an1}♪ I KNOW YOUR LIFE ON EARTH WAS TROUBLED ♪ 1090 01:10:07.000 --> 01:10:14.400 {\an1}♪ AND ONLY YOU COULD KNOW THE PAIN ♪ 1091 01:10:14.533 --> 01:10:21.600 {\an1}♪ YOU WEREN'T AFRAID TO FACE THE DEVIL ♪ 1092 01:10:21.733 --> 01:10:29.633 {\an1}♪ YOU WERE NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN ♪ 1093 01:10:29.766 --> 01:10:36.666 {\an1}♪ GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN ♪ 1094 01:10:36.800 --> 01:10:44.333 {\an1}♪ SON, YOUR WORK ON EARTH IS DONE ♪ 1095 01:10:44.466 --> 01:10:51.433 {\an1}♪ GO TO HEAVEN A-SHOUTIN' ♪ 1096 01:10:51.566 --> 01:10:59.400 {\an1}♪ LOVE FOR THE FATHER AND THE SON ♪ 1097 01:10:59.533 --> 01:11:06.866 {\an1}♪ OH, HOW WE CRIED THE DAY YOU LEFT US ♪ 1098 01:11:07.000 --> 01:11:14.300 {\an1}♪ WE GATHERED 'ROUND YOUR GRAVE TO GRIEVE ♪ 1099 01:11:14.433 --> 01:11:21.800 {\an1}♪ WISH I COULD SEE THE ANGELS' FACES ♪ 1100 01:11:21.933 --> 01:11:29.233 {\an1}♪ WHEN THEY HEAR YOUR SWEET VOICE SING ♪ 1101 01:11:29.366 --> 01:11:36.800 {\an1}♪ GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN ♪ 1102 01:11:36.933 --> 01:11:44.366 {\an1}♪ SON, YOUR WORK ON EARTH IS DONE ♪ 1103 01:11:44.500 --> 01:11:51.766 {\an1}♪ GO TO HEAVEN A-SHOUTIN' ♪ 1104 01:11:51.900 --> 01:11:59.466 {\an1}♪ LOVE FOR THE FATHER AND THE SON ♪ 1105 01:11:59.600 --> 01:12:06.866 {\an1}♪ YOU'RE SAFELY HOME IN THE ARMS OF JESUS ♪ 1106 01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:14.466 ♪ ETERNAL LIGHT, MY BROTHER'S FOUND ♪ 1107 01:12:14.600 --> 01:12:21.700 {\an1}♪ THE DAY WILL COME, I KNOW I'LL SEE YOU ♪ 1108 01:12:21.833 --> 01:12:29.566 {\an1}♪ THAT SACRED PLACE ON THAT HOLY GROUND ♪ 1109 01:12:29.700 --> 01:12:37.066 {\an1}♪ GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN ♪ 1110 01:12:37.200 --> 01:12:44.900 {\an1}♪ 'CAUSE, SON, YOUR WORK ON EARTH IS DONE ♪ 1111 01:12:45.033 --> 01:12:52.433 {\an1}♪ GO TO HEAVEN A-SHOUTIN' ♪ 1112 01:12:52.566 --> 01:13:00.466 {\an1}♪ LOVE FOR THE FATHER AND THE SON ♪ 1113 01:13:00.666 --> 01:13:07.800 {\an1}♪ GO TO HEAVEN A-SHOUTIN' ♪ 1114 01:13:07.933 --> 01:13:15.566 {\an1}♪ LOVE FOR THE FATHER AND THE SON ♪ 1115 01:13:25.133 --> 01:13:28.400 THANK YOU, VINCE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE. 1116 01:13:28.533 --> 01:13:30.966 GARY, I KNOW THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th 1117 01:13:31.100 --> 01:13:35.600 ARE WHAT LED YOU TO DO SO MUCH FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS, VETERANS, 1118 01:13:35.733 --> 01:13:38.900 MILITARY FAMILIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS. 1119 01:13:39.033 --> 01:13:41.566 {\an1}THANKS, JOE. 1120 01:13:41.700 --> 01:13:43.666 WE OWE IT TO ALL OUR VETERANS, 1121 01:13:43.800 --> 01:13:46.466 TO ALL THOSE WHO WEAR THE SCARS OF WAR, 1122 01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:49.800 {\an1}WHETHER THOSE SCARS ARE VISIBLE OR NOT, 1123 01:13:49.933 --> 01:13:54.533 {\an1}TO REACH OUT, TO LISTEN, TO HELP THEM HEAL, 1124 01:13:54.666 --> 01:13:57.000 {\an1}TO LEND A HELPING HAND. 1125 01:13:57.133 --> 01:13:59.933 {\an1}ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL FIND LINKS TO ORGANIZATIONS 1126 01:14:00.133 --> 01:14:03.200 {\an1}DEDICATED TO HELPING VETERANS, ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY, 1127 01:14:03.333 --> 01:14:05.433 {\an1}AND THEIR FAMILIES. 