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My name is Mike Rowe
and this is my office.

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Thanks, Martha.

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Or one of them anyway.

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For the last 20 years,

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I've spent a lot of time
in greasy spoons like this one,

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drinking bottomless cups
of coffee,

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soaking up the local color,

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and writing short stories
about the people I've met,

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while filming
a TV show called "Dirty Jobs."

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If you saw "Dirty Jobs,"

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you know that it took me
to all 50 states,

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and allowed me to work
alongside hundreds

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of hard working Americans.

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Men and women
who do the kinds of jobs

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that make civilized life
possible for the rest of us.

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Well, this movie is
not about those Americans,

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at least not entirely.

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This movie is
about some other Americans

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I've been writing about lately.

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Americans I've never met
but always admired,

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Americans who risked everything

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to build the country
we call home.

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-Shouldn't you be at work, Tony?
-Technically.

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-Forget about that
$20 you owe me.

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-Oh, thanks.
You're real generous.

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-I'm a giver.

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Barb, how are you?
-How was everything?

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-Oh, as always,

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I'd give it two,
maybe two and a half stars.

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Oh, on a scale of three.

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-Oh, I'm glad you're happy.

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-I'm always happy.
-Just come back.

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-I always come back.

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Keep the change.
-Oh, thank you.

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-Dave.
Behave yourself, brother.

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Full disclosure.

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I'm not an expert
or a historian.

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I'm just the son
of a social studies teacher

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with an appreciation for the
people who built our country.

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So I thought it might be fun
to share a few of the stories

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I've written over the years

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about some of the
most impressive Americans

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I've ever read about.

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And along the way,
I thought I'd take a trip

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to our nation's capital,

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not too far from
where I grew up,

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to reacquaint myself with
the memorials and the monuments

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that have been built to honor
the people in the stories

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you're about to hear.

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In other words,
it's a field trip,

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and I'm glad you're along
for the ride.

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Assuming the old truck makes it.

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[ Engine sputters ]

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[ Engine stops ]

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It's going to be fine.

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[ Engine starts ]

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Just a quick word about these
stories before we dive in --

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They're actually short mysteries

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written in the style
of an old radio program

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I used to love called
"The Rest of the Story"

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by Paul Harvey.

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With Paul Harvey's mysteries,
you got to hear a story

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that you had never heard
before about somebody famous

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that you already know.

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Your job as a listener
was to try

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and figure out who
he was talking about

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before he got to the end
of the mystery.

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These stories are
a lot like that, too.

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Each one starts with me on
the stage in an empty theater

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and quickly turns into something
altogether different.

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Probably easiest just to show
you what I'm talking about,

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but do me a favor.

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If you figure
out who it is I'm talking about

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before we get to the end,
don't yell out the answer.

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Studies show that people
sitting around you hate that.

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Anyway, this is
"Something to Stand For."

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A US merchant ship was missing,

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21 crewmen were
being held hostage,

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and now the Libyan consulate
had been attacked

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by Islamic terrorists.

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The president was a patient man,

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but his patience
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There was a sharp knock
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The president looked up
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as two men entered
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"Mr. President,"
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"You need to
see this right away."

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The Secretary of State
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on the president's desk.

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The commander-in-chief read
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"Is this confirmed?
Are we sure?"

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"It is,"
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"We found them.
They're dug in, but vulnerable.

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We'll need O'Bannon
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and we'll need to move fast."

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The Attorney General objected,
"Mr. President,

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what the Secretary is proposing
is completely unconstitutional."

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The president looked at his AG

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with a mix of curiosity
and exasperation.

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"What would you have me do?
Keep negotiating?

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Ask them nicely to
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and killing our people?'"

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"But, sir," said the AG,

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"The terrorists are now
on foreign soil.

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You have
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This would be an act of war."

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Now it was the Secretary
of State who objected.

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"We're already at war
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who doesn't have the decency
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And then to the president,
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"Mr. President, you are
absolutely within your rights.

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The terrorists have made
their bed.

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It's time they were made
to lie in it."

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"No," said the Attorney General,

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"He's a president,
not a dictator.

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It's the Congress
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Have you not read
the Constitution?"

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The Secretary of State bristled,

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"Yeah, I've read
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as his Attorney General
and his Secretary of State

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continued to bicker,
the President considered

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the portraits
of George Washington

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hanging on the wall
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Congress had offered him
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once upon a time.

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The chance to be a king

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after his final term
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And Washington had refused.

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How, then,
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fight state-sponsored terrorism
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How would he engage with Islamic
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who followed no rules,

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and attacked our people
overseas?

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"Gentlemen. Enough.

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James, are you absolutely
certain of their location?"

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"Yes, sir.
They're dug in on the coast.

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It's a fortress, like I said.

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Well-defended but vulnerable.
O'Bannon's been briefed.

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His team is ready.

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Just sign the order

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and we'll put the terrorists
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"But, sir," said the AG,
"What about the Congress?"

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"Levi.

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You're a good man
and a fine attorney general.

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But you're dismissed."

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"But, sir --"
"You can let yourself out."

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The AG huffed
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slamming the door so hard
it caused the portrait

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of Washington
to shudder on the wall.

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The President glanced again
at the face of Washington

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and saw what he always saw,
staring back at him.

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Resolve.

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Turning back
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he asked one more question.

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"James.
How confident is O'Bannon?"

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"Supremely confident, sir."

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"And how large is his team?"

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"Eight men, sir."

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"So few," said the President.

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"All handpicked,"
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"All trained for land
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They are the best of the best."

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The President considered
the situation one more time.

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A US merchant ship was missing,

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21 crewmen were
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and the Libyan consulate
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Enough was enough.

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"Do it, James. Send in O'Bannon.

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Do it fast.
Do it right and keep it quiet."

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And with that,

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the president
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launched one of the most famous
top secret operations

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in naval history.

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It was a controversial decision,
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the President's actions
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just as his Secretary of State
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and his Secretary of State
would know.

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He had not only read
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he had written it not
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had written the Declaration
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Few people today remember
Levi Lincoln,

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the Attorney General
who opposed the covert mission.

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But you might recall
President Thomas Jefferson

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and his Secretary of State,
James Madison.

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The two elected officials

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who finally decided to stop
negotiating with terrorists

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and start fighting back.

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Which is precisely what
they did.

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With a little help
from an intrepid lieutenant

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named Presley O'Bannon

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and the small team
of elite fighters

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under his command.

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Eight handpicked warriors

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who prevailed in their first
engagement on foreign soil,

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leading an assault force across
a sprawling African desert

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to the shores of Tripoli,

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where they breached
the walls of a mighty fortress

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and killed a gang
of Islamic terrorists

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called the Barbary pirates.

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So began America's
war on terror,

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with a covert action
made possible by a small group

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of highly-trained men

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who took an oath to fight
for right and freedom,

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and to keep their honor clean.

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The same group
that's still at it today.

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The few. The proud.

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The Marines.

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Like 99%
of my fellow Americans,

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I've never served
in the U.S. military.

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The only uniform
I've ever worn was the one

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the Boy Scouts insist
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And that was a long time ago.

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But when it comes to
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I know that the Marines
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the tip of the spear.

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And I'm grateful for all
they've done on my behalf

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over the last two
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in some of the most dangerous
places on the face of the earth.

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Places like Iwo Jima,

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where so much bravery
was on display

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at the end of
the Second World War.

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It simply boggles the mind.

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That bravery combined with
a fierce determination

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to win the day,

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inspired a sculpture
like no other.

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Every day,
the American flag is raised

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on the Marine Corps Memorial,

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in honor
and in memory of the Marines

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who have given their lives
to their country since 1775.

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The honor of raising the flag

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goes to
Captain Jonathan Kuniholm.

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-I was injured
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in a blast that also killed
Lance Corporal Brian Parrello.

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And my own Marines --

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Strong, Weaver,
Bolling, and Lynn

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were killed on
January 26, 2005,

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just three weeks later.

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This is the Iwo Jima memorial,

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but all the other conflicts
are listed

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around the the base
of the monument.

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This monument is for
every marine that's given

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his or her life
for the Marine Corps.

263
00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:13,562
-I mean,
it's kind of beautiful.

264
00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:15,898
-It's moving.

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00:14:16,023 --> 00:14:19,860
Without question.

266
00:14:19,985 --> 00:14:22,988
-On Iwo Jima, there was so much
courage under fire,

267
00:14:23,113 --> 00:14:24,740
it might seem strange
to tell you

268
00:14:24,865 --> 00:14:26,783
the true story of a marine

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who deserted his post
before the battle even began.

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00:14:31,247 --> 00:14:35,208
A marine who was also a liar
and a forger.

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00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:38,378
Happily, the commander
didn't know that.

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00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:43,300
On the downside, this marine was
also a deserter and a stowaway,

273
00:14:43,425 --> 00:14:47,262
both of which the commander
understood all too well.

274
00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:48,930
"Now, let me get this straight,
son.

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You left your unit in Hawaii
a month ago.

276
00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:55,478
Just walked off base
without a word to anybody."

277
00:14:55,603 --> 00:14:58,232
"Yes, sir."
"What's your full name?"

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"Private First Class
Jack Lucas."

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00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,485
"Wrong," the commander snapped.

280
00:15:02,612 --> 00:15:04,195
"You're not a PFC anymore.

281
00:15:04,322 --> 00:15:06,865
You're commanding officer
busted you back to private

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00:15:06,990 --> 00:15:08,867
right before he put
a bounty on your head.

283
00:15:08,992 --> 00:15:10,995
You're a deserter, son.

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A demoted deserter,

285
00:15:12,830 --> 00:15:16,625
and you are in a world
of trouble."

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00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,543
The young man looked
straight ahead

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00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:21,130
as the commander took
a final drag off his cigarette

288
00:15:21,255 --> 00:15:22,338
and stubbed it out.

289
00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:23,465
"And now you're telling me

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00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,175
you've stowed away on my ship

291
00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:28,720
because you want to fight
on Iwo Jima?"

292
00:15:28,845 --> 00:15:31,598
"Yes, sir."

293
00:15:31,723 --> 00:15:38,855
"And why in the hell
would you want to do that?"

294
00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:42,693
"I didn't join the Marines to
push paper in a supply depot.

295
00:15:42,818 --> 00:15:46,155
Sir, I've been riding
a desk for three years.

296
00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,658
You can punish me
if that's what you got to do.

297
00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:51,868
But let me fight first."

298
00:15:54,245 --> 00:15:59,042
The commander could
have sent this demoted deserter

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straight to the brig, and then
back to the States for a trial,

300
00:16:02,797 --> 00:16:07,133
a dishonorable discharge
and some mandatory prison time.

301
00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:09,845
But he knew that Charlie Company
would need all the help

302
00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:13,682
they could get on Iwo Jima,
and whatever else he was,

303
00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:18,937
the marine standing before him
didn't seem like a coward.

304
00:16:19,062 --> 00:16:21,607
"We landed five days",
the commander said.

305
00:16:21,732 --> 00:16:25,860
"You want a fight?
I'll take you to a fight.

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00:16:25,985 --> 00:16:27,653
Dismissed."

307
00:16:29,365 --> 00:16:32,158
Five days later,
the expeditionary force was

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00:16:32,283 --> 00:16:35,495
on the island,
making their way inland,

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00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:39,040
where the enemy was hunkered
down in a vast warren of tunnels

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00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:41,168
and reinforced bunkers.

311
00:16:41,293 --> 00:16:43,837
Jack and three other riflemen

312
00:16:43,962 --> 00:16:46,173
were picking their way
down a steep ravine

313
00:16:46,298 --> 00:16:49,133
when 11 Japanese soldiers
popped up

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00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:52,137
from a nearby trench
and opened fire,

315
00:16:52,262 --> 00:16:58,602
sending the Marines diving
for cover, 11 against four.

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00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:00,145
Their odds were horrible,

317
00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:02,313
but the Marines fought
with everything they had,

318
00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:06,068
and soon,
it was ten against four.

319
00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:08,945
And then nine against four,

320
00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:12,073
and then eight against four.

321
00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:15,452
But then two hand grenades arced
through the air

322
00:17:15,577 --> 00:17:20,540
and landed in the soft volcanic
ash just a few yards from Jack

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00:17:20,665 --> 00:17:24,252
and right in the midst
of his fellow Marines.

324
00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:26,088
Jack didn't hesitate.

325
00:17:26,213 --> 00:17:29,800
He dove over the men
and onto the first grenade,

326
00:17:29,925 --> 00:17:32,468
smothering it under his body.

327
00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:36,013
The second grenade
he grabbed with his free hand

328
00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:38,392
and held it tightly
to his chest,

329
00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:42,353
shielding the riflemen
as best he could.

330
00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:44,272
A moment later,

331
00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:47,317
the first explosion lifted Jack
off the ground,

332
00:17:47,442 --> 00:17:51,822
sending bits of flesh
and uniform flying into the air.

333
00:17:51,947 --> 00:17:56,535
The second explosion
never happened.

334
00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:59,370
Then the Japanese soldiers
charged

335
00:17:59,497 --> 00:18:01,707
and the remaining
three Marines killed them all,

336
00:18:01,832 --> 00:18:05,168
in a furious hail
of machine gunfire.

337
00:18:05,293 --> 00:18:12,008
Jack was left for dead, which by
all appearances he clearly was.

338
00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:15,678
But of course,
appearances can be deceiving.

339
00:18:15,803 --> 00:18:18,515
In fact,
it was Jack's appearance

340
00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,268
that got him in the Corps
in the first place.

341
00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:25,230
You see, when Jack enlisted
three and a half years earlier,

342
00:18:25,355 --> 00:18:28,192
he appeared
to be the perfect recruit.

343
00:18:28,317 --> 00:18:30,943
180 pounds of solid muscle

344
00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:35,740
with a burning desire to avenge
the outrage of Pearl Harbor.

345
00:18:35,865 --> 00:18:40,412
He was only 17 at the time,
a year below the minimum age,

346
00:18:40,537 --> 00:18:43,123
but he had
his mother's signature

347
00:18:43,248 --> 00:18:46,335
on the mandatory
enlistment waiver,

348
00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:49,880
so the Marines took him.

349
00:18:50,005 --> 00:18:52,090
Only problem was,

350
00:18:52,215 --> 00:18:55,510
Jack had forged
his mother's signature,

351
00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:57,762
and when the truth came out,

352
00:18:57,888 --> 00:19:00,682
he was given the choice of
either going back home

353
00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:05,437
or riding a desk
for the next four years.

354
00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:10,442
Maybe, as he lay there
in a pool of his own blood,

355
00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:15,488
7,000 miles from home.
Jack might have reconsidered

356
00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:20,160
the cost of his
various insubordinations.

357
00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:23,288
Maybe. But I doubt it.

358
00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:26,417
Because there was something
else about Jack's resolve

359
00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,835
worth noting.

360
00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:34,340
You see, Jack's mom had refused
to sign that enlistment waiver

361
00:19:34,465 --> 00:19:39,178
because she knew the truth
about her son.

362
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:44,977
She knew that Jack was not 17
when he enlisted.

363
00:19:45,102 --> 00:19:48,647
Nor was he 16,
nor was he 15

364
00:19:48,772 --> 00:19:52,150
when the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor.

365
00:19:52,275 --> 00:19:56,238
Jack Lucas was
a 13-year-old boy,

366
00:19:56,363 --> 00:20:02,035
a boy who decided right then and
there to fight for his country.

367
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,998
That's why he forged
his mother's name.

368
00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:10,252
That's why he lied
to his superiors,

369
00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:16,425
deserted his post, and
stowed away on a transport ship.

370
00:20:16,550 --> 00:20:20,137
That's why, at 14 years of age,

371
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:25,767
he became the youngest marine
to ever wear the uniform.

372
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:29,813
That's why,
when he finally turned 17,

373
00:20:29,938 --> 00:20:32,773
Jack Lucas became
the youngest marine

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00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:38,072
since the Civil War
to receive the Medal of Honor.

