Description
NOTE: The program opens with a Movietone Newsreel from 1942, narrated by the famous newsman, Lowell Thomas, reporting on the December 7, 1941 deadly attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, as well as how well the Navy has done since reviving so many ships that were sunk in the attack.
GUEST: JIM MAUER, Commander of the Hudson American Legion chapter, talking about the founding of the national American Legion, and activities of the local chapter.
GUEST: AL VAN KIRK, a veteran of the Viet Nam War openly discusses his time in 'Nam, as well as how the troops reacted to the protests over the war back home while they were risking their lives.
TOM VINCE tells of the WWI monument on the southwest quadrant of the Hudson green and some of the Hudsonites listed on the marker who served in The Great War.