1128 01:14:05.566 --> 01:14:10.900 {\an1}IF YOU ARE A WOUNDED, ILL, OR INJURED VETERAN IN NEED OF HELP 1129 01:14:11.033 --> 01:14:14.333 {\an1}OR WANT TO GIVE HELP, PLEASE REACH OUT. 1130 01:14:14.466 --> 01:14:16.033 AND IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW 1131 01:14:16.166 --> 01:14:19.266 {\an1}IS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, 1132 01:14:19.400 --> 01:14:23.033 {\an1}FEELING ESPECIALLY ISOLATED DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, 1133 01:14:23.166 --> 01:14:25.133 {\an1}OR HAVING THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, 1134 01:14:25.266 --> 01:14:28.700 {\an1}IMMEDIATE HELP IS AVAILABLE AT THE NUMBER ON OUR SCREEN. 1135 01:14:28.833 --> 01:14:33.133 {\an1}DON'T SUFFER IN SILENCE. REACH OUT. 1136 01:14:33.266 --> 01:14:36.000 {\an1}AS ALWAYS, AT THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT," 1137 01:14:36.133 --> 01:14:40.233 {\an1}WE HONOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED SERVICES. 1138 01:14:40.366 --> 01:14:43.233 {\an1}THIS YEAR, GENERAL MARK A. MILLEY, 1139 01:14:43.366 --> 01:14:46.200 {\an1}THE 20th CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 1140 01:14:46.333 --> 01:14:48.266 {\an1}AND THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 1141 01:14:48.400 --> 01:14:54.200 {\an1}HAVE PREPARED THIS SALUTE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE OR HAVE SERVED. 1142 01:14:54.333 --> 01:14:56.166 FROM THE 9/11 MEMORIAL AT THE PENTAGON, 1143 01:14:56.300 --> 01:14:58.666 {\an1}HERE ARE THE CHIEFS OF THE MILITARY SERVICES, 1144 01:14:58.800 --> 01:15:01.000 JOINED BY MAESTRO JACK EVERLY, 1145 01:15:01.133 --> 01:15:03.266 THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 1146 01:15:03.400 --> 01:15:06.200 AND MILITARY CHORUSES AND SERVICE COLOR TEAMS 1147 01:15:06.333 --> 01:15:09.300 FOR THE "ARMED FORCES MEDLEY." 1148 01:15:09.433 --> 01:15:11.333 {\an1}[ORCHESTRA PLAYING] 1149 01:15:17.066 --> 01:15:19.100 {\an1}THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD! 1150 01:15:19.233 --> 01:15:21.100 {\an7}CHORUS: ♪ WE'RE ALWAYS READY FOR THE CALL ♪ 1151 01:15:21.233 --> 01:15:24.233 {\an7}♪ WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN THEE ♪ 1152 01:15:24.366 --> 01:15:28.133 {\an7}♪ THROUGH SURF AND STORM AND HOWLING GALE ♪ 1153 01:15:28.266 --> 01:15:32.366 {\an7}♪ HIGH SHALL OUR PURPOSE BE ♪ 1154 01:15:32.500 --> 01:15:36.366 {\an7}♪ SEMPER PARATUS IS OUR GUIDE ♪ 1155 01:15:36.500 --> 01:15:39.700 {\an7}♪ OUR FAME, OUR GLORY, TOO ♪ 1156 01:15:39.833 --> 01:15:43.900 {\an7}♪ TO FIGHT TO SAVE OR FIGHT AND DIE ♪ 1157 01:15:44.033 --> 01:15:48.666 {\an7}♪ AYE! COAST GUARD, WE ARE FOR YOU! ♪ 1158 01:15:48.800 --> 01:15:51.833 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE! 1159 