375
00:20:38,197 --> 00:20:42,242
And that's also why,
on his 80th birthday,

376
00:20:42,367 --> 00:20:46,037
Jack Lucas looked back
on his illustrious career

377
00:20:46,162 --> 00:20:48,957
in a way that
few survivors can --

378
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:53,170
as the only member of
the United States Armed Forces

379
00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:57,382
to ever be recognized
for bravery and valor above

380
00:20:57,507 --> 00:20:59,677
and beyond the call of duty

381
00:20:59,802 --> 00:21:03,638
while fighting
as a demoted deserter.

382
00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:08,852
♪♪

383
00:21:13,607 --> 00:21:15,650
♪♪

384
00:21:18,778 --> 00:21:20,780
Jack Lucas was 17 years old

385
00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:22,865
when he distinguished
himself in battle.

386
00:21:22,992 --> 00:21:25,827
When I was 17 years old, I
was working in a movie theater,

387
00:21:25,952 --> 00:21:28,247
tearing tickets
and selling popcorn.

388
00:21:28,538 --> 00:21:30,165
I wanted to write about Jack

389
00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,292
because it's just hard
to believe

390
00:21:32,417 --> 00:21:34,878
that a teenager could do
what he did.

391
00:21:35,003 --> 00:21:40,008
Then again, it's hard to believe
an adult could do what he did.

392
00:21:44,428 --> 00:21:46,765
It's impossible to know
how you'd react

393
00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:49,058
in a battle
like the one on Iwo Jima.

394
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:51,603
But when you visit
the World War II memorial,

395
00:21:51,728 --> 00:21:53,688
you can't help but wonder,

396
00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,525
especially when you stand
before the wall of stars

397
00:21:56,650 --> 00:22:01,447
and consider the valor and
sacrifice of 405,000 Americans

398
00:22:01,572 --> 00:22:03,448
who didn't make it home.

399
00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:07,327
Today, people come here from
all over to pay their respects.

400
00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:10,705
People like Andy Michael, whose
daughter brought him here today.

401
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:11,957
When were you in the service?

402
00:22:12,082 --> 00:22:13,292
Where were you?

403
00:22:13,417 --> 00:22:15,835
-Uh, '51 to '55.

404
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:20,257
I was in Korea from
March of '52 to January of '53.

405
00:22:20,382 --> 00:22:22,550
-Well, my dad was
there that same exact time.

406
00:22:22,675 --> 00:22:25,387
He was here in '53 and '54.
-Small world.

407
00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:26,513
-You weren't in the reservoir.

408
00:22:26,638 --> 00:22:28,390
You weren't in Chosin, were you?

409
00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:29,975
-Oh, hell no.
I didn't want to go there.

410
00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:31,768
-Cold, man.

411
00:22:31,893 --> 00:22:33,437
-No, guys,
they were the heroes.

412
00:22:33,562 --> 00:22:35,813
-What does it mean to be here?

413
00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:38,858
To be with your daughter
and a day like this

414
00:22:38,983 --> 00:22:40,443
and just looking around,

415
00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:42,403
and, I mean,
what's it feel like?

416
00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:46,575
-It's something --
It's something

417
00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,118
I'm going to take to the grave
with me.

418
00:22:49,243 --> 00:22:51,245
It's -- You can't describe it.

419
00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:54,332
If you haven't been through it,
you can't describe it.

420
00:22:54,457 --> 00:22:56,835
But it's something
super special.

421
00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,212
Damn shame it took me
91 years to get here,

422
00:22:59,337 --> 00:23:02,423
but it was well worth the wait.

423
00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:04,425
-What an honor to meet you,
Andy.

424
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:07,720
♪♪

425
00:23:10,973 --> 00:23:13,810
♪♪

426
00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:19,273
James sat at his kitchen table,

427
00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:22,985
reading the newspaper
and trembling with rage

428
00:23:23,112 --> 00:23:25,405
as the duly appointed
state auditor of Illinois.

429
00:23:25,530 --> 00:23:27,657
He was accustomed
to being criticized

430
00:23:27,782 --> 00:23:30,702
by disgruntled Republicans,
but this?

431
00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:33,205
This was something else
altogether.

432
00:23:33,330 --> 00:23:37,125
This was a letter to the editor,
written by a sharp-tongued woman

433
00:23:37,250 --> 00:23:40,920
who identified herself
only as Rebecca.

434
00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:43,423
Not only did this
Rebecca accuse him

435
00:23:43,548 --> 00:23:45,925
of bankrupting her state
with his, quote,

436
00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:48,845
"disastrous Democratic
policies,"

437
00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:51,973
she did so in a way
that mocked his vanity.

438
00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:53,767
In the most offensive passage,

439
00:23:53,892 --> 00:23:56,185
she imagined him
addressing a group

440
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:59,022
of distraught women unable
to pay their bills

441
00:23:59,147 --> 00:24:02,650
because of his recent decision
to eliminate paper money

442
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:04,735
in favor of gold and silver.

443
00:24:04,862 --> 00:24:07,488
"Dear girls," the passage began,

444
00:24:07,613 --> 00:24:09,407
"I can see you are in distress,

445
00:24:09,532 --> 00:24:12,993
but please understand
I cannot marry you all.

446
00:24:13,118 --> 00:24:14,703
Too well I know how much you suffer.

447
00:24:14,830 --> 00:24:17,290
But do -- do remember,

448
00:24:17,415 --> 00:24:21,293
it is not my fault that
I am so handsome and so very,

449
00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:23,880
very interesting."

450
00:24:27,008 --> 00:24:29,845
The gall, the temerity.

451
00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:32,847
What did this Rebecca
know about the complexities

452
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,223
of modern banking?

453
00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:35,933
And what sort of editor

454
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:38,478
would allow such
baseless aspersions to be cast

455
00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:41,480
from a critic with no last name?

456
00:24:41,607 --> 00:24:43,942
Livid and humiliated,

457
00:24:44,067 --> 00:24:48,028
James paid a visit to the editor
of the Sangamo Journal,

458
00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:50,573
who tried to explain
the nature of satire

459
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:54,035
to the apoplectic Democrat,
to no avail.

460
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,330
He insisted on knowing
the identity of Rebecca,

461
00:24:57,455 --> 00:25:00,417
so the editor told him.

462
00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:06,172
Rebecca, he said, was actually
a man, a concerned citizen,

463
00:25:06,297 --> 00:25:10,760
whose real name the state
auditor recognized immediately.

464
00:25:10,885 --> 00:25:14,305
James wasted no time
demanding an apology,

465
00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:16,600
which he sent via courier.

466
00:25:16,725 --> 00:25:21,520
It read, "Sir, I have become
the object of slander,

467
00:25:21,647 --> 00:25:23,982
vituperation,
and personal abuse.

468
00:25:24,107 --> 00:25:26,818
Only a full retraction
may prevent consequences

469
00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:30,655
which no one will regret more
than myself."

470
00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:36,118
The concerned citizen,
called Rebecca,

471
00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:39,372
delighted to learn that
his words had struck a chord,

472
00:25:39,497 --> 00:25:42,125
responded thusly.

473
00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:45,253
"I might consider a public
retraction if you could

474
00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:51,508
but reframe your request
in a more gentlemanly fashion."

475
00:25:51,635 --> 00:25:55,097
Once again,
James trembled with rage.

476
00:25:55,222 --> 00:25:59,100
"A more gentlemanly fashion."
Was he serious?

477
00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:02,520
This cowardly gutter snipe
impugns his good name

478
00:26:02,645 --> 00:26:04,647
in the most unforgivable
fashion.

479
00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:07,400
And now, given the opportunity
to apologize,

480
00:26:07,525 --> 00:26:11,528
he instead chooses to lecture
the state auditor on manners.

481
00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:14,157
This was outrageous.

482
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:17,827
So James did the only thing

483
00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:21,832
an honorable man
in his position could do.

484
00:26:21,957 --> 00:26:24,458
He challenged
the concerned citizen

485
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:27,837
called Rebecca to a duel.

486
00:26:27,962 --> 00:26:33,217
"Pistols at dawn," he demanded.
"My honor requires it."

487
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,392
In those days,
dueling was illegal in Illinois,

488
00:26:40,517 --> 00:26:42,810
but over on Bloody Island,

489
00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:44,895
just a quick boat ride
across the Mississippi,

490
00:26:45,022 --> 00:26:48,733
the great state of Missouri
had no law forbidding grown men

491
00:26:48,858 --> 00:26:51,987
from shooting each other
over a question of honor.

492
00:26:52,112 --> 00:26:56,407
Unfortunately,
in his rush for satisfaction,

493
00:26:56,532 --> 00:26:58,952
James had overlooked
an important bit

494
00:26:59,077 --> 00:27:01,203
of dueling protocol.

495
00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:05,333
You see, the challenger
does not determine the weapons

496
00:27:05,458 --> 00:27:09,003
or the venue that falls
to the one being challenged.

497
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:14,508
Thus, his invitation
was accepted, but not his terms.

498
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,510
"Never mind the pistol,"

499
00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:19,763
said the concerned citizen
called Rebecca.

500
00:27:19,888 --> 00:27:23,352
"Let us settle the matter
like men.

501
00:27:23,477 --> 00:27:28,357
Let us proceed at dawn
with broad swords in a pit."

502
00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:34,695
"Broad swords? In a pit?"
<i>Good lord</i>, thought James.

503
00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,698
<i>Who was this guy?</i>

504
00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:38,992
"What sort of savage fights
with broad swords

505
00:27:39,117 --> 00:27:42,370
when pistols were
so readily available?"

506
00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:44,622
But the concerned citizen
called Rebecca

507
00:27:44,747 --> 00:27:47,125
had further conditions.

508
00:27:47,250 --> 00:27:50,795
He demanded they place a plank
on the ground between them,

509
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,548
a divider placed
at the bottom of the pit

510
00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:56,258
which neither combatant
could step across.

511
00:27:56,383 --> 00:27:58,512
Crossing the plank, he insisted,

512
00:27:58,637 --> 00:28:00,805
would be considered
a mortal foul,

513
00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:05,852
punishable by
an immediate bullet to the head.

514
00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:09,438
In that moment,
James began to see the magnitude

515
00:28:09,563 --> 00:28:11,023
of his miscalculation.

516
00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:12,942
He was an excellent shot,

517
00:28:13,067 --> 00:28:15,570
but had little experience
with a sword.

518
00:28:15,695 --> 00:28:18,322
Worse, he was only 5'8".

519
00:28:18,448 --> 00:28:20,658
His rival was much taller,

520
00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:23,327
with arms that dangled
nearly to his knees,

521
00:28:23,453 --> 00:28:28,040
and hands the size of ham hocks
in those enormous mitts.

522
00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:31,585
A broadsword would be
a fearsome weapon indeed,

523
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,588
and with an extra foot of reach,

524
00:28:33,713 --> 00:28:37,383
James realized he'd never get
close enough to land a blow.

525
00:28:37,508 --> 00:28:40,010
But there was
no backing out now.

526
00:28:40,137 --> 00:28:43,263
His honor would not permit it.

527
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:51,105
And so on the morning
of September 22nd, 1842,

528
00:28:51,230 --> 00:28:54,483
a large crowd sailed
over to Bloody Island

529
00:28:54,608 --> 00:29:02,533
to watch two honorable men hack
each other to pieces.

530
00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:05,703
Inside the pit,
on his side of the plank,

531
00:29:05,828 --> 00:29:09,790
James felt sick to his stomach.

532
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,085
The giant across from him
seemed utterly relaxed

533
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:16,755
as he swung the massive
cavalry sword over his head,

534
00:29:16,882 --> 00:29:20,552
grinning as the blade swooshed
through the air.

535
00:29:20,677 --> 00:29:22,220
It was a horrifying sound,

536
00:29:22,345 --> 00:29:24,638
and it made James wonder
about the crunch

537
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:28,560
it would make when it collided
with his flesh and bone.

538
00:29:28,685 --> 00:29:31,938
His rival walked to
the far side of the enclosure,

539
00:29:32,063 --> 00:29:36,233
where a thick branch from an oak
tree drooped into the pit.

540
00:29:36,358 --> 00:29:39,737
Still grinning, he swung
his sword with one hand,

541
00:29:39,862 --> 00:29:42,240
severing the branch
in a single blow

542
00:29:42,365 --> 00:29:46,368
and earning a collective gasp
from those who assembled.

543
00:29:46,493 --> 00:29:50,707
Oh, this would be
over very quickly.

544
00:29:50,832 --> 00:29:53,333
James felt his
sphincter tightening

545
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,963
as his adversary walked up
to the plank that divided them,

546
00:29:57,088 --> 00:29:59,715
waiting to engage.

547
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,677
His options now
were simple --

548
00:30:02,802 --> 00:30:06,848
refuse to step forward and live
the rest of his life in shame,

549
00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:11,560
or square off against a man
who was certain to kill him.

550
00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:16,440
Ultimately, James chose death
before dishonor

551
00:30:16,565 --> 00:30:20,027
and slowly approached
his towering rival,

552
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:24,657
who surprised him
with an unanticipated offer.

553
00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:26,783
"Are you quite certain, sir,

554
00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:30,997
that you would not prefer
to discuss the root causes

555
00:30:31,122 --> 00:30:35,252
of our dispute
before we come to blows?"

556
00:30:35,377 --> 00:30:39,213
James quickly accepted
as the crowd above them

557
00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:41,090
breathed a sigh of relief.

558
00:30:41,215 --> 00:30:42,925
Though many in attendance
would have liked

559
00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:46,012
to see the state auditor
run out of office,

560
00:30:46,137 --> 00:30:49,557
nobody wanted to see
him hacked to death in a pit,

561
00:30:49,682 --> 00:30:55,605
including the concerned citizen
whose words had both instigated

562
00:30:55,730 --> 00:31:00,318
and defused
the entire situation.

563
00:31:00,443 --> 00:31:04,405
As for his choice
of venue and weaponry,

564
00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:06,573
he later explained,

565
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:10,412
"I couldn't very well refuse
his demand for satisfaction,

566
00:31:10,537 --> 00:31:13,122
but I didn't want
the damned fella to kill me,

567
00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:16,000
which he would have surely done
had I agreed to pistols.

568
00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:19,003
On the other hand, I didn't
want to kill him either,

569
00:31:19,128 --> 00:31:22,173
but felt sure I could
disarm him with the blade

570
00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:25,843
if it actually came to blows."

571
00:31:25,968 --> 00:31:29,263
The life spared that day
belonged to James Shields,

572
00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:32,350
the only man
ever elected senator

573
00:31:32,475 --> 00:31:34,477
to three different states,

574
00:31:34,602 --> 00:31:37,063
a vain but honorable man

575
00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:39,523
who went on
to distinguish himself in battle

576
00:31:39,648 --> 00:31:43,820
as an officer in the Union Army.

577
00:31:43,945 --> 00:31:46,990
As for his adversary,
the modern-day gladiator

578
00:31:47,115 --> 00:31:49,950
who could have killed him
but didn't,

579
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:54,163
he went on to become
James Shields' boss,

580
00:31:54,288 --> 00:31:58,458
the same boss who promoted him
to the rank of major general

581
00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:01,753
20 years after their
aborted duel,

582
00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:05,215
proving once again it's
better to bury the hatchet

583
00:32:05,342 --> 00:32:07,343
than swing the sword.

584
00:32:07,468 --> 00:32:11,513
Such was the deeply-held belief
of a concerned citizen

585
00:32:11,638 --> 00:32:15,225
who always preferred
a diplomatic solution,

586
00:32:15,352 --> 00:32:19,438
but was willing,
when necessary,

587
00:32:19,563 --> 00:32:24,485
to settle things
with broad swords in a pit,

588
00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:26,487
which is pretty much
what happened

589
00:32:26,612 --> 00:32:28,322
when the Army
of Northern Virginia

590
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:30,700
refused to back down,

591
00:32:30,825 --> 00:32:35,663
choosing instead to face off
against the Army of the Potomac.

592
00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:39,875
Happily, America survived
that terrible duel,

593
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,212
and though we emerged from
that metaphorical pit,

594
00:32:43,337 --> 00:32:48,050
bloodied and forever changed,
we were still united,

595
00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:51,803
thanks to a country lawyer
who called himself Rebecca

596
00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:55,182
long before
the rest of the country

597
00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:58,728
called him president --

598
00:32:58,853 --> 00:33:02,065
a president named Lincoln.

