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SRN121416B- Secretary John Kerry hosts a reception for the families of Servicemembers on unaccompanied tours and Army Veteran Jimmy Lee reflects on the day his life changed .
SERGEANT LAURA MARTIN, SOLDIERS RADIO NEWS
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY HOSTED A HOLIDAY RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SERVICEMEMBERS ON UNACCOMPANIED TOURS SECRETARY KERRY REMINDED THE PARTICIPATING CHILDREN OF THE SACRIFICE THEIR PARENTS ARE MAKING.
"THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE SERVING IN NOW, YOUR PARENTS ARE STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM AND THEY ARE STANDING UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND I HOPE YOU ARE AS PROUD OF THEM AS WE ARE PROUD OF THEM EVERYWHERE. ."
75 YEARS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ARMY VETERAN JIMMY LEE REFLECTS ON THE DAY THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER.
"YOU KNOW WAS I SCARED? NO. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MANEUVERS ALL THE TIME AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A WAR GAME, BUT HOW CAN IT BE? IT LOOKED SO REAL. RIGHT OUT THERE I COULD SEE THE BOMBS DROPPING ON THE SHIP AND THAT’S WHEN I TELL YOU MY LIFE CHANGED AT THAT TIME. ."
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THAT'S YOUR SOLDIERS RADIO NEWS.
| Date Taken: | 12.14.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 12.14.2016 11:38 |
| Category: | Newscasts |
| Audio ID: | 45873 |
| Filename: | 1612/DOD_103943394.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:01:00 |
| Location: | US |
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