01:15:56.666 --> 01:16:00.466 line:5% ♪ OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER ♪ 1160 01:16:00.666 --> 01:16:04.500 line:5% ♪ CLIMBING HIGH INTO THE SUN ♪ 1161 01:16:04.633 --> 01:16:08.100 line:5% ♪ HERE THEY COME ZOOMING TO MEET OUR THUNDER ♪ 1162 01:16:08.233 --> 01:16:10.566 {\an7}♪ AT 'EM NOW, GIVE 'EM THE GUN ♪ 1163 01:16:10.700 --> 01:16:12.200 line:5% ♪ GIVE 'EM THE GUN! ♪ 1164 01:16:12.333 --> 01:16:16.000 line:5% ♪ DOWN WE DIVE SPOUTING OUR FLAME FROM UNDER ♪ 1165 01:16:16.133 --> 01:16:19.233 line:5% ♪ OFF WITH ONE HELLUVA ROAR ♪ 1166 01:16:19.366 --> 01:16:23.066 {\an7}♪ WE LIVE IN FAME OR GO DOWN IN FLAME ♪ 1167 01:16:23.200 --> 01:16:27.600 {\an7}♪ HEY! NOTHING'LL STOP THE U.S. AIR FORCE ♪ 1168 01:16:27.733 --> 01:16:31.266 {\an1}UNITED STATES NAVY! 1169 01:16:31.400 --> 01:16:35.066 {\an7}♪ ANCHORS AWEIGH, MY BOYS ♪ 1170 01:16:35.200 --> 01:16:38.566 {\an7}♪ ANCHORS AWEIGH ♪ 1171 01:16:38.700 --> 01:16:41.933 {\an7}♪ FAREWELL TO FOREIGN SHORES ♪ 1172 01:16:42.066 --> 01:16:45.933 {\an7}♪ WE SAIL AT BREAK OF DAY, OF DAY-AY ♪ 1173 01:16:46.066 --> 01:16:53.700 {\an7}♪ THROUGH OUR LAST NIGHT ASHORE, DRINK TO THE FOAM ♪ 1174 01:16:53.833 --> 01:16:57.333 {\an7}♪ UNTIL WE MEET ONCE MORE ♪ 1175 01:16:57.466 --> 01:17:01.633 {\an7}♪ HERE'S WISHING YOU A HAPPY VOYAGE HOME ♪ 1176 01:17:01.766 --> 01:17:04.833 UNITED STATES MARINES! 1177 01:17:08.900 --> 01:17:16.666 {\an7}♪ FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI ♪ 1178 01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:23.566 {\an7}♪ WE FIGHT OUR COUNTRY'S BATTLES IN THE AIR, ON LAND, AND SEA ♪ 1179 01:17:23.700 --> 01:17:27.500 {\an7}♪ FIRST TO FIGHT FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM ♪ 1180 01:17:27.633 --> 01:17:31.233 {\an7}♪ AND TO KEEP OUR HONOR CLEAN ♪ 1181 01:17:31.366 --> 01:17:39.366 {\an7}♪ WE ARE PROUD TO CLAIM THE TITLE OF UNITED STATES MARINE ♪ 1182 01:17:40.466 --> 01:17:43.366 {\an1}UNITED STATES ARMY! 1183 01:17:46.933 --> 01:17:50.766 {\an7}♪ FIRST TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT AND TO BUILD THE NATION'S MIGHT ♪ 1184 01:17:50.900 --> 01:17:54.400 {\an7}♪ AND THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG ♪ 1185 01:17:54.533 --> 01:17:58.400 {\an7}♪ PROUD OF ALL WE HAVE DONE, FIGHTING TILL THE BATTLE'S WON ♪ 1186 01:17:58.533 --> 01:18:02.200 {\an7}♪ AND THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG ♪ 1187 01:18:02.333 --> 01:18:06.533 {\an7}♪ THEN IT'S HI! HI! HEY!, THE ARMY'S ON ITS WAY ♪ 1188 01:18:06.666 --> 01:18:08.533 {\an7}♪ COUNT OFF THE CADENCE LOUD AND STRONG ♪ 1189 01:18:08.666 --> 01:18:10.000 line:5% ♪ 2, 3! ♪ 1190 01:18:10.133 --> 01:18:13.433 {\an7}♪ FOR WHERE'ER WE GO, YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW ♪ 1191 01:18:13.566 --> 01:18:20.233 {\an7}♪ THAT THE ARMY GOES ROLLING ALONG, ROLLING ALONG ♪ 1192 01:18:24.466 --> 01:18:28.766 {\an1}IT IS OUR HONOR TO INTRODUCE THE DISTINGUISHED CHAIRMAN 1193 01:18:28.900 --> 01:18:31.266 {\an1}OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 1194 01:18:31.400 --> 01:18:36.333 {\an1}LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GENERAL MARK A. MILLEY. 