599
00:33:02,190 --> 00:33:05,067
♪♪

600
00:33:07,195 --> 00:33:09,530
♪♪

601
00:33:10,532 --> 00:33:14,077
♪♪

602
00:33:18,915 --> 00:33:22,752
-Here at the Lincoln Memorial,
you'll find our 16th president,

603
00:33:22,877 --> 00:33:25,505
larger than life,
just as he was

604
00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:29,092
when he walked
the earth 170 years ago.

605
00:33:29,217 --> 00:33:34,097
Well, maybe not that large,
but large nevertheless.

606
00:33:34,222 --> 00:33:36,515
On the walls,
you'll find the words

607
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,558
for which he is most remembered,

608
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:43,355
carved into the limestone for
future generations to ponder.

609
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,192
But you won't find
the true story of the day

610
00:33:46,317 --> 00:33:49,237
he entered a pit
with a broadsword,

611
00:33:49,362 --> 00:33:53,323
determined to win a duel
by disarming his enemy in a way

612
00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:56,785
that was literally disarming.

613
00:33:56,910 --> 00:34:01,082
For me, that's the story
that epitomizes everything

614
00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,752
I admire about the man --
a sense of honor,

615
00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:07,297
a sense of duty,
and a sense of humor --

616
00:34:07,422 --> 00:34:09,673
a man who would do all he could

617
00:34:09,798 --> 00:34:13,135
to keep the peace.
For so many reasons,

618
00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:16,472
Abraham Lincoln deserves
a monument like no other.

619
00:34:16,597 --> 00:34:19,725
And pretty soon, he'll have one.

620
00:34:19,850 --> 00:34:21,935
So the Lincoln Memorial is
under construction,

621
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,105
and if there's a better metaphor
for our country,

622
00:34:24,230 --> 00:34:25,565
I don't know what it would be.

623
00:34:25,690 --> 00:34:27,108
-Hi, Lindy.
-Hi, Mike.

624
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:28,317
-How are you?
-Good.

625
00:34:28,442 --> 00:34:31,028
-What in the world
is happening here?

626
00:34:31,153 --> 00:34:34,198
-It's this big undercroft
project that we're working on.

627
00:34:34,323 --> 00:34:36,033
It's a $69 million project,

628
00:34:36,158 --> 00:34:38,743
so it's a pretty big
undertaking.

629
00:34:38,870 --> 00:34:40,412
-Why?
Why is it called the undercroft?

630
00:34:40,538 --> 00:34:42,080
-So that's the foundation
of the building.

631
00:34:42,207 --> 00:34:43,415
It's actually really amazing.

632
00:34:43,540 --> 00:34:45,627
What the visitors will get
to see

633
00:34:45,752 --> 00:34:48,337
and this 15,000 square feet
will be a new entrance in here,

634
00:34:48,462 --> 00:34:52,133
a screening area,
exhibit space, and a catwalk.

635
00:34:52,258 --> 00:34:55,177
So people will get to see into
the foundation of the memorial.

636
00:34:55,302 --> 00:34:57,722
-What are you going to do
today in the way of work?

637
00:34:57,847 --> 00:34:59,765
-I always have
some in-painting to do,

638
00:34:59,890 --> 00:35:02,893
which is the inscriptions on all
of our monuments and memorials

639
00:35:03,018 --> 00:35:04,728
so they can be read
more legibly.

640
00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:07,940
-Mhm.
-I always do graffiti removal.

641
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:09,900
-What do you think's
going on with graffiti?

642
00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:11,902
What's going on
in the country?

643
00:35:12,027 --> 00:35:16,032
Why are people defacing
monuments?

644
00:35:16,157 --> 00:35:19,118
-That's a question
I don't know how to answer.

645
00:35:19,243 --> 00:35:22,288
I don't know why. Boredom.
They have something to say.

646
00:35:22,413 --> 00:35:24,748
But, I mean, our message here
at the National Mall

647
00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:26,750
is that when there's graffiti,

648
00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,087
we try to remove it
within 24 hours.

649
00:35:29,212 --> 00:35:31,505
There was spilled paint
a couple of months ago here --

650
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,632
just gallons of red paint

651
00:35:33,757 --> 00:35:35,258
that happened
at the Washington Monument.

652
00:35:35,383 --> 00:35:36,593
It's just something
that's very common,

653
00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:38,512
and we see it all the time.

654
00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:43,350
-Does it get you down,
or is it job security?

655
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,562
-A little bit of both.

656
00:35:45,687 --> 00:35:47,772
We're just trying to make
this an even better experience

657
00:35:47,897 --> 00:35:49,440
for Americans,

658
00:35:49,565 --> 00:35:51,900
and I'm trying to preserve it
for future Americans.

659
00:35:52,025 --> 00:35:56,655
-This is worth improving, and
our country is worth preserving.

660
00:35:56,780 --> 00:35:58,490
Ah, see what I did?

661
00:35:58,615 --> 00:36:01,618
♪♪

662
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:09,793
-♪ We ♪

663
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:16,050
♪ Shall overcome ♪

664
00:36:16,175 --> 00:36:20,012
♪♪

665
00:36:20,137 --> 00:36:24,475
♪ We ♪

666
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,437
♪ Shall overcome ♪

667
00:36:28,562 --> 00:36:30,857
♪♪

668
00:36:30,982 --> 00:36:33,483
-The lieutenant
had always dreamed of singing

669
00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:35,485
for a packed house,

670
00:36:35,612 --> 00:36:38,655
and today, she was
finally getting her wish.

671
00:36:38,780 --> 00:36:40,532
It was an impressive turnout,

672
00:36:40,658 --> 00:36:43,410
made all the more memorable
by the guest of honor,

673
00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,872
the doctor who first
diagnosed her condition,

674
00:36:46,997 --> 00:36:49,500
the doctor
who had prescribed the remedy

675
00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:52,837
that literally saved her career.

676
00:36:52,962 --> 00:36:55,005
As she sang
for the guest of honor,

677
00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:57,800
the lieutenant couldn't help
but recall the fundraiser

678
00:36:57,925 --> 00:36:58,883
where they'd met,

679
00:36:59,010 --> 00:37:03,388
or the remarkable conversation
that led to this performance.

680
00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:06,642
"Your work on the ship
has been simply extraordinary,"

681
00:37:06,767 --> 00:37:08,352
the doctor said.

682
00:37:08,477 --> 00:37:10,897
"I'd say you're due
for a promotion."

683
00:37:11,022 --> 00:37:13,023
"Why, thank you,"
the lieutenant replied,

684
00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:15,317
"but I'm afraid my tour
of duty is over.

685
00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:18,947
I'm leaving the ship
and hanging up the uniform."

686
00:37:19,072 --> 00:37:21,240
The lieutenant recalled
the look of surprise

687
00:37:21,365 --> 00:37:23,533
that flashed across
the doctor's face --

688
00:37:23,658 --> 00:37:26,953
surprise followed
by disappointment.

689
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,038
"But why?

690
00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:30,207
Look at all you've accomplished
in that uniform.

691
00:37:30,332 --> 00:37:32,627
Why would you walk away now?"

692
00:37:32,752 --> 00:37:35,880
The lieutenant blushed
and looked over her shoulder,

693
00:37:36,005 --> 00:37:39,550
aware that others were watching
and listening.

694
00:37:39,675 --> 00:37:41,468
"Well, to be honest," she said,

695
00:37:41,593 --> 00:37:44,472
"I've always dreamed
of singing on Broadway.

696
00:37:44,597 --> 00:37:48,517
I'm headed to New York City
to make that dream a reality."

697
00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:52,145
Had it really been just a year
since they'd met?

698
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,398
It seemed
like she'd known him forever.

699
00:37:54,523 --> 00:37:56,942
Now, as she sang for the man

700
00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:59,153
who changed the course
of her career,

701
00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:03,365
the lieutenant recalled his
exact words on the day they met.

702
00:38:03,490 --> 00:38:05,408
She remembered the way

703
00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:09,247
he lowered his voice
before diagnosing her condition

704
00:38:09,372 --> 00:38:12,833
with a measure of candor
she had not anticipated.

705
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:17,295
"With respect, Lieutenant,
your dream is a selfish one.

706
00:38:17,422 --> 00:38:20,717
Who do you suppose will wear
the uniform if you hang it up?

707
00:38:20,842 --> 00:38:23,177
What do you think
that person will look like?

708
00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:28,640
And what do you suppose that
will mean for the rest of us?"

709
00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:31,352
The doctor's words
had cut like a knife.

710
00:38:31,477 --> 00:38:34,313
The truth was,
she had not considered

711
00:38:34,438 --> 00:38:38,275
the impact of her departure
on anyone but herself --

712
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,613
not on her shipmates, not on
her captain, not on her country.

713
00:38:42,738 --> 00:38:44,615
But the doctor had.

714
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:47,200
And what he said next
would change everything.

715
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,787
"I want you to know something,
Lieutenant.

716
00:38:49,912 --> 00:38:53,040
I want you to know
that I'm your biggest fan.

717
00:38:53,165 --> 00:38:56,918
I also want to thank you
for being a hero to my children.

718
00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:59,047
You've shown them what's
possible.

719
00:38:59,172 --> 00:39:03,592
So please reconsider
this dream of yours.

720
00:39:03,717 --> 00:39:06,678
There'll be time
for singing later."

721
00:39:06,803 --> 00:39:08,722
As usual,
the doctor had been right.

722
00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:12,893
And now, barely a year after
their chance meeting

723
00:39:13,018 --> 00:39:15,187
at that fundraiser
in Beverly Hills,

724
00:39:15,312 --> 00:39:18,940
here he was, the guest of honor
in a packed house,

725
00:39:19,067 --> 00:39:21,443
and here she was,
singing for the man

726
00:39:21,568 --> 00:39:25,280
whose prophetic words
had convinced her to remain

727
00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:27,408
in that uniform.

728
00:39:29,577 --> 00:39:35,332
-♪ We'll walk hand in hand ♪

729
00:39:35,457 --> 00:39:40,128
♪ Some day ♪

730
00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:42,757
-That's why, when she
finally hung up her regalia

731
00:39:42,882 --> 00:39:46,135
once and for all,
it was no longer the red dress

732
00:39:46,260 --> 00:39:47,928
of a young lieutenant.

733
00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:51,348
It was the uniform
of a seasoned commander.

734
00:39:51,473 --> 00:39:54,017
That's also
why she was selected by NASA

735
00:39:54,143 --> 00:39:56,978
to become a space ambassador,

736
00:39:57,103 --> 00:40:00,817
a role that allowed
her to assist actual astronauts

737
00:40:00,942 --> 00:40:03,360
aboard an actual spaceship

738
00:40:03,485 --> 00:40:06,988
as they analyze the atmospheres
of Mars and Saturn

739
00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:10,325
during a high-altitude
public relations mission

740
00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:15,288
that helped pave the way for
women and minorities in space.

741
00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:18,667
That was perhaps her
most important performance,

742
00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:22,253
and one the doctor
would have surely applauded.

743
00:40:22,378 --> 00:40:27,593
But alas, he never learned
about her work with NASA,

744
00:40:27,718 --> 00:40:31,722
nor did he ever hear
the lieutenant sing,

745
00:40:31,847 --> 00:40:34,975
even though he was
right there in front of her.

746
00:40:35,100 --> 00:40:38,853
On that fateful day in April,
way back in 1968,

747
00:40:38,978 --> 00:40:42,023
the day
a make-believe lieutenant sang

748
00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:48,655
for a packed house on that,
the occasion of his funeral.

749
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:52,702
No, it was not the crowd
she had dreamed of entertaining,

750
00:40:52,827 --> 00:40:56,372
or the stage
she had dreamed of occupying.

751
00:40:56,497 --> 00:40:59,583
-♪ We shall overcome ♪

752
00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:01,960
-But by all accounts,
those assembled were

753
00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:04,463
most appreciative
of the performer

754
00:41:04,588 --> 00:41:10,302
who sang for them that day --
the actress who boldly went

755
00:41:10,427 --> 00:41:12,847
where no Black woman
had gone before,

756
00:41:12,972 --> 00:41:16,683
on to a prime time
network show in a role

757
00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:18,727
that would challenge
racial stereotypes

758
00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:20,980
and destroy the assumption

759
00:41:21,105 --> 00:41:26,443
that a black woman in a uniform
on television had to be a maid.

760
00:41:26,568 --> 00:41:30,738
Such was the larger role
of Lieutenant Uhura,

761
00:41:30,865 --> 00:41:32,950
a groundbreaking character
brought to life

762
00:41:33,075 --> 00:41:36,870
by an aspiring singer
who deferred her dream

763
00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:41,917
so that the next generation
might see what was possible.

764
00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:46,255
A selfless choice made by an
actress named Nichelle Nichols,

765
00:41:46,380 --> 00:41:52,260
who chose to remain at her post
aboard the Starship Enterprise,

766
00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:55,973
with the little encouragement
from her biggest fan,

767
00:41:56,098 --> 00:41:59,227
a doctor who had a dream
of his own --

768
00:41:59,352 --> 00:42:03,772
a Trekkie named
Martin Luther King Jr.

769
00:42:03,897 --> 00:42:10,195
-♪ Some day will be today ♪

770
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:16,702
♪ And we,
we will all be free ♪

771
00:42:16,827 --> 00:42:20,580
♪♪

772
00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:27,963
♪ And we shall overcome ♪

773
00:42:28,088 --> 00:42:35,553
♪ And we shall overcome ♪

774
00:42:35,678 --> 00:42:40,475
♪ Someday ♪

775
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,228
[ Vocalizing ]

776
00:42:44,355 --> 00:42:50,152
-It's impossible to stand today
where Doctor King stood in 1963,

777
00:42:50,277 --> 00:42:52,528
and not wonder what it
would have been like

778
00:42:52,655 --> 00:42:55,865
to be there
on that unforgettable day.

779
00:42:55,992 --> 00:42:57,952
Had I been old enough back then,

780
00:42:58,077 --> 00:43:00,453
I wonder if I would
have driven down from Baltimore

781
00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:02,538
to march alongside those

782
00:43:02,665 --> 00:43:05,542
who were so clearly
on the right side of history?

783
00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,628
Would I have stood with those

784
00:43:07,753 --> 00:43:10,797
who shared Dr. King's dream
of a truly colorblind society,

785
00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:13,842
a society that judged people
not by the color of their skin,

786
00:43:13,967 --> 00:43:17,137
but by the content
of their character?

787
00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:19,180
I like to think I would.

788
00:43:19,307 --> 00:43:22,810
But of course, it's easy
for me to look back in time,

789
00:43:22,935 --> 00:43:26,063
knowing what I know today,
and simply assume

790
00:43:26,188 --> 00:43:29,232
that I'd always be
on the right side of history,

791
00:43:29,358 --> 00:43:33,028
that I'd always be standing
with the good guys.

792
00:43:33,153 --> 00:43:38,408
Guys like John, a farmer
I know in Hopewell, New Jersey.

793
00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:42,203
Like many working farmers today,
John feeds lots of Americans

794
00:43:42,328 --> 00:43:45,790
who have absolutely no idea
where their food comes from.

795
00:43:45,915 --> 00:43:48,085
But unlike many of his peers,

796
00:43:48,210 --> 00:43:50,878
John is not struggling
to make a living.

797
00:43:51,005 --> 00:43:52,255
He's prospering.

798
00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:55,592
In fact, John is downright rich.

799
00:43:55,717 --> 00:43:57,468
So too is Frank.

800
00:43:57,593 --> 00:44:00,013
Frank made his money doing
whatever it is

801
00:44:00,138 --> 00:44:01,598
international businessmen do --

802
00:44:01,723 --> 00:44:03,933
something to do with
the Mercantile Exchange.

803
00:44:04,058 --> 00:44:05,810
He was born in Wales

804
00:44:05,935 --> 00:44:08,105
and educated in
the very best schools.

805
00:44:08,230 --> 00:44:10,565
After becoming a legal citizen
of this country,

806
00:44:10,690 --> 00:44:13,693
he made an absolute fortune.

807
00:44:13,818 --> 00:44:17,322
Now, he employs more people
than he can keep track of.