1195 01:18:37.800 --> 01:18:41.433 {\an1}THIS MEMORIAL DAY, WE PAUSE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE 1196 01:18:41.566 --> 01:18:44.400 {\an1}THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION. 1197 01:18:44.533 --> 01:18:46.300 WE REMEMBER THEIR COURAGE, 1198 01:18:46.433 --> 01:18:48.900 WE REMEMBER THEIR SELFLESS SERVICE, 1199 01:18:49.033 --> 01:18:54.033 {\an1}WE REMEMBER HOW THEY LIVED AND THE VALUES THEY EMBODIED. 1200 01:18:54.166 --> 01:18:58.366 {\an1}THIS YEAR MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE THAT CLOUDLESS AUTUMN MORNING 1201 01:18:58.500 --> 01:19:02.766 {\an1}IN SEPTEMBER THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. 1202 01:19:02.900 --> 01:19:07.100 {\an1}HERE AT THE PENTAGON, THOSE IN UNIFORM AND THEIR CIVILIAN COLLEAGUES 1203 01:19:07.233 --> 01:19:11.966 {\an1}SETTLED INTO THE RHYTHMS AND ROUTINES OF A NORMAL TUESDAY MORNING. 1204 01:19:12.100 --> 01:19:16.466 {\an1}36 MINUTES AFTER THE SECOND PLANE STRUCK THE TWIN TOWERS 1205 01:19:16.600 --> 01:19:20.433 IN NEW YORK CITY, AT 9:37 A.M., 1206 01:19:20.566 --> 01:19:26.366 {\an1}184 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WERE MURDERED 1207 01:19:26.500 --> 01:19:31.733 {\an1}IN A VIOLENT IMPACT AND FIERY BLAST RIGHT BEHIND WHERE I'M STANDING NOW. 1208 01:19:31.866 --> 01:19:36.700 {\an1}26 MINUTES LATER, A FOURTH PLANE CRASHED INTO AN OPEN FIELD 1209 01:19:36.833 --> 01:19:39.366 {\an1}IN SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. 1210 01:19:39.500 --> 01:19:45.300 {\an1}THE INNOCENT RANGED IN AGE FROM 3-TO 71 YEARS-OLD. 1211 01:19:45.433 --> 01:19:49.233 {\an1}THOSE WHO PERISHED HERE, ALONG WITH ALMOST 3,000 MORE 1212 01:19:49.366 --> 01:19:52.266 {\an1}IN NEW YORK CITY AND SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1213 01:19:52.400 --> 01:19:54.500 {\an1}WERE KILLED FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED, 1214 01:19:54.633 --> 01:19:56.500 {\an1}FOR WHAT THEY REPRESENTED, 1215 01:19:56.633 --> 01:19:59.400 {\an1}JUST FOR BEING AMERICANS. 1216 01:19:59.533 --> 01:20:01.933 {\an1}SINCE THAT DARK DAY IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, 1217 01:20:02.066 --> 01:20:05.466 {\an1}OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAVE FOUGHT TIRELESSLY 1218 01:20:05.600 --> 01:20:09.600 {\an1}TO DEFEAT TERRORISTS FOR ALMOST TWO CONSECUTIVE DECADES. 1219 01:20:09.733 --> 01:20:15.600 SINCE 9/11, 5,475 OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS 1220 01:20:15.733 --> 01:20:18.366 WHO WEAR THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION 1221 01:20:18.500 --> 01:20:21.066 {\an1}HAVE GIVEN THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION 1222 01:20:21.200 --> 01:20:26.666 {\an1}TO ENSURE THAT THIS REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND REMAINS UNBREAKABLE. 