808
00:44:17,447 --> 00:44:19,950
And then there's Richard.

809
00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:23,662
Richard is one of the wealthiest
lawyers in America.

810
00:44:23,787 --> 00:44:25,330
He studied law at Princeton,

811
00:44:25,455 --> 00:44:27,958
which his ancestors
helped build.

812
00:44:28,083 --> 00:44:31,962
Now he sits on the bench
of the New Jersey Supreme Court,

813
00:44:32,087 --> 00:44:34,923
where his reputation as a jurist
earns him the respect

814
00:44:35,048 --> 00:44:38,302
of politicians
on both sides of the aisle.

815
00:44:38,427 --> 00:44:41,263
Not long ago, John,
Frank, and Richard

816
00:44:41,388 --> 00:44:45,058
all sat down with dozens
of other one-percenters

817
00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:48,895
at a private men's club
to discuss, among other things,

818
00:44:49,020 --> 00:44:52,273
the future of our country
and the current tax code.

819
00:44:52,398 --> 00:44:56,320
Not only do these men believe
their taxes are far too high,

820
00:44:56,445 --> 00:44:59,532
they feel their money is being
squandered by America's leaders.

821
00:44:59,657 --> 00:45:01,408
They're also offended,

822
00:45:01,533 --> 00:45:04,787
deeply offended,
by the continual assertion

823
00:45:04,912 --> 00:45:08,457
that they are not paying
their fair share.

824
00:45:08,582 --> 00:45:10,333
John, Frank, and Richard

825
00:45:10,458 --> 00:45:13,420
listen attentively
as a number of powerful men

826
00:45:13,545 --> 00:45:15,505
address their group.

827
00:45:15,630 --> 00:45:17,925
They talk with great passion
about the need to elect

828
00:45:18,050 --> 00:45:21,052
the leader who will stop
dividing the country.

829
00:45:21,178 --> 00:45:25,848
So the men draft a manifesto
outlining their frustrations

830
00:45:25,973 --> 00:45:30,145
and announce their refusal to
pay taxes to an administration

831
00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:32,147
they believe to be corrupt.

832
00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:36,610
John, Frank and Richard
each sign this manifesto,

833
00:45:36,735 --> 00:45:40,988
along with everybody else
in the room.

834
00:45:41,115 --> 00:45:44,493
Then they send it off
to the largest media outlets

835
00:45:44,618 --> 00:45:49,288
in the country and head home to
wait and see what happens next.

836
00:45:49,413 --> 00:45:53,710
Well, they don't have to wait
long in the halls of power.

837
00:45:53,835 --> 00:45:56,672
America's leaders are livid.

838
00:45:56,797 --> 00:45:59,967
How can these wealthy men,
who have enjoyed

839
00:46:00,092 --> 00:46:02,427
so much good fortune,
complain about paying

840
00:46:02,552 --> 00:46:06,515
a little extra for the good
of their country?

841
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,602
Do these elitists seriously
think they could have prospered

842
00:46:09,727 --> 00:46:11,687
without the government's help?

843
00:46:11,812 --> 00:46:14,607
Maybe it's time
to teach these guys a lesson.

844
00:46:14,732 --> 00:46:17,067
And so they do.

845
00:46:17,192 --> 00:46:19,903
When Frank arrives
at his mansion in New York,

846
00:46:20,028 --> 00:46:22,488
it's been thoroughly looted.

847
00:46:22,613 --> 00:46:25,575
Armed troops occupy his estate

848
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:29,580
and confiscate everything
of value, including his wife.

849
00:46:29,705 --> 00:46:32,875
She's locked up for three months
with little food or water

850
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,837
and not even provided
a change of clothes.

851
00:46:36,962 --> 00:46:39,840
She dies not long after
her release.

852
00:46:39,965 --> 00:46:43,593
Frank is crushed with despair.

853
00:46:43,718 --> 00:46:45,678
John doesn't fare much better.

854
00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:48,557
Troops have occupied
his farm in Hopewell.

855
00:46:48,682 --> 00:46:53,020
John learns the occupiers have
orders to execute him.

856
00:46:53,145 --> 00:46:56,273
Recently widowed
with 13 children,

857
00:46:56,398 --> 00:46:59,652
John goes on the run,
moving from place to place

858
00:46:59,777 --> 00:47:02,237
under cover of darkness,

859
00:47:02,362 --> 00:47:06,325
and living on the lam
for the better part of a year.

860
00:47:06,450 --> 00:47:10,745
Eventually,
the stress kills him.

861
00:47:10,870 --> 00:47:16,460
Richard's wealth and status
make him an even bigger target.

862
00:47:16,585 --> 00:47:19,295
Armed men barge into his home

863
00:47:19,420 --> 00:47:22,382
and drag him from bed
in the middle of the night.

864
00:47:22,507 --> 00:47:26,177
He's locked up, starved,
and tortured.

865
00:47:26,303 --> 00:47:28,638
Richards survives
his incarceration,

866
00:47:28,763 --> 00:47:30,723
but he never recovers.

867
00:47:30,848 --> 00:47:33,018
His vast fortune is stolen,

868
00:47:33,143 --> 00:47:36,397
and he spends
his final days utterly dependent

869
00:47:36,522 --> 00:47:39,107
on the kindness of friends.

870
00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:44,028
John Hart, Francis Lewis,
Richard Stockton --

871
00:47:44,153 --> 00:47:46,532
if their names are unfamiliar,

872
00:47:46,657 --> 00:47:50,493
it's probably because they've
been overshadowed by other men

873
00:47:50,618 --> 00:47:55,415
who signed the same manifesto
that day in Philadelphia --

874
00:47:55,540 --> 00:47:57,708
men like Benjamin Franklin,

875
00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:00,337
Thomas Jefferson,
and John Adams.

876
00:48:00,462 --> 00:48:06,008
In total, 56 men,
some more famous than others,

877
00:48:06,133 --> 00:48:08,887
whose names are now preserved
for posterity,

878
00:48:09,012 --> 00:48:10,888
on the bottom
of that troublesome document

879
00:48:11,013 --> 00:48:16,520
that so enraged the occupiers
in the red coats.

880
00:48:16,645 --> 00:48:19,063
Unlike most revolutions,

881
00:48:19,188 --> 00:48:22,067
ours didn't start
with an angry mob armed

882
00:48:22,192 --> 00:48:25,653
with pitchforks and guillotines
and nothing to lose.

883
00:48:25,778 --> 00:48:27,738
That was France.

884
00:48:27,863 --> 00:48:32,743
Our revolution started
because 56 very wealthy men,

885
00:48:32,868 --> 00:48:34,705
with everything to lose,

886
00:48:34,830 --> 00:48:37,707
put everything on the line
for a country

887
00:48:37,832 --> 00:48:39,918
that didn't even exist yet.

888
00:48:40,043 --> 00:48:43,505
The Internet is full
of exaggerated accounts

889
00:48:43,630 --> 00:48:46,257
of what happened
to the original signers,

890
00:48:46,383 --> 00:48:49,135
and that's a shame,
because the truth

891
00:48:49,260 --> 00:48:54,557
of what really happened back
in that exclusive men's club,

892
00:48:54,683 --> 00:48:57,935
also known as
the Second Continental Congress,

893
00:48:58,062 --> 00:49:01,982
is remarkable enough
with no embellishment.

894
00:49:02,107 --> 00:49:08,655
Those 56 men,
those one-percenters of 1776,

895
00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:11,492
they could have easily paid
whatever new tax

896
00:49:11,617 --> 00:49:14,202
was being demanded
by their king.

897
00:49:14,327 --> 00:49:16,497
They could have easily
lived out their lives

898
00:49:16,622 --> 00:49:19,582
in comfortable peace.

899
00:49:19,708 --> 00:49:24,253
But they didn't.
They chose liberty over safety.

900
00:49:24,378 --> 00:49:27,757
When they signed
that troublesome manifesto,

901
00:49:27,882 --> 00:49:30,718
they weren't just declaring
their independence.

902
00:49:30,843 --> 00:49:32,803
They were signing
their own death warrant.

903
00:49:32,928 --> 00:49:34,932
And when they pledged
their lives,

904
00:49:35,057 --> 00:49:39,227
their fortunes,
and their sacred honor.

905
00:49:39,352 --> 00:49:40,853
They weren't just
making a promise

906
00:49:40,978 --> 00:49:43,315
to the King of England,
or to each other,

907
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,610
or to the rest
of their fellow colonists.

908
00:49:46,735 --> 00:49:50,738
They were making a promise
to you and me,

909
00:49:50,863 --> 00:49:53,117
and they kept it.

910
00:49:53,242 --> 00:49:54,658
This 4th of July,

911
00:49:54,785 --> 00:49:56,870
as the hot dogs plump
up on the grill

912
00:49:56,995 --> 00:49:59,663
and the fireworks explode
overhead,

913
00:49:59,790 --> 00:50:05,628
their promise and their courage
are still worth celebrating.

914
00:50:05,753 --> 00:50:06,922
And remember...

915
00:50:07,047 --> 00:50:12,010
♪♪

916
00:50:12,135 --> 00:50:17,098
♪♪

917
00:50:17,223 --> 00:50:20,143
...ultimately, it wasn't
their actions

918
00:50:20,268 --> 00:50:23,897
that got the one-percenters
of 1776 into so much trouble.

919
00:50:24,022 --> 00:50:25,857
It was their words.

920
00:50:25,982 --> 00:50:30,945
Words like "we the people"
and "inalienable rights"

921
00:50:31,070 --> 00:50:36,785
and "all men are created equal,"
that was a biggie.

922
00:50:36,910 --> 00:50:40,705
Our founding fathers knew
that those words back in the day

923
00:50:40,830 --> 00:50:44,583
were dangerous, but they also
knew they were inspirational.

924
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:48,088
In fact, the words in our
Declaration of Independence

925
00:50:48,213 --> 00:50:52,300
inspired millions of Americans
to pick up arms

926
00:50:52,425 --> 00:50:56,722
and defend the very ideas that
those very words represented.

927
00:50:56,847 --> 00:51:00,308
How cool is that?
Like Dr. King,

928
00:51:00,433 --> 00:51:04,855
the one-percenters of 1776
knew their words were powerful,

929
00:51:04,980 --> 00:51:08,983
whether they were written down
or recited from memory

930
00:51:09,108 --> 00:51:11,487
or even pulled out of thin air.

931
00:51:11,612 --> 00:51:19,452
♪♪

932
00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:23,665
The tension hung in the air,
a palpable thing.

933
00:51:23,790 --> 00:51:25,750
With two down and runners
on the corners,

934
00:51:25,875 --> 00:51:29,587
the batter crowded the plate and
the pitcher waited for his sign.

935
00:51:29,712 --> 00:51:32,298
He got it and unleashed
a fastball,

936
00:51:32,423 --> 00:51:35,968
very high and very inside.

937
00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:38,930
The batter ducked, both benches
leapt to their feet,

938
00:51:39,055 --> 00:51:40,848
and the umpire issued a warning.

939
00:51:40,973 --> 00:51:44,102
Now, with the count
at three and two

940
00:51:44,227 --> 00:51:47,397
and the prospect
of a brawl very real,

941
00:51:47,522 --> 00:51:52,902
the man behind the microphone
knew exactly how to play it.

942
00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:55,030
"It all comes down to this,
ladies and gentlemen,

943
00:51:55,155 --> 00:51:58,032
the moment of truth,
this epic confrontation

944
00:51:58,158 --> 00:52:00,410
where two men meet
on the field of battle,

945
00:52:00,535 --> 00:52:03,913
but only one can prevail."

946
00:52:04,038 --> 00:52:06,332
In kitchens and living rooms
across the country,

947
00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:10,670
fans leaned into their radios
and held their collective breath

948
00:52:10,795 --> 00:52:12,963
as the pitcher went into
his stretch.

949
00:52:13,088 --> 00:52:15,967
The runner on
first bolted for second.

950
00:52:16,092 --> 00:52:19,262
The pitcher ignored him
and served up a wicked slider.

951
00:52:19,387 --> 00:52:21,765
The batter swung
and sent the ball deep,

952
00:52:21,890 --> 00:52:24,852
deep into left field,
but just fouled.

953
00:52:24,977 --> 00:52:27,853
The crowd groaned
but stayed on their feet.

954
00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:31,232
The catcher walked to the mound
for a quick conference.

955
00:52:31,357 --> 00:52:33,777
The batter stepped back
into the box

956
00:52:33,902 --> 00:52:35,445
and waited for the sign
he wanted.

957
00:52:35,570 --> 00:52:38,365
He got it this time --
a change-up,

958
00:52:38,490 --> 00:52:41,660
and another foul ball high
into the cheap seats.

959
00:52:41,785 --> 00:52:44,537
The announcer described
the chaos

960
00:52:44,662 --> 00:52:47,915
as two men in the stands fought
for the souvenir,

961
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:49,625
painting a picture
that came alive

962
00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:52,545
in the minds
of all those who listened.

963
00:52:52,670 --> 00:52:56,215
But the drama was
just getting started.

964
00:52:56,340 --> 00:52:59,928
The next three pitches were
all foul balls,

965
00:53:00,053 --> 00:53:02,763
each sent to a different part
of the stadium.

966
00:53:02,888 --> 00:53:06,183
So were the next three pitches
after that.

967
00:53:06,475 --> 00:53:08,978
So were the next three
after that.

968
00:53:09,103 --> 00:53:11,732
It was
an extraordinary opportunity

969
00:53:11,857 --> 00:53:14,442
for the tall Irish kid
with the radio voice

970
00:53:14,567 --> 00:53:18,447
and the Hollywood smile, and he
made the most of every second.

971
00:53:18,572 --> 00:53:21,490
The batter stepping out
of the box at the last moment

972
00:53:21,617 --> 00:53:23,577
to disrupt the pitcher's timing,

973
00:53:23,702 --> 00:53:27,497
the pitcher prowling
the mound like a caged tiger,

974
00:53:27,622 --> 00:53:30,500
determined to get into
the batter's head.

975
00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:34,545
Each pitch had become
a chess match,

976
00:53:34,670 --> 00:53:37,673
a steely test
of wills brought to life

977
00:53:37,798 --> 00:53:40,135
by the announcer's
urgent baritone,

978
00:53:40,260 --> 00:53:44,555
a voice that dripped with
anticipation and possibility.

979
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:48,100
Another foul ball
and another after that.

980
00:53:48,225 --> 00:53:51,062
And another after that.

981
00:53:51,187 --> 00:53:56,693
Finally, after 14 foul balls,
half a dozen trips to the mound,

982
00:53:56,818 --> 00:54:00,447
and nearly 12 minutes
of unrelenting tension,

983
00:54:00,572 --> 00:54:02,615
the man behind the microphone

984
00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:06,410
set the scene
for the final time.

985
00:54:06,535 --> 00:54:08,288
"Here we are,
ladies and gentlemen.

986
00:54:08,413 --> 00:54:11,207
Another moment of truth
in this battle royale,

987
00:54:11,332 --> 00:54:13,167
another payoff pitch

988
00:54:13,293 --> 00:54:17,297
in this eternal showdown,
this operatic contest of wills.

989
00:54:17,422 --> 00:54:19,548
Both men are exhausted

990
00:54:19,673 --> 00:54:23,177
and both understand
exactly what they must do.

991
00:54:23,303 --> 00:54:24,637
Here's the windup.

992
00:54:24,762 --> 00:54:25,763
And here's the pitch.

993
00:54:25,888 --> 00:54:27,057
It's a strike!

994
00:54:27,182 --> 00:54:28,933
Fast and hard,
right down the middle.

995
00:54:29,058 --> 00:54:32,062
And the side is retired."

996
00:54:32,187 --> 00:54:36,523
And so ended one
of the most unusual at-bats

997
00:54:36,650 --> 00:54:38,360
in the history of baseball --

998
00:54:38,485 --> 00:54:43,030
a called third strike on
a batter of no great consequence

999
00:54:43,155 --> 00:54:46,575
from a pitcher
of no particular acclaim

1000
00:54:46,702 --> 00:54:49,703
in a game of
no great importance,

1001
00:54:49,828 --> 00:54:52,957
chronicled for posterity
by an announcer

1002
00:54:53,750 --> 00:54:55,627
who made the whole thing up.

1003
00:54:55,752 --> 00:54:56,837
It's true.

1004
00:54:56,962 --> 00:54:58,672
The batter did strike out,

1005
00:54:58,797 --> 00:55:03,552
but all those foul balls
and everything in between?

1006
00:55:03,677 --> 00:55:08,890
That was a figment of
the sportscasters imagination.

1007
00:55:09,015 --> 00:55:10,267
You see, in those days,

1008
00:55:10,392 --> 00:55:13,687
baseball games were called
by announcers in radio stations

1009
00:55:13,812 --> 00:55:16,022
far from the actual ballpark.

1010
00:55:16,147 --> 00:55:20,818
They sat in small gray rooms
behind large gray microphones,

1011
00:55:20,943 --> 00:55:24,863
waiting for a telegraph operator
to send them the play by play,

1012
00:55:24,988 --> 00:55:28,702
which they would then bring
to life as best they could.

1013
00:55:28,827 --> 00:55:33,665
But, when this particular
telegraph signal was interrupted

1014
00:55:33,790 --> 00:55:36,375
in the middle
of this particular game,

1015
00:55:36,500 --> 00:55:39,878
this particular sportscaster,
he didn't panic.

1016
00:55:40,003 --> 00:55:43,132
The man behind the microphone
closed his eyes

1017
00:55:43,257 --> 00:55:47,345
and called the game
exactly the way he imagined it.

1018
00:55:47,470 --> 00:55:50,432
And the fans loved him for it.

1019
00:55:50,557 --> 00:55:54,727
And so, decades later,
it came as no great surprise,

1020
00:55:54,852 --> 00:55:59,232
when America sat down to watch
the biggest game of the year

1021
00:55:59,357 --> 00:56:01,317
and listened
with rapt attention

1022
00:56:01,442 --> 00:56:06,197
to the play by play delivered by
the now-legendary broadcaster,

1023
00:56:06,322 --> 00:56:08,323
a man who understood
the importance

1024
00:56:08,450 --> 00:56:13,287
of choosing just the right words
at just the right time,

1025
00:56:13,413 --> 00:56:18,292
once again,
the tension hung in the air,

1026
00:56:18,418 --> 00:56:20,087
a palpable thing,

1027
00:56:20,212 --> 00:56:24,215
and the prospect of a brawl
seemed very real.

1028
00:56:24,340 --> 00:56:28,553
And once again, when the moment
came for the payoff pitch,

1029
00:56:28,678 --> 00:56:33,348
the words he chose did
not appear on his teleprompter

1030
00:56:33,475 --> 00:56:37,978
or on the approved transcript
on the podium before him.

1031
00:56:38,103 --> 00:56:42,317
No, the words
he chose on that particular day

1032
00:56:42,442 --> 00:56:45,153
were his and his alone.

1033
00:56:45,278 --> 00:56:49,698
-"Mr. Gorbachev,
tear down this wall."

1034
00:56:51,367 --> 00:56:53,035
-This was no game,

1035
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,163
but those words were
a strike nevertheless,

1036
00:56:56,288 --> 00:56:59,750
thrown fast and hard
and right down the middle,

1037
00:56:59,875 --> 00:57:04,838
delivered extemporaneously by
the man behind the microphone,

1038
00:57:04,963 --> 00:57:08,258
a man who knew exactly
how to play it --

1039
00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:11,220
the 40th president
of these United States

1040
00:57:11,345 --> 00:57:15,850
and the most influential
sportscaster of all time,

1041
00:57:15,975 --> 00:57:17,768
Ronald Reagan.

1042
00:57:25,067 --> 00:57:27,195
It's worth noting
that seven years

1043
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,447
before the Berlin Wall
came down,

1044
00:57:29,572 --> 00:57:33,450
thanks to a few unscripted words
from the Great Communicator,

1045
00:57:33,577 --> 00:57:35,912
another wall was going up,

1046
00:57:36,037 --> 00:57:41,208
thanks to the insistent words
of 275,000 Americans

1047
00:57:41,333 --> 00:57:43,293
who demanded a memorial
for the Americans

1048
00:57:43,418 --> 00:57:45,713
who died in Vietnam,

1049
00:57:45,838 --> 00:57:48,382
even if they had to pay for it
themselves,

1050
00:57:48,508 --> 00:57:53,095
which they did without
a dime of federal assistance.

1051
00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:56,682
Today, the volunteers
at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

1052
00:57:56,807 --> 00:57:59,435
are still a big part
of what makes it so special.

1053
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:03,272
And on this particular day,
I met a guy named Scott Tucker,

1054
00:58:03,397 --> 00:58:06,108
who came here with a few
of his employees

1055
00:58:06,233 --> 00:58:09,195
to clean the wall
and to reflect

1056
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,447
on what it means
to honor the men and women

1057
00:58:11,572 --> 00:58:14,742
who paid the ultimate price
on our behalf.

1058
00:58:14,867 --> 00:58:17,495
Why was it important to do it?
What inspired you?

1059
00:58:17,620 --> 00:58:20,748
-I'd been down to the wall
once before, many years ago,

1060
00:58:20,873 --> 00:58:23,585
and in my mind,
I think I just kind of --

1061
00:58:23,710 --> 00:58:25,420
I just kind of walked by.

1062
00:58:25,545 --> 00:58:28,005
I didn't really take any time
to really reflect.

1063
00:58:28,130 --> 00:58:30,090
And when we came,

1064
00:58:30,217 --> 00:58:32,885
the walls were lined
with different memorabilia,

1065
00:58:33,010 --> 00:58:36,638
and whether it was
flags or coins or letters,

1066
00:58:36,763 --> 00:58:38,223
I took the time
to read some of them.

1067
00:58:38,348 --> 00:58:39,975
I didn't say anything to anyone,
but there was definitely

1068
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:42,812
a few moments
where I, you know,

1069
00:58:42,937 --> 00:58:44,188
definitely started to kind of
well up just thinking about some

1070
00:58:44,313 --> 00:58:46,190
of the sacrifices that were made

1071
00:58:46,315 --> 00:58:49,277
and thinking about a lot of
my family and even grandparents

1072
00:58:49,402 --> 00:58:51,570
that, you know, gave their lives
in World War II,

1073
00:58:51,695 --> 00:58:53,197
and just thinking about
what that means.

1074
00:58:53,322 --> 00:58:54,948
I have a young --
I have two young sons, you know,

1075
00:58:55,073 --> 00:58:56,783
three-year-old
and six-year-old,

1076
00:58:56,910 --> 00:58:58,620
so we've started bringing
them out.

1077
00:58:58,745 --> 00:59:00,955
I want them to understand
service and sacrifice

1078
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,708
and realize what has
been done in sacrifice

1079
00:59:03,833 --> 00:59:05,752
before us to even be here.

1080
00:59:05,877 --> 00:59:07,587
And I think it's important
for us to reflect

1081
00:59:07,712 --> 00:59:10,465
and think back on those things.

1082
00:59:10,590 --> 00:59:14,302
-Many of the soldiers
who made it home from Vietnam

1083
00:59:14,427 --> 00:59:19,140
were judged harshly by their
fellow Americans very harshly,

1084
00:59:19,265 --> 00:59:22,768
as it turns out,
and very unfairly.

1085
00:59:22,893 --> 00:59:25,980
It was a tumultuous time
in our country,

1086
00:59:26,105 --> 00:59:29,442
and many of those who oppose
the war simply couldn't

1087
00:59:29,567 --> 00:59:32,237
seem to see the difference
between the soldiers

1088
00:59:32,362 --> 00:59:35,448
who fought it
and the elected officials

1089
00:59:35,573 --> 00:59:37,617
who allowed it to unfold.

1090
00:59:37,742 --> 00:59:43,372
Others, however, I'm happy to
say were not inclined to judge.

1091
00:59:45,917 --> 00:59:48,127
Harry's daughter was
20 years old

1092
00:59:48,252 --> 00:59:50,838
when Bill came to visit her
at the family ranch.

1093
00:59:50,963 --> 00:59:52,715
Bill was not the first bachelor

1094
00:59:52,840 --> 00:59:55,008
who hoped to win
her father's approval,

1095
00:59:55,133 --> 00:59:58,137
but he was perhaps
the most eligible.

1096
00:59:58,262 --> 01:00:02,142
Handsome and brilliant,
Bill was very much his own man.

1097
01:00:02,267 --> 01:00:04,602
Bill believed
that Harry's daughter

1098
01:00:04,727 --> 01:00:06,395
would make an excellent wife,

1099
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:09,898
and planned on proposing after
he graduated from Stanford.

1100
01:00:10,023 --> 01:00:12,902
All he had to do now
was convince Harry

1101
01:00:13,027 --> 01:00:15,613
that he was a good match
for his little girl,

1102
01:00:15,738 --> 01:00:19,700
a challenge that would require
him to swallow a mouthful

1103
01:00:19,825 --> 01:00:21,410
of bull testicles.

1104
01:00:22,620 --> 01:00:24,830
To be clear,
the testicles in question

1105
01:00:24,955 --> 01:00:27,750
were no longer attached
to their rightful owner.

1106
01:00:27,875 --> 01:00:30,920
Harry had removed them
moments earlier

1107
01:00:31,045 --> 01:00:33,965
with something called
an emasculator --

1108
01:00:34,090 --> 01:00:38,010
a terrifying tool perfectly
named for the task at hand.

1109
01:00:38,135 --> 01:00:41,347
"Good Lord," said Bill.
"Isn't that painful?"

1110
01:00:41,472 --> 01:00:43,390
"I suspect it is," said Harry,

1111
01:00:43,515 --> 01:00:47,020
"but it's over right quick,
and it's for the best."

1112
01:00:47,145 --> 01:00:50,357
Harry tossed the severed
testicles toward his daughter,

1113
01:00:50,482 --> 01:00:52,150
who caught them in mid-air

1114
01:00:52,275 --> 01:00:55,487
and dropped them
into an orange bucket.

1115
01:00:55,612 --> 01:00:58,823
Bill was not inclined to judge,

1116
01:00:58,948 --> 01:01:01,825
but the emasculator was
a lot to digest,

1117
01:01:01,950 --> 01:01:04,078
as was the sight
of Harry's daughter

1118
01:01:04,203 --> 01:01:07,332
happily assisting her father.

1119
01:01:07,457 --> 01:01:09,000
"For the best?" He said.

1120
01:01:09,125 --> 01:01:13,337
"With respect, sir,
how can this be for the best?"

1121
01:01:13,462 --> 01:01:17,258
"Well, for starters," said
Harry, "it cures aggression.

1122
01:01:17,383 --> 01:01:21,470
Bulls, stallions, boars, and
rams are a lot easier to control

1123
01:01:21,595 --> 01:01:26,350
when you turn them into steers,
geldings, hogs, and barrels."

1124
01:01:26,475 --> 01:01:28,352
Harry continued to talk

1125
01:01:28,477 --> 01:01:32,440
while his daughter led another
bull into the restraining gate.

1126
01:01:32,565 --> 01:01:35,192
"It's also a question of trust,"
said Harry.

1127
01:01:35,317 --> 01:01:38,487
"You can't turn your back
on a bull.

1128
01:01:38,612 --> 01:01:41,532
Know what I'm saying, Bill?"

1129
01:01:41,657 --> 01:01:44,660
Bill thought he knew
exactly what Harry was saying

1130
01:01:44,785 --> 01:01:46,662
and tried to act casual

1131
01:01:46,787 --> 01:01:48,790
when another pair
of perfectly good testicles

1132
01:01:48,915 --> 01:01:50,542
were cut from their home

1133
01:01:50,667 --> 01:01:53,795
and tossed into
the orange bucket again.

1134
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,005
Bill was not inclined to judge,

1135
01:01:56,130 --> 01:01:58,548
but his visit
to the family ranch

1136
01:01:58,673 --> 01:02:02,052
was starting to feel like cruel
and unusual punishment.

1137
01:02:02,178 --> 01:02:05,013
Earlier that morning,
he'd observed the branding

1138
01:02:05,138 --> 01:02:08,642
and de-horning process
which had left him badly shaken.

1139
01:02:08,768 --> 01:02:12,813
But neither of those procedures
had prepared him for the sight

1140
01:02:12,938 --> 01:02:17,110
of his future wife tugging
on bull's scrotum

1141
01:02:17,235 --> 01:02:19,445
so daddy could swoop in
with the emasculator

1142
01:02:19,570 --> 01:02:21,030
and turn them into steers.

1143
01:02:21,197 --> 01:02:25,868
I mean, really, how
much weirder could this day get?

1144
01:02:25,993 --> 01:02:28,328
As if to answer
that very question,

1145
01:02:28,453 --> 01:02:31,498
Harry pulled an ice pick
from his tool belt

1146
01:02:31,623 --> 01:02:35,628
and harpooned several testicles
from the orange bucket.

1147
01:02:35,753 --> 01:02:42,510
"Come on over here, Bill.
I got a treat for you."

1148
01:02:42,635 --> 01:02:44,762
Bill considered running back
to California,

1149
01:02:44,887 --> 01:02:47,307
but against his better judgment,

1150
01:02:47,432 --> 01:02:49,892
followed Harry over
to the branding station,

1151
01:02:50,017 --> 01:02:51,935
where the impaled testicles

1152
01:02:52,060 --> 01:02:55,565
were slowly turning over
an open flame.

1153
01:02:55,690 --> 01:03:00,987
Chestnuts, if you will,
roasting on an open fire.

1154
01:03:01,112 --> 01:03:03,363
"Some people call them
Rocky Mountain oysters,"

1155
01:03:03,488 --> 01:03:05,992
said Harry.
"They like them deep fried,

1156
01:03:06,117 --> 01:03:07,868
covered with batter,
seasoning.

1157
01:03:07,993 --> 01:03:10,830
Me? I like them
just like this --

1158
01:03:10,955 --> 01:03:15,375
Hot off the fire.
I call him shish ke-balls.

1159
01:03:15,502 --> 01:03:17,127
Care to join me?"

1160
01:03:17,253 --> 01:03:21,923
With that, Harry slid a testicle
off the ice pick with his teeth

1161
01:03:22,048 --> 01:03:23,717
and offered the rest to Bill,

1162
01:03:23,843 --> 01:03:27,137
who considered the moment
carefully.

1163
01:03:27,263 --> 01:03:30,182
He was not a man
inclined to judge,

1164
01:03:30,307 --> 01:03:32,602
but Harry clearly was,

1165
01:03:32,727 --> 01:03:36,647
and now a verdict would be
determined by Bill's reaction.

1166
01:03:36,772 --> 01:03:39,942
Harry's daughter watched
with a hopeful smile.

1167
01:03:40,067 --> 01:03:43,653
This was the part where
other boyfriends had blanched.

1168
01:03:43,778 --> 01:03:45,782
Some had vomited.

1169
01:03:45,907 --> 01:03:48,993
One, to her father's everlasting
delight, had fainted.

1170
01:03:49,118 --> 01:03:52,205
She hoped Bill was made of
sterner stuff,

1171
01:03:52,330 --> 01:03:57,252
and happily, he was stepping
forward with resolve.

1172
01:03:57,377 --> 01:03:59,503
Bill took the ice pick
from Harry

1173
01:03:59,628 --> 01:04:02,257
and slurped
off the remaining testicles.

1174
01:04:02,382 --> 01:04:04,175
All of them.

1175
01:04:04,300 --> 01:04:07,052
Alas, in his zeal
to prove himself worthy,

1176
01:04:07,177 --> 01:04:10,180
Bill's reach may
have exceeded his grasp,

1177
01:04:10,305 --> 01:04:13,977
for the shish ke-balls did
not go down without a fight.

1178
01:04:14,102 --> 01:04:17,313
Oh, they were hot
and rubbery like calamari,

1179
01:04:17,438 --> 01:04:19,023
and resisted his best efforts

1180
01:04:19,148 --> 01:04:21,900
to chew them into
something he could swallow.