1223 01:20:26.800 --> 01:20:33.566 {\an1}THEY PAID IN BLOOD FOR THE FREEDOMS WE ALL EXERCISE EACH AND EVERY DAY. 1224 01:20:33.700 --> 01:20:36.933 {\an1}TODAY, WE HONOR THE EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE 1225 01:20:37.066 --> 01:20:40.100 {\an1}OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, 1226 01:20:40.233 --> 01:20:43.366 {\an1}ESPECIALLY OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES. 1227 01:20:43.500 --> 01:20:48.300 {\an1}EACH INDIVIDUAL LOSS BRINGS AN ABSENCE THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED. 1228 01:20:48.433 --> 01:20:54.066 {\an1}EACH LOSS OF LIFE IS ETERNAL. THE PAIN NEVER FULLY HEALS. 1229 01:20:54.200 --> 01:20:56.600 {\an1}EVERY HUSBAND OR WIFE, MOTHER OR FATHER, 1230 01:20:56.733 --> 01:21:00.833 {\an1}BROTHER OR SISTER, SON OR DAUGHTER TAKEN TOO SOON 1231 01:21:01.033 --> 01:21:05.500 {\an1}IS A GRIEF ONLY THEIR LOVED ONES CAN FULLY COMPREHEND. 1232 01:21:05.633 --> 01:21:11.166 {\an1}FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN, EVERY DAY IS MEMORIAL DAY. 1233 01:21:11.300 --> 01:21:14.866 AND WE THE LIVING SHOULD ALWAYS HONOR THEM, 1234 01:21:15.000 --> 01:21:17.800 {\an1}ALWAYS HONOR THEIR FAMILIES NOT JUST ON MEMORIAL DAY, 1235 01:21:17.933 --> 01:21:19.500 BUT EVERY DAY, 1236 01:21:19.633 --> 01:21:22.066 {\an1}HONOR WHAT THEY STOOD FOR AND WHY THEY DIED, 1237 01:21:22.200 --> 01:21:27.300 {\an1}TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE IDEA THAT IS AMERICA. 1238 01:21:27.433 --> 01:21:31.833 {\an1}ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AND ALL OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, 1239 01:21:31.966 --> 01:21:35.400 {\an1}THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED IT ALL 1240 01:21:35.533 --> 01:21:40.000 {\an1}ON THE ALTAR OF FREEDOM AND GIVEN THEIR TOMORROWS FOR OUR TODAYS. 1241 01:21:40.133 --> 01:21:43.733 {\an1}MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, 1242 01:21:43.866 --> 01:21:46.033 {\an1}AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA. 1243 01:21:47.566 --> 01:21:51.000 {\an1}THANK YOU, GENERAL MILLEY, AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, 1244 01:21:51.133 --> 01:21:55.200 {\an1}FOR JOINING US FOR THIS, THE 32nd ANNUAL 1245 01:21:55.333 --> 01:21:57.366 {\an1}"NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT." 1246 01:21:57.500 --> 01:22:00.266 {\an1}AND BOTH JOE AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1247 01:22:00.466 --> 01:22:04.366 {\an1}BEING WITH YOU BACK IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL NEXT YEAR. 1248 01:22:04.500 --> 01:22:09.100 {\an1}IF THERE IS ONE WORD THAT DEFINES THIS CONCERT AND MEMORIAL DAY ITSELF, 1249 01:22:09.233 --> 01:22:11.366 IT IS THE WORD "REMEMBER." 1250 01:22:11.500 --> 01:22:14.800 {\an1}AND ON THIS DAY, WE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HOLD IN OUR HEARTS 1251 01:22:14.933 --> 01:22:17.433 {\an1}WHAT TRULY MATTERS AND TO FOCUS NOT ON WHAT 1252 01:22:17.566 --> 01:22:23.233 {\an1}MAY TEMPORARILY DIVIDE US BUT ON WHAT PERMANENTLY UNITES US... 1253 01:22:23.366 --> 01:22:26.866 {\an1}OUR CHERISHED AMERICAN VALUES, OUR LOVE OF COUNTRY, 1254 01:22:27.000 --> 01:22:31.033 {\an1}AND OF OUR DESIRE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE. 1255 01:22:31.166 --> 01:22:34.700 {\an1}AND NOW, WITH A SONG THAT SPEAKS TO THAT HOPE, 1256 01:22:34.833 --> 01:22:39.800 ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS GLADYS KNIGHT. 