1181
01:04:22,025 --> 01:04:24,862
He eventually got them down,

1182
01:04:24,987 --> 01:04:28,282
but not before spitting
a portion back into his hand

1183
01:04:28,407 --> 01:04:30,242
and giving them a second pass

1184
01:04:30,367 --> 01:04:36,248
as Harry's daughter applauded
enthusiastically.

1185
01:04:36,373 --> 01:04:41,087
"Well done, Bill. Well done."

1186
01:04:41,212 --> 01:04:43,297
Harry nodded his approval
and extended

1187
01:04:43,422 --> 01:04:45,592
a gnarled
and sunburned hand.

1188
01:04:45,717 --> 01:04:50,262
"Welcome to the Lazy Bee, Bill.
You come on back anytime."

1189
01:04:50,387 --> 01:04:56,560
Bill was appalled,
but not inclined to judge,

1190
01:04:56,685 --> 01:04:58,478
and pleased to have passed

1191
01:04:58,603 --> 01:05:00,732
the strangest test
he'd ever taken.

1192
01:05:00,857 --> 01:05:04,152
He looked forward to starting
a life with Harry's daughter

1193
01:05:04,277 --> 01:05:07,280
and proposed later that summer,

1194
01:05:07,405 --> 01:05:10,323
at which point
the young couple began

1195
01:05:10,448 --> 01:05:12,368
their remarkable journey.

1196
01:05:12,493 --> 01:05:14,578
A long journey,
as it turned out,

1197
01:05:14,703 --> 01:05:17,290
that would see them
grow old together,

1198
01:05:17,415 --> 01:05:23,420
make history together, and live
happily ever after together --

1199
01:05:23,545 --> 01:05:25,757
which was actually
quite an accomplishment

1200
01:05:25,882 --> 01:05:27,675
considering the fact

1201
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:32,220
that Harry's daughter
married another man.

1202
01:05:32,347 --> 01:05:35,933
Unfortunately, Bill waited
too long to pop the question,

1203
01:05:36,058 --> 01:05:40,020
and while he waited,
another classmate from Stanford,

1204
01:05:40,145 --> 01:05:43,523
equally smitten
with the pretty young cowgirl,

1205
01:05:43,648 --> 01:05:46,693
paid a visit to the Lazy Bee.

1206
01:05:46,818 --> 01:05:51,032
His name was John,
and he too had a ball with Harry

1207
01:05:51,157 --> 01:05:54,660
before sweeping his daughter
off her feet.

1208
01:05:54,785 --> 01:05:57,455
Bill was heartbroken,

1209
01:05:57,580 --> 01:06:01,750
but not inclined to judge or,
for that matter, hold a grudge.

1210
01:06:01,875 --> 01:06:04,253
In fact,
over the next few decades,

1211
01:06:04,378 --> 01:06:07,172
the two stayed in touch
even after they each

1212
01:06:07,297 --> 01:06:09,258
started families of their own.

1213
01:06:09,383 --> 01:06:10,802
Maybe that's why,

1214
01:06:10,927 --> 01:06:15,138
30 years after his epicurean
adventure at the Lazy Bee,

1215
01:06:15,263 --> 01:06:18,225
another cowboy pulled Bill aside

1216
01:06:18,350 --> 01:06:22,020
and asked a rather
personal question.

1217
01:06:22,145 --> 01:06:25,440
"Tell me something, Bill.
That old girlfriend of yours --

1218
01:06:25,565 --> 01:06:31,197
you think she'd be intimidated
working in a room full of men?"

1219
01:06:31,322 --> 01:06:33,990
Bill tried not to laugh
as he recalled the way

1220
01:06:34,117 --> 01:06:37,453
Harry's daughter had tugged on
the scrotum of all those bulls,

1221
01:06:37,578 --> 01:06:40,330
prepping them
for the emasculator.

1222
01:06:40,455 --> 01:06:42,750
He recalled the orange bucket
she carried around,

1223
01:06:42,875 --> 01:06:45,460
filled with all
those severed testicles,

1224
01:06:45,585 --> 01:06:47,380
and the way she had applauded

1225
01:06:47,505 --> 01:06:52,258
when he swallowed a mouthful
of her father's shish ke-balls.

1226
01:06:52,385 --> 01:06:54,220
"Sir," said Bill,

1227
01:06:54,345 --> 01:06:58,932
"This woman is perfectly
qualified for the task at hand.

1228
01:06:59,058 --> 01:07:02,728
She's fair,
she's decisive, and trust me,

1229
01:07:02,853 --> 01:07:04,105
she is in no way intimidated

1230
01:07:04,230 --> 01:07:07,817
by the presence
of testosterone."

1231
01:07:07,942 --> 01:07:12,780
And so in 1981,
a cowboy named Ronald Reagan

1232
01:07:12,905 --> 01:07:16,908
did something no other president
had done before --

1233
01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:20,662
he nominated
a candidate without testicles,

1234
01:07:20,788 --> 01:07:24,125
a genuine cowgirl
who shattered the glass ceiling

1235
01:07:24,250 --> 01:07:26,293
of the ultimate boys club

1236
01:07:26,418 --> 01:07:30,882
when she took her rightful place
among eight old bulls,

1237
01:07:31,007 --> 01:07:35,052
one of whom
just happened to be Bill,

1238
01:07:35,177 --> 01:07:37,805
the old boyfriend
who came to her daddy's ranch

1239
01:07:37,930 --> 01:07:41,267
to be weighed and measured
all those years ago,

1240
01:07:41,392 --> 01:07:45,478
the same old boyfriend
who was not inclined to judge,

1241
01:07:45,603 --> 01:07:49,108
even though he became
famous for doing so.

1242
01:07:49,233 --> 01:07:51,735
Chief Justice William Rehnquist,

1243
01:07:51,860 --> 01:07:55,072
who once proposed
to Harry Day's only daughter,

1244
01:07:55,197 --> 01:07:58,367
Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor,

1245
01:07:58,492 --> 01:08:02,203
two sweethearts who didn't make
it as husband and wife,

1246
01:08:02,328 --> 01:08:05,748
but who grew old
together nevertheless,

1247
01:08:05,875 --> 01:08:09,253
working side by side
on America's highest court,

1248
01:08:09,378 --> 01:08:12,130
where they were always careful
to never...

1249
01:08:12,673 --> 01:08:14,883
bite off more
than they could chew.

1250
01:08:15,092 --> 01:08:17,470
♪♪

1251
01:08:21,473 --> 01:08:22,600
I don't know about you guys,

1252
01:08:22,725 --> 01:08:24,893
but when I'm
in Washington, D.C.,

1253
01:08:25,018 --> 01:08:28,063
being careful not to bite off
more than I can chew,

1254
01:08:28,188 --> 01:08:31,067
I like to enjoy a spicy meatball
by the reflecting pool

1255
01:08:31,192 --> 01:08:35,153
and ponder the significance
of all these memorials.

1256
01:08:35,278 --> 01:08:37,698
Why, for instance, did we
build them in the first place?

1257
01:08:37,823 --> 01:08:40,200
And why do they matter today?

1258
01:08:40,325 --> 01:08:43,620
Why do park rangers
and volunteers care for them

1259
01:08:43,745 --> 01:08:46,415
with such diligence and respect?

1260
01:08:46,540 --> 01:08:50,377
And why do others deface them
and cover them with graffiti

1261
01:08:50,502 --> 01:08:53,713
and call for their removal?

1262
01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:55,548
I don't have an answer
to that question

1263
01:08:55,673 --> 01:08:58,385
because this isn't
the answer pool.

1264
01:08:58,510 --> 01:09:00,470
This is the reflecting pool.

1265
01:09:00,595 --> 01:09:03,182
But I do know a guy
who might have something

1266
01:09:03,307 --> 01:09:06,352
to say to all those
who insist on judging

1267
01:09:06,477 --> 01:09:09,980
our founding fathers
by today's standards --

1268
01:09:10,105 --> 01:09:12,858
an old soldier
who lives just down the road

1269
01:09:12,983 --> 01:09:14,985
and spends a lot of time
today

1270
01:09:15,110 --> 01:09:17,655
reminding anyone
who will listen

1271
01:09:17,780 --> 01:09:20,950
about the true
cost of building the country

1272
01:09:21,075 --> 01:09:23,993
we all call home.

1273
01:09:24,118 --> 01:09:26,788
According to the president
of the United States,

1274
01:09:26,913 --> 01:09:31,627
America would never see another
warrior like the old soldier.

1275
01:09:31,752 --> 01:09:34,588
Certainly no officer
or enlisted man

1276
01:09:34,713 --> 01:09:37,550
had ever seen as much action
as he had --

1277
01:09:37,675 --> 01:09:41,053
two world wars
and a stint in Korea.

1278
01:09:41,178 --> 01:09:44,138
But if you asked him directly,

1279
01:09:44,265 --> 01:09:46,392
the old soldier
couldn't tell you

1280
01:09:46,517 --> 01:09:49,143
how many battles he'd fought
in over the years,

1281
01:09:49,270 --> 01:09:52,313
or how many friends he'd lost --
too many to count.

1282
01:09:52,438 --> 01:09:55,525
Now, retired at long last,

1283
01:09:56,152 --> 01:09:59,070
he relaxes in the place
he calls home,

1284
01:09:59,195 --> 01:10:01,823
looking down on a field
of green

1285
01:10:01,948 --> 01:10:05,327
and across the wide river
that flows below.

1286
01:10:05,452 --> 01:10:08,455
As homes go,
this is a good one --

1287
01:10:08,580 --> 01:10:10,290
a fine place
to welcome his family

1288
01:10:10,415 --> 01:10:13,793
who come to visit him
almost every day.

1289
01:10:13,918 --> 01:10:16,797
In fact,
there they are right now,

1290
01:10:16,922 --> 01:10:19,758
strolling up the driveway
to spend some time,

1291
01:10:19,883 --> 01:10:22,595
share a story,
and keep him up to speed

1292
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:25,472
on the latest news from home.

1293
01:10:25,597 --> 01:10:28,183
The old soldier
was always available

1294
01:10:28,308 --> 01:10:29,602
during visiting hours --

1295
01:10:29,727 --> 01:10:32,647
always, and for obvious reasons.

1296
01:10:32,772 --> 01:10:36,650
Just last week, his beloved
daughter Susan had stopped by

1297
01:10:36,775 --> 01:10:40,778
to tell him his grandson
had been accepted to Harvard.

1298
01:10:40,903 --> 01:10:43,907
How about that?
And just yesterday,

1299
01:10:44,032 --> 01:10:46,910
Cousin Billy brought word
the old general store

1300
01:10:47,035 --> 01:10:48,787
where he had met his wife,

1301
01:10:48,912 --> 01:10:52,875
God rest her soul,
was now a Starbucks.

1302
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:56,962
Oh, well. Time marches on.

1303
01:10:57,087 --> 01:11:00,507
These visits from loved ones
were lifelines,

1304
01:11:00,632 --> 01:11:03,260
just like the letters
he received in France

1305
01:11:03,385 --> 01:11:05,553
all those years ago.

1306
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:12,393
June 5th, 1918, one day after
the Battle of Belleau Wood.

1307
01:11:12,518 --> 01:11:14,730
He was only
a private back then --

1308
01:11:14,855 --> 01:11:18,775
a teenager from Baton Rouge,
among the first wave of Marines

1309
01:11:18,900 --> 01:11:23,613
to charge into that unspeakable
meat grinder on the Marne River.

1310
01:11:23,738 --> 01:11:26,033
He was still in shock
from what he had seen

1311
01:11:26,158 --> 01:11:29,870
on that terrible day --
the withering machine gun fire,

1312
01:11:29,995 --> 01:11:34,333
the constant shelling, and
the brutal hand-to-hand combat.

1313
01:11:34,458 --> 01:11:37,460
But then a letter
from Bakersfield arrived

1314
01:11:37,585 --> 01:11:39,463
with his mother's
writing on the front --

1315
01:11:39,588 --> 01:11:41,215
a letter from home,

1316
01:11:41,340 --> 01:11:47,053
which he read in a muddy trench,
surrounded by dead friends.

1317
01:11:47,178 --> 01:11:51,308
What? His kid brother
had made the basketball team?

1318
01:11:51,433 --> 01:11:54,102
When did he grow so tall?

1319
01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:56,772
Sally, the little tomboy
from down the block,

1320
01:11:56,897 --> 01:12:00,525
was Biloxi's Buttermilk
Festival Queen?

1321
01:12:00,650 --> 01:12:02,778
Unbelievable.
And Freckles,

1322
01:12:02,903 --> 01:12:06,157
the cocker spaniel, just had
a litter of ten puppies,

1323
01:12:06,282 --> 01:12:08,867
all of which
were being named in his honor

1324
01:12:08,992 --> 01:12:13,080
and given away
to good homes around Boise.

1325
01:12:13,205 --> 01:12:15,165
With every sentence,

1326
01:12:15,290 --> 01:12:18,460
the young marine had felt
a little more human,

1327
01:12:18,585 --> 01:12:21,380
a little more determined
to make it back home

1328
01:12:21,505 --> 01:12:23,048
to the people he loved.

1329
01:12:23,173 --> 01:12:25,092
[ Gunfire and explosions ]

1330
01:12:34,768 --> 01:12:36,895
Obviously,
that determination paid off.

1331
01:12:37,020 --> 01:12:40,273
Not only did he make
it back from Belleau Wood,

1332
01:12:40,398 --> 01:12:42,692
he made it back
from the Ardennes,

1333
01:12:42,818 --> 01:12:46,072
from the Battle of Ypres,
and Saint-Mihiel,

1334
01:12:46,197 --> 01:12:48,698
each one bloodier than the next.

1335
01:12:48,823 --> 01:12:50,283
For his heroism,

1336
01:12:50,408 --> 01:12:52,702
he was awarded
the Medal of Honor

1337
01:12:52,828 --> 01:12:57,248
as well as the Victoria Cross --
unprecedented.

1338
01:12:57,373 --> 01:13:00,418
But the old soldier was
still a young man,

1339
01:13:00,543 --> 01:13:02,378
and he was just getting started

1340
01:13:02,503 --> 01:13:05,007
when the Japanese bombed
Pearl Harbor.

1341
01:13:05,132 --> 01:13:08,385
Guess who was sleeping
peacefully in his bunk

1342
01:13:08,510 --> 01:13:13,182
aboard the USS Arizona?

1343
01:13:13,307 --> 01:13:17,393
He was a lieutenant by then,
one of 1,500 sailors assigned

1344
01:13:17,518 --> 01:13:18,937
to the mighty battleship

1345
01:13:19,062 --> 01:13:21,898
when a torpedo bomb fell
from the sky

1346
01:13:22,023 --> 01:13:26,027
and sent them all toward
the bottom of the Pacific.

1347
01:13:26,153 --> 01:13:29,363
Somehow, he had made it back
to the surface,

1348
01:13:29,490 --> 01:13:32,450
only to find the ocean burning
with thousands of gallons

1349
01:13:32,575 --> 01:13:34,745
of gasoline
and littered with hundreds

1350
01:13:34,870 --> 01:13:39,917
of his shipmates burning to
death in the salty brine.

1351
01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:44,672
It's a miracle that anyone
survived that terrible morning.

1352
01:13:44,797 --> 01:13:48,342
And yet just six months later,

1353
01:13:48,467 --> 01:13:51,178
there he was again
in the Coral Sea,

1354
01:13:51,303 --> 01:13:55,140
and then again at the battles
of Midway, Corregidor,

1355
01:13:55,265 --> 01:13:57,977
Mindanao, and Luzon.

1356
01:13:58,102 --> 01:14:00,395
After that,
it was back to Europe,

1357
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:02,688
where he stormed the beaches
of Normandy...

1358
01:14:02,815 --> 01:14:05,067
[ Soldiers shouting ]

1359
01:14:05,192 --> 01:14:07,652
[ Gunfire and explosions ]

1360
01:14:07,777 --> 01:14:10,572
...fought the Battle
of the Bulge,

1361
01:14:10,697 --> 01:14:14,408
and distinguished himself
at Anzio.

1362
01:14:14,535 --> 01:14:16,787
-Ah!
-Get him out of here!

1363
01:14:16,912 --> 01:14:19,122
♪♪

1364
01:14:19,247 --> 01:14:22,835
-Through it all,
no matter where the war raged,

1365
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:26,087
those letters from home always
found him,

1366
01:14:26,213 --> 01:14:28,340
little lifelines
that reminded him

1367
01:14:28,465 --> 01:14:31,593
of why he was
over there in the first place.

1368
01:14:31,718 --> 01:14:35,430
His family could never know
how much that meant to him,

1369
01:14:35,555 --> 01:14:39,810
or how much their visit
today would lift his spirit.

1370
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:45,023
The old soldier's final battle
had taken place in Korea,

1371
01:14:45,148 --> 01:14:50,403
14 November, 1950 --
the Chosin Reservoir.

1372
01:14:50,528 --> 01:14:53,948
A cold front from Siberia,
sent the temperature plunging

1373
01:14:54,073 --> 01:14:57,327
to 36 degrees below zero.

1374
01:14:57,452 --> 01:15:01,457
He was a captain by then,
commanding a few good men,

1375
01:15:01,582 --> 01:15:05,710
who were slowly freezing
to death around him.

1376
01:15:05,835 --> 01:15:08,630
It was the bloodiest battle
he'd ever seen,

1377
01:15:08,755 --> 01:15:11,508
even though the blood
of his wounded men froze

1378
01:15:11,633 --> 01:15:13,510
before it had a chance
to flow.

1379
01:15:13,635 --> 01:15:18,223
Again, he never expected to find
himself among the survivors.

1380
01:15:18,348 --> 01:15:23,645
"The frozen chosen,"
as they were called.

1381
01:15:23,770 --> 01:15:26,440
But, neither did he expect
a visit

1382
01:15:26,565 --> 01:15:29,025
from the President
of the United States,

1383
01:15:29,150 --> 01:15:32,362
who had come to see him
during visiting hours

1384
01:15:32,487 --> 01:15:34,657
and proudly declared...

1385
01:15:34,782 --> 01:15:38,868
that there would never be
another soldier like him.

1386
01:15:39,828 --> 01:15:44,583
As his loved ones draw near,
the guards step aside

1387
01:15:44,708 --> 01:15:50,130
so that they can give him
the latest updates from Biloxi.

1388
01:15:50,255 --> 01:15:52,132
Or Boise.

1389
01:15:52,257 --> 01:15:54,133
Or Baton Rouge.

1390
01:15:54,258 --> 01:15:57,053
Or was it Bakersfield?

1391
01:15:57,470 --> 01:15:59,890
Honestly, it's hard
to keep it all straight.

1392
01:16:00,015 --> 01:16:04,102
He's old, after all --

1393
01:16:04,227 --> 01:16:06,855
an old soldier
whose extended family

1394
01:16:06,980 --> 01:16:11,818
includes every dead American
who never made it home

1395
01:16:11,943 --> 01:16:15,697
and all of the loved ones
they left behind.

1396
01:16:16,532 --> 01:16:18,575
The president was right.

1397
01:16:18,700 --> 01:16:22,162
There will never be
another soldier like him

1398
01:16:22,287 --> 01:16:27,125
because today, every soldier's
DNA is kept on file,

1399
01:16:27,250 --> 01:16:30,878
so his or her remains,
no matter how small,

1400
01:16:31,003 --> 01:16:34,090
can be positively identified.

1401
01:16:34,215 --> 01:16:41,013
Thus the old soldier really is
the last of his kind --

1402
01:16:41,138 --> 01:16:45,602
a legendary warrior
who everybody has heard of,

1403
01:16:48,022 --> 01:16:49,982
but nobody knows,

1404
01:16:50,107 --> 01:16:53,985
a faceless hero who
looks down on a field of green

1405
01:16:54,110 --> 01:16:57,822
and the Potomac River
that flows below.

1406
01:16:57,947 --> 01:17:01,158
There, in a place
called Arlington,

1407
01:17:01,283 --> 01:17:04,663
you can find him still waiting
to greet the visitors

1408
01:17:04,788 --> 01:17:06,873
who stand in line to see him,

1409
01:17:06,998 --> 01:17:12,170
even as he relaxes
for eternity in the tomb

1410
01:17:12,295 --> 01:17:14,130
he calls home --

1411
01:17:14,255 --> 01:17:17,133
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

1412
01:17:17,925 --> 01:17:22,513
♪♪

1413
01:17:30,272 --> 01:17:35,193
♪♪

1414
01:17:35,318 --> 01:17:40,532
To visit Arlington
is to be overwhelmed.

1415
01:17:40,657 --> 01:17:45,120
600 acres of impeccably
manicured landscape,

1416
01:17:45,245 --> 01:17:50,833
and home to 400,000 US veterans
and their dependents.

1417
01:17:50,958 --> 01:17:53,753
When you come here,
you might see this --

1418
01:17:53,878 --> 01:17:56,172
a soldier honoring the fallen

1419
01:17:56,297 --> 01:17:59,300
with a flag beside
the headstone.

1420
01:17:59,425 --> 01:18:03,638
This happens a lot, and it's
a powerful thing to witness.

1421
01:18:03,763 --> 01:18:05,932
You might also see groups
of veterans

1422
01:18:06,057 --> 01:18:07,683
on honor flights,
who come from all over

1423
01:18:07,808 --> 01:18:10,728
the country
to pay their respects.

1424
01:18:10,853 --> 01:18:14,023
Korean and Vietnam veterans
who pause to say hello.

1425
01:18:14,148 --> 01:18:17,027
And if you're lucky, you
might also run into Greg Hughes,

1426
01:18:17,152 --> 01:18:19,403
the urban forester responsible

1427
01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:23,492
for making this cemetery feel
so alive.

1428
01:18:23,617 --> 01:18:25,410
-You know,
our trees are alive,

1429
01:18:25,535 --> 01:18:27,787
and we think of them as
living memorials to the fallen

1430
01:18:27,912 --> 01:18:30,123
that we have here.

1431
01:18:30,998 --> 01:18:32,208
-I lingered at Arlington

1432
01:18:32,333 --> 01:18:36,253
a bit longer to say hello
to one other permanent resident,

1433
01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:41,217
William Rowe, who fought
bravely in the First World War.

1434
01:18:41,342 --> 01:18:46,055
My grandfather's story
came to an end in 1967,

1435
01:18:46,180 --> 01:18:50,060
just as ours is coming
to an end now.

1436
01:18:50,185 --> 01:18:54,313
Our final story unfolds
just a few miles up the road

1437
01:18:54,438 --> 01:18:57,233
from here, in a place that,
for me,

1438
01:18:57,358 --> 01:19:00,195
hits awfully close to home.

1439
01:19:08,495 --> 01:19:11,498
As he rushed to prepare
the fort for the looming attack,

1440
01:19:11,623 --> 01:19:15,085
Private Williams calculated
the odds of his survival.

1441
01:19:15,210 --> 01:19:16,252
Not good.

1442
01:19:16,377 --> 01:19:18,338
The 21-year-old recruit,

1443
01:19:18,463 --> 01:19:20,590
along with hundreds
of other American soldiers,

1444
01:19:20,715 --> 01:19:23,510
would soon be bombarded
by the British navy.

1445
01:19:23,635 --> 01:19:26,012
But unlike his brothers
in arms,

1446
01:19:26,137 --> 01:19:28,807
Private Williams had no idea

1447
01:19:28,932 --> 01:19:32,018
what his survival
would actually mean,

1448
01:19:32,143 --> 01:19:34,980
because Private Williams was
a runaway slave

1449
01:19:35,105 --> 01:19:37,773
who had escaped
his master four months earlier

1450
01:19:37,898 --> 01:19:40,860
and been on the lam ever since.

1451
01:19:40,985 --> 01:19:43,070
Like every other slave
in America,

1452
01:19:43,197 --> 01:19:46,073
Private Williams knew
the British Navy would guarantee

1453
01:19:46,198 --> 01:19:49,828
his freedom in exchange
for his service.

1454
01:19:49,953 --> 01:19:53,248
But Private Williams
wouldn't stand for that.

1455
01:19:53,373 --> 01:19:56,585
He didn't want a king any more
than he wanted a master.

1456
01:19:56,710 --> 01:19:58,670
He just wanted to be free.

1457
01:19:58,795 --> 01:20:02,007
But since freedom was
not an option,

1458
01:20:02,132 --> 01:20:04,633
Private Williams joined
the Maryland militia

1459
01:20:04,758 --> 01:20:07,220
under an assumed name

1460
01:20:07,345 --> 01:20:11,767
and prepared to defend
the only home he knew.

1461
01:20:11,892 --> 01:20:13,935
Meanwhile, eight miles away,

1462
01:20:14,060 --> 01:20:17,563
two teenagers with rifles
hid in the forest

1463
01:20:17,688 --> 01:20:20,358
and marveled at the sight
before them.

1464
01:20:20,483 --> 01:20:24,237
Daniel Wells and Henry McComas
didn't understand why anyone,

1465
01:20:24,362 --> 01:20:27,865
especially a British general
who didn't want to be shot,

1466
01:20:27,990 --> 01:20:30,035
would dress himself
in a bright red coat

1467
01:20:30,160 --> 01:20:34,205
and sit on a white horse
100 yards in front of them.

1468
01:20:34,330 --> 01:20:37,958
All they knew was the Red coats
had burned Washington, D.C.

1469
01:20:38,083 --> 01:20:43,047
a few days earlier, and now,
they had come to burn Baltimore.

1470
01:20:43,172 --> 01:20:47,885
Well, Daniel and Henry
would not stand for that,

1471
01:20:48,010 --> 01:20:52,473
so the boys took
careful aim and fired.

1472
01:20:55,977 --> 01:20:59,355
To this day, we don't know
if it was Daniel or Henry

1473
01:20:59,480 --> 01:21:01,567
whose shot found its mark.

1474
01:21:01,692 --> 01:21:04,027
All we know is that
the General's red coat

1475
01:21:04,152 --> 01:21:10,200
was ruined, along with several
of his vital organs.

1476
01:21:10,325 --> 01:21:12,285
As his men scooped him
off the ground

1477
01:21:12,410 --> 01:21:14,412
and rushed him back
to his warship,

1478
01:21:14,537 --> 01:21:17,207
the badly-wounded
British general thought about

1479
01:21:17,332 --> 01:21:21,127
the American doctor
still sequestered on board.

1480
01:21:21,252 --> 01:21:24,463
He knew the doctor wouldn't
stand by and watch him die,

1481
01:21:24,588 --> 01:21:26,507
even though they were enemies,

1482
01:21:26,633 --> 01:21:29,677
because that same American
doctor had already saved

1483
01:21:29,802 --> 01:21:34,390
the lives of many other British
soldiers wounded in battle.

1484
01:21:34,515 --> 01:21:38,018
I know this is a very
confusing story.

1485
01:21:38,143 --> 01:21:41,105
Lots of important things
happening all at the same time,

1486
01:21:41,230 --> 01:21:44,067
in that same moment.
For instance,

1487
01:21:44,192 --> 01:21:46,027
as the British general
slowly bled to death,

1488
01:21:46,152 --> 01:21:49,030
and as the runaway slave
called Private Williams

1489
01:21:49,155 --> 01:21:51,658
prepared for the looming
bombardment of the fort

1490
01:21:51,783 --> 01:21:53,785
eight miles away,

1491
01:21:53,910 --> 01:21:57,455
the American doctor
was commiserating with a lawyer

1492
01:21:57,580 --> 01:21:59,498
about the circumstances

1493
01:21:59,623 --> 01:22:05,338
that led to his sequester aboard
the British general's warship.

1494
01:22:05,463 --> 01:22:08,173
Stay with me.
This part is important.

1495
01:22:08,300 --> 01:22:10,093
A week earlier,

1496
01:22:10,218 --> 01:22:13,472
that American doctor
had confronted a handful

1497
01:22:13,597 --> 01:22:18,727
of British soldiers harassing
women in the local village.

1498
01:22:18,852 --> 01:22:22,522
The American doctor, a man who
would not stand for bad manners,

1499
01:22:22,647 --> 01:22:25,942
had conducted a citizen's arrest
and imprisoned

1500
01:22:26,067 --> 01:22:28,277
the British soldiers.

1501
01:22:31,698 --> 01:22:33,825
The British general,
however,

1502
01:22:33,950 --> 01:22:37,620
he took exception
to the American doctor's actions

1503
01:22:37,745 --> 01:22:42,375
and therefore had him arrested
and confined to this very ship.

1504
01:22:45,253 --> 01:22:47,422
The American doctor's
lawyer was there

1505
01:22:47,547 --> 01:22:51,092
to persuade the British general
to pardon the American doctor.

1506
01:22:51,217 --> 01:22:52,885
But the British general

1507
01:22:53,010 --> 01:22:54,678
that the American doctor's
lawyer wished to persuade

1508
01:22:54,803 --> 01:22:57,307
was now mortally wounded
by an American sharpshooter,

1509
01:22:57,432 --> 01:23:00,810
and now his worsening
condition cast much uncertainty

1510
01:23:00,935 --> 01:23:04,188
upon the immediate future
of all concerned.

1511
01:23:04,313 --> 01:23:05,857
See what I mean?

1512
01:23:06,232 --> 01:23:08,943
Confusing, but important

1513
01:23:09,068 --> 01:23:12,030
because while the American doctor

1514
01:23:12,155 --> 01:23:14,740
and his lawyer
were pondering their fate

1515
01:23:14,865 --> 01:23:18,202
on the British general's
warship,

1516
01:23:18,327 --> 01:23:21,455
British command
was postponing the bombardment

1517
01:23:21,580 --> 01:23:24,083
upon the American fort.

1518
01:23:24,208 --> 01:23:25,710
This delay,

1519
01:23:25,835 --> 01:23:28,463
brought about by the shooting
of the British general,

1520
01:23:28,588 --> 01:23:31,465
allowed Private Williams
and the other defenders

1521
01:23:31,590 --> 01:23:34,135
to better prepare the fort
for the looming siege.

1522
01:23:34,260 --> 01:23:37,597
Meanwhile -- and this is
all so important --

1523
01:23:37,722 --> 01:23:41,392
back in the forest,
eight miles from the fort,

1524
01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:46,272
18-year-old Daniel Wells
and 19-year-old Henry McComas

1525
01:23:46,397 --> 01:23:50,735
were dying in a withering volley
of musket fire,

1526
01:23:50,860 --> 01:23:54,238
even as the body
of the general they killed

1527
01:23:54,363 --> 01:23:57,367
was being preserved for
a proper burial below the deck

1528
01:23:57,492 --> 01:24:00,870
of his warship, a process
that required the general's men

1529
01:24:00,995 --> 01:24:03,122
to remove his clothes

1530
01:24:03,247 --> 01:24:08,962
and push his naked corpse into
a giant barrel of Jamaican rum.

1531
01:24:09,087 --> 01:24:13,467
See what I mean?
Confusing, but important,

1532
01:24:13,592 --> 01:24:17,637
because when the British
bombardment finally got

1533
01:24:17,762 --> 01:24:21,473
underway,
24 hours behind schedule,

1534
01:24:21,598 --> 01:24:25,103
the American fort
was fully prepared.

1535
01:24:25,228 --> 01:24:28,147
Thus, the American doctor
and his lawyer

1536
01:24:28,272 --> 01:24:30,400
found themselves
with a front row seat

1537
01:24:30,525 --> 01:24:32,652
to an historic battle
right there

1538
01:24:32,777 --> 01:24:35,697
on the deceased
British general's warship,

1539
01:24:35,822 --> 01:24:39,492
now anchored just
outside Baltimore.

1540
01:24:39,617 --> 01:24:41,995
For the American doctor's
lawyer,

1541
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:45,332
the bombardment was hard
to watch.

1542
01:24:45,457 --> 01:24:49,210
Baltimore was his home,
and all through the rainy night,

1543
01:24:49,335 --> 01:24:53,047
he peered anxiously
into the gloom,

1544
01:24:53,172 --> 01:24:56,342
looking for proof
that the fort guarding his city

1545
01:24:56,467 --> 01:25:00,095
had not fallen.
For the American doctor,

1546
01:25:00,222 --> 01:25:04,433
the torment was even worse
because there was nothing

1547
01:25:04,558 --> 01:25:08,270
he could do to help
the wounded on the receiving end

1548
01:25:08,395 --> 01:25:11,858
of that bombardment.
He could only pray

1549
01:25:11,983 --> 01:25:16,822
and imagine what fresh hell was
unfolding beyond those ramparts.

1550
01:25:16,947 --> 01:25:19,823
Private Williams,
on the other hand,

1551
01:25:19,948 --> 01:25:22,243
well, he didn't have
to imagine anything

1552
01:25:23,243 --> 01:25:26,705
because he was right there
to experience the reality

1553
01:25:26,832 --> 01:25:32,170
of a 25-hour shelling up close
and personal.

1554
01:25:32,295 --> 01:25:36,382
And when a cannonball took
his leg off above the knee,

1555
01:25:36,507 --> 01:25:41,470
leaving him flat on his back,

1556
01:25:41,595 --> 01:25:46,893
the runaway slave looked up
from a pool of his own blood

1557
01:25:47,143 --> 01:25:51,230
and saw the broad stripes
and the bright stars of a flag

1558
01:25:51,355 --> 01:25:57,778
that was still there,
flying defiantly over his head.

1559
01:25:57,903 --> 01:26:00,448
No one knows what
he was thinking

1560
01:26:00,573 --> 01:26:04,702
as he stared up at that flag,
but two miles away,

1561
01:26:04,827 --> 01:26:08,038
the American doctor's
lawyer was staring in wonder

1562
01:26:08,163 --> 01:26:09,790
at that very same flag,

1563
01:26:09,915 --> 01:26:16,838
and his thoughts are now
a matter of public record.

1564
01:26:16,965 --> 01:26:18,717
Must have been a hell
of a sight --

1565
01:26:18,842 --> 01:26:22,512
a lawyer scribbling,
a doctor praying,

1566
01:26:22,637 --> 01:26:25,013
bombs bursting in air,

1567
01:26:25,138 --> 01:26:30,185
while a British general
marinated in a barrel of rum

1568
01:26:30,312 --> 01:26:33,773
and a runaway slave died
a free man

1569
01:26:33,898 --> 01:26:38,527
underneath the star-spangled
banner waving proudly

1570
01:26:38,653 --> 01:26:42,615
over a fort called McHenry.

1571
01:26:44,450 --> 01:26:47,078
Anyone who stayed awake through
eighth grade social studies

1572
01:26:47,203 --> 01:26:50,122
knows that our national anthem
was written by a stubborn lawyer

1573
01:26:50,248 --> 01:26:52,750
who would
not stand for injustice,

1574
01:26:52,875 --> 01:26:55,587
but Francis Scott Key
would have never been

1575
01:26:55,712 --> 01:26:57,797
on General Ross's warship

1576
01:26:57,922 --> 01:27:01,633
if not for William Beanes,
a stubborn doctor

1577
01:27:01,758 --> 01:27:05,555
who wouldn't stand
for bad manners.

1578
01:27:05,680 --> 01:27:07,807
Of course, the battle itself

1579
01:27:07,932 --> 01:27:09,975
would have likely gone in
a very different direction

1580
01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:13,145
if not for two stubborn
teenagers from Baltimore

1581
01:27:13,270 --> 01:27:18,652
who simply would not stand
for redcoats burning their city.

1582
01:27:18,777 --> 01:27:23,572
And then there's the most
unlikely patriot of them all,

1583
01:27:23,698 --> 01:27:27,493
Private William Williams,
the runaway slave

1584
01:27:27,618 --> 01:27:31,038
who would not stand
for living in bondage,

1585
01:27:31,580 --> 01:27:34,000
even if it meant
defending the country

1586
01:27:34,125 --> 01:27:37,837
that did not yet stand for
his independence.

1587
01:27:40,172 --> 01:27:42,092
War is often confusing,

1588
01:27:42,425 --> 01:27:44,218
and so too is history,

1589
01:27:44,468 --> 01:27:47,222
but our national anthem isn't.

1590
01:27:47,847 --> 01:27:49,140
It's a simple tribute

1591
01:27:49,265 --> 01:27:53,937
to those who refused to
stand for kings or masters.

1592
01:27:54,062 --> 01:27:57,482
That's why we stand
when we hear it today.

1593
01:27:57,607 --> 01:27:59,733
Not because our country
is perfect --

1594
01:27:59,858 --> 01:28:04,030
we stand simply to honor
all those Americans who died

1595
01:28:04,530 --> 01:28:06,615
trying to make
our country better.

1596
01:28:08,325 --> 01:28:13,122
We stand for Daniel Wells
and Henry McComas.

1597
01:28:13,832 --> 01:28:18,335
We stand for
Private William Williams.

1598
01:28:19,128 --> 01:28:22,548
In the land of the free
and the home of the brave,

1599
01:28:22,673 --> 01:28:25,343
we stand for
the Star Spangled Banner,

1600
01:28:25,468 --> 01:28:28,930
because standing is
the very least we can do.

1601
01:28:30,055 --> 01:28:31,723
[ Choir singing ]

1602
01:28:31,848 --> 01:28:44,903
<i>♪ And the home of the brave. ♪</i>

1603
01:28:48,448 --> 01:28:52,370
♪♪

1604
01:28:57,167 --> 01:29:00,168
♪♪

1605
01:29:03,757 --> 01:29:10,220
♪♪

1606
01:29:10,345 --> 01:29:16,768
♪♪

1607
01:29:16,893 --> 01:29:23,358
♪♪

1608
01:29:23,483 --> 01:29:26,362
Fort McHenry was the destination
of my very first field trip,

1609
01:29:26,487 --> 01:29:29,073
way back in 1973.

1610
01:29:29,198 --> 01:29:32,243
I was in the fifth grade,
standing right about here,

1611
01:29:32,368 --> 01:29:34,953
listening to a park ranger
telling me the story

1612
01:29:35,078 --> 01:29:37,832
of a British warship
called the Tonnant,

1613
01:29:37,957 --> 01:29:40,752
anchored about four miles
out there.

1614
01:29:40,877 --> 01:29:43,963
That's the ship
where Francis Scott Key wrote

1615
01:29:44,088 --> 01:29:48,508
our national anthem,
not too far from the very spot

1616
01:29:48,633 --> 01:29:51,345
where they built a bridge
in his honor.

1617
01:29:51,470 --> 01:29:55,725
160 years later, as you might
have heard, the Key Bridge,

1618
01:29:55,850 --> 01:29:57,727
or a big part of it,

1619
01:29:57,852 --> 01:29:59,520
is now at the bottom
of the Patapsco River.

1620
01:29:59,645 --> 01:30:01,897
Heck of a thing
for a kid from Baltimore

1621
01:30:02,022 --> 01:30:07,987
to come back and see a metaphor,
maybe, for a divided country.

1622
01:30:08,112 --> 01:30:11,990
But that bridge is going to
be built back someday soon.

1623
01:30:12,117 --> 01:30:15,828
It's going to be bigger
and better than it was before.

1624
01:30:15,953 --> 01:30:18,038
So maybe this is
just another reminder

1625
01:30:18,163 --> 01:30:21,250
that these United States are
a work in progress,

1626
01:30:21,375 --> 01:30:23,418
always under construction.

1627
01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:25,045
That's what we do, right?
We move forward.

1628
01:30:25,170 --> 01:30:28,925
We fall down. We get up.
We come back.

1629
01:30:29,050 --> 01:30:30,510
Better than ever.

1630
01:30:30,635 --> 01:30:33,053
Okay. Now we're done.

1631
01:30:33,178 --> 01:30:36,848
♪♪

1632
01:30:36,973 --> 01:30:39,643
-This is the very first shot
of the very first thing.

1633
01:30:39,768 --> 01:30:41,687
[ Gunfire, explosions,
soldiers shouting ]

1634
01:30:41,812 --> 01:30:47,277
♪♪

1635
01:30:47,402 --> 01:30:51,197
♪♪

1636
01:30:51,947 --> 01:30:55,200
-On "Dirty Jobs,"
we did one take

1637
01:30:55,325 --> 01:30:57,412
and then got on with our lives.

1638
01:30:57,537 --> 01:30:59,455
On this project --

1639
01:30:59,580 --> 01:31:01,582
How many takes is this now
for this?

1640
01:31:01,707 --> 01:31:02,542
-Three.

1641
01:31:02,667 --> 01:31:03,835
-Three takes for
a three-second scene.

1642
01:31:03,960 --> 01:31:05,670
-Yeah.

1643
01:31:05,795 --> 01:31:07,713
-But now,
we're going to do four.

1644
01:31:07,838 --> 01:31:09,465
-This is the big screen,
though, not the small screen,

1645
01:31:09,590 --> 01:31:11,425
so we get more takes.

1646
01:31:11,550 --> 01:31:13,845
-It's not the size
of the screen, Jonathan,

1647
01:31:13,970 --> 01:31:15,095
it's how you use it.
-That's not what she said.

1648
01:31:15,220 --> 01:31:16,847
[ Laughter ]

1649
01:31:16,972 --> 01:31:18,807
-Hey, what's up? Okay,
so we're on set today.

1650
01:31:18,933 --> 01:31:20,810
We're shooting a bunch
of Redcoats.

1651
01:31:20,935 --> 01:31:24,022
Like, literally,
we are shooting the Redcoats.

1652
01:31:24,147 --> 01:31:27,942
This actually starts the entire
story of Fort McHenry.

1653
01:31:28,067 --> 01:31:30,360
If it wasn't for these
two teenage boys,

1654
01:31:30,485 --> 01:31:32,697
we would not have
the Star Spangled Banner,

1655
01:31:32,822 --> 01:31:35,700
and we may not have won
the War of 1812.

1656
01:31:42,457 --> 01:31:44,125
-Our director, Jonathan Coussens.

1657
01:31:44,250 --> 01:31:47,378
He was interested
in having the point of view

1658
01:31:47,503 --> 01:31:49,797
of a soldier in war,

1659
01:31:49,922 --> 01:31:53,008
so we had to rig up
this helmet in order for us

1660
01:31:53,133 --> 01:31:55,093
to shoot our stunt performer
wearing our helmet.

1661
01:31:55,218 --> 01:31:56,553
So this is our guy, Gabe.

1662
01:31:56,678 --> 01:31:58,138
He's about to put
this bad boy on.

1663
01:31:58,263 --> 01:32:02,058
-You're waving at them,
"Come on, let's go!"

1664
01:32:02,183 --> 01:32:06,022
-Action!
-Hey! Let's go! We gotta go.

1665
01:32:07,482 --> 01:32:09,983
[ Gunfire ]

1666
01:32:12,695 --> 01:32:15,657
[ Indistinct conversation ]
-Alright, now playback.

1667
01:32:15,782 --> 01:32:17,242
-We're gonna have
play back.

1668
01:32:17,367 --> 01:32:20,493
-Like a pinball machine.
[ Laughter ]

1669
01:32:20,620 --> 01:32:24,998
-It's 100 degrees, but I'm
freezing, doing the best I can.

1670
01:32:25,123 --> 01:32:29,087
-Quietly.
-Let's see.

1671
01:32:29,212 --> 01:32:31,297
Like, if you can see the camera,
then we can see you.

1672
01:32:31,422 --> 01:32:34,425
Do you want to stand
like right there?

1673
01:32:38,137 --> 01:32:41,098
-So the general's pants
are reading whiter

1674
01:32:41,223 --> 01:32:43,308
and cleaner than the rest
of the people,

1675
01:32:43,433 --> 01:32:45,352
so we're dirtying them up

1676
01:32:45,477 --> 01:32:48,188
because they're
in combat, right?

1677
01:32:49,648 --> 01:32:52,485
[ All shouting ]

1678
01:32:53,693 --> 01:32:56,488
-That was wonderful.

1679
01:32:56,613 --> 01:32:58,907
[ Laughter ]

1680
01:32:59,033 --> 01:33:00,868
-That was good.

1681
01:33:00,993 --> 01:33:02,953
-That's a cut.

1682
01:33:03,078 --> 01:33:06,540
-Yeah. Playback.
-Playback is coming up.

1683
01:33:06,665 --> 01:33:11,045
-So we're just aging stuff
for our World War One trenches.

1684
01:33:11,170 --> 01:33:14,590
We're going for something
a little bit more dirty

1685
01:33:14,715 --> 01:33:17,343
and old and not so brand new,
shiny.

1686
01:33:17,468 --> 01:33:20,387
-Look up, Gabe.
Three, two, one.

1687
01:33:20,512 --> 01:33:22,890
[ Explosions and gunfire ]

1688
01:33:28,937 --> 01:33:31,190
-Good. Cut. Cut, cut, cut.

1689
01:33:31,315 --> 01:33:32,608
And action!

1690
01:33:36,695 --> 01:33:41,575
-We today probably have
roughly 80 people on set

1691
01:33:41,700 --> 01:33:45,328
to make this one thing happen,
and it's going really awesome.

1692
01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:51,877
-And action.

1693
01:33:52,002 --> 01:33:53,337
-Yeah, like.
-It's all great.

1694
01:33:53,462 --> 01:33:55,088
-But yeah, that --
-The sparks are, like --

1695
01:33:55,213 --> 01:33:57,508
-Yeah, like, cutting between.
-Reset please.

1696
01:33:57,633 --> 01:34:00,510
We'll go again.
-Reset. Going again.

1697
01:34:00,635 --> 01:34:02,303
-Action!

1698
01:34:06,267 --> 01:34:09,978
-3, 2, 1.

1699
01:34:28,372 --> 01:34:32,125
-What I'd like to do is one
guy come and get cannonballs,

1700
01:34:32,250 --> 01:34:34,712
and on his way back, another guy
comes and gets cannonballs.

1701
01:34:34,837 --> 01:34:37,673
So we're kind of playing
a little bit of a relay game.

1702
01:34:47,140 --> 01:34:49,893
-We've got three over here.
[ Gunfire ]

1703
01:34:50,812 --> 01:34:53,397
-Uh, we're doing basically
a medal of honor recipient.

1704
01:34:53,522 --> 01:34:55,023
He jumped on two grenades.

1705
01:34:55,148 --> 01:34:57,233
So what we're doing is
we've got it rigged to

1706
01:34:57,358 --> 01:34:59,987
where our stuntman is going
to be between the explosions.

1707
01:35:00,112 --> 01:35:01,863
We're going to bring them up,
split it,

1708
01:35:01,988 --> 01:35:03,698
bring them up,
and land.

1709
01:35:03,823 --> 01:35:05,952
And then I come in
and grab the actor,

1710
01:35:06,077 --> 01:35:07,453
carry him on my shoulder,
and get him to safety

1711
01:35:07,578 --> 01:35:09,372
because he actually survived,

1712
01:35:09,497 --> 01:35:11,498
which is wild after landing
on two grenades.

1713
01:35:11,623 --> 01:35:13,042
-Wow.
-Stunts ready?

1714
01:35:13,167 --> 01:35:16,087
-Ready.
- And 3, 2, 1.

1715
01:35:16,212 --> 01:35:19,090
[ Explosions ]

1716
01:35:19,215 --> 01:35:22,760
-Friendly smile.
-That's really dope.

1717
01:35:22,885 --> 01:35:25,345
[ Laughter ]
That is dope.

1718
01:35:28,307 --> 01:35:29,517
-Hi.
-Hello.

1719
01:35:29,642 --> 01:35:30,977
-Do you have any shish ke-balls?

1720
01:35:31,102 --> 01:35:33,312
-I don't have shish ke-balls,
but I do have meatballs.

1721
01:35:33,437 --> 01:35:35,982
-I'll take two meatballs.
-All right.

1722
01:35:39,193 --> 01:35:41,987
Dirty jobs, they're everywhere.

1723
01:35:45,867 --> 01:35:47,993
Ah, well, that's it.
Yeah. Two days of fun.

1724
01:35:48,118 --> 01:35:50,453
We saw all the monuments.
Every single one of them.

1725
01:35:50,578 --> 01:35:53,082
You happy?
-I think so.

1726
01:35:53,207 --> 01:35:55,000
We'll see how it turns out
in the edit.

1727
01:35:55,125 --> 01:35:58,212
-What do you mean, edit?
I thought this was live.