1257 01:22:39.933 --> 01:22:47.266 {\an1}♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 1258 01:22:47.400 --> 01:22:55.066 {\an1}♪ AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME ♪ 1259 01:22:55.200 --> 01:23:01.400 {\an1}♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 1260 01:23:01.533 --> 01:23:07.600 {\an1}♪ THE PEACE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE ♪ 1261 01:23:07.733 --> 01:23:15.733 {\an1}♪ WITH GOD AS OUR FATHER ♪ 1262 01:23:16.033 --> 01:23:23.266 {\an1}♪ BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE WE ♪ 1263 01:23:23.400 --> 01:23:31.400 {\an1}♪ LET ME WALK WITH MY BROTHERS IN PERFECT HARMONY ♪ 1264 01:23:36.866 --> 01:23:42.766 CHORUS: ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 1265 01:23:42.900 --> 01:23:47.333 {\an1}♪ AND LET IT BEGIN WITH ME ♪ 1266 01:23:47.466 --> 01:23:50.633 ♪ OOOH ♪ 1267 01:23:50.766 --> 01:23:56.966 {\an1}♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 1268 01:23:57.100 --> 01:24:03.433 ♪ THE PEACE THAT WAS MEANT TO BE ♪ 1269 01:24:03.566 --> 01:24:07.166 {\an1}KNIGHT: ♪ I WANT TO TAKE ♪ ♪ EACH MOMENT ♪ 1270 01:24:07.300 --> 01:24:09.500 {\an1}♪ EACH MOMENT ♪ 1271 01:24:09.633 --> 01:24:12.233 {\an1}♪ AND LIVE EACH MOMENT ♪ 1272 01:24:12.366 --> 01:24:14.133 ♪ IN PEACE ETERNALLY ♪ 1273 01:24:14.266 --> 01:24:21.366 {\an1}♪ IN PEACE ETERNALLY ♪ 1274 01:24:21.500 --> 01:24:27.800 line:5% ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH ♪ 1275 01:24:27.933 --> 01:24:34.000 {\an7}♪ AND LET IT BEGIN ♪ 1276 01:24:34.133 --> 01:24:39.466 line:5% ♪ WITH ME ♪ 1277 01:24:39.600 --> 01:24:47.600 line:5% ♪ LET THERE BE PEACE ♪ 1278 01:24:53.633 --> 01:24:55.733 {\an7}[PLAYING "GOD BLESS AMERICA"] 1279 01:25:06.900 --> 01:25:14.900 {\an7}CHORUS: ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ 1280 01:25:17.033 --> 01:25:22.533 {\an1}♪ STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER ♪ 1281 01:25:22.666 --> 01:25:27.200 {\an7}♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE... ♪ 1282 01:25:27.333 --> 01:25:28.766 ANNOUNCER: TO HONOR THE SACRIFICE 1283 01:25:28.900 --> 01:25:30.576 {\an1}OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE 1284 01:25:30.600 --> 01:25:31.900 {\an1}AND THEIR FAMILIES, 1285 01:25:32.033 --> 01:25:33.266 {\an1}AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 1286 01:25:33.400 --> 01:25:35.000 THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT," 1287 01:25:35.133 --> 01:25:40.000 {\an1}PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT PBS.ORG/MEMORIALCONCERT 1288 01:25:40.133 --> 01:25:41.833 {\an1}OR JOIN US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. 1289 01:25:41.965 --> 01:25:44.645 {\an7}ANNOUNCER: THE "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY...