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Official ceremony at Carentan with US, Dutch, Germans
Historic C-47 Dakotas planes flew over Normandy in commemoration of the historic D-Day invasion on Wednesday, but weather conditions forced a planned parachute jump to be called off.
The team of jumpers made a formation flight across the...
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Veterans from opposite sides of Balkan wars pay respects to victims of Srebrenica
1. Wide of group of veterans entering memorial centre
2. Veterans pay respect to victims in front of monument
3. Flowers laid by veterans at memorial
4. Veterans stand next to wall containing names of massacre victims
5. Names of...
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VIETNAM: 20 YEARS AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR
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Twenty years ago this week victorious Communist troops marched into Saigon ending the Vietnam War.
Thousands of South Vietnamese who worked alongside the Americans were unable to flee and were sentenced to years in brutal...
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INDIA: WW II VETERANS COMMEMORATE HIMALAYAN SUPPLY FLIGHTS
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US and Indian Second World War veterans have been remembering their part in the famous supply flights from India to China over the Himalayas - called the Hump by the pilots.
The flights were crucial to the Chinese forces...
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Mike Bowman, whose son Tim committed suicide after returning from Iraq, testified before the House Veteran's Affairs committee Wednesday.
HEADLINE: Iraq vet's dad criticizes VA
CAPTION: Mike Bowman, whose son Tim committed suicide after returning from Iraq, testified before the House Veteran's Affairs committee Wednesday. (Dec. 12) 2008
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Liberation day ceremony marks 31 years since end of war
1. Various of Falkland Island Voluntary Defence Force (FIDF) members parading along main road toward Port Stanley
2. Mid of Royal Air Force members
3. Mid of onlookers
4. Mid of Reverend Richard Hines leading Liberation Day commemoration...
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Four Marines have been charged in Southern California with the execution-style killings of an Iraq war veteran and his wife. The victims were found gagged, tied and shot in the head last month in their home in Riverside County.
HEADLINE: 4 accused of killing fellow Marine; wife
CAPTION: Four Marines have been charged in Southern California with the execution-style killings of an Iraq war veteran and his wife. According to court documents, the men told...
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Ceremony to mark 50th anniversary of armistice, Clark speech
1. Veterans saluting to platform
2. Close-up veteran saluting
3. Commander of US Forces in Korea General Leon Laporte on stage
4. Veterans praying
5. Close-up veteran praying
6. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark at podium
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Remains of Soviet soldiers reburied after exhumation
1. Wide of monument to Red Army soldiers, coffins with the remains of the soldiers nearby
2. Guard standing next to monument
3. Wide of gathered media
4. Priests pouring holy water on coffins
5. Close-up of sign on monument reading:...
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Former FBI man sentenced over link to alleged double agent
July 18, 2005
1. Wide shot of James Smith with legal team crossing the road
2. Close-up courthouse sign reading: "Edward R. Roybal Center and Federal Building"
3. Wide shot of attorney Brian Sun speaking to journalists
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Veterans across the U.S. voiced a wide range of opinions about the VA and its leadership following the resignation of embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday. (May 30)
Veterans across the U.S. hope the resignation of embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki marks the start of much needed reform and improvement of the sprawling health care system.
"I mean the issue is not whether he is a...
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USA: REACTION TO PETE PETERSON APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
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Optimism ran high in Washington on Friday that decades of animosity between the U-S and Vietnam were finally over as Pete Peterson took up his job as the first U-S ambassador to Vietnam since the war.
But not everyone was...
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ZIMBABWE: TAKEOVER OF WHITE OWNED FARMS LATEST (V)
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VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Another farm has become victim to the ongoing siege of white owned farming land by war veterans in Zimbabwe.
To date the violence has claimed the lives of two white farmers and many other farm...
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Eighteen disabled veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are gathering for a four-day festival, which includes classes in sailing, scuba diving and an appearance by an amputee horse with a prosthetic leg.
HEADLINE: Disabled veterans gather for festival
CAPTION: Eighteen disabled veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are gathering for a four-day festival, which includes classes in sailing, scuba diving and an appearance by an amputee horse...
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Obama addresses US troops on Veterans' Day
1. Mid shot US President Barack Obama at the US military base, coming out to address US soldiers
2. Close-up soldier taking pictures of Obama
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"This (refers earlier to 'South Korea's...
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US veterans attend sunrise ceremony to mark DDay landing
As the sun rose over a gusty Omaha Beach in France on Friday D-Day veterans from the United States 29th Infantry Division stood at attention alongside serving soldiers at 6:30 a.m., exactly the moment on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops...
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Riots, Swimming
Bonus Riots In Nation's Capital
President Hoover calls infantry, cavalry and tanks into Washington, D.C. to rout the Bonus Expeditionary Force demonstrators, after a clash between the disgruntled war veterans and the police produces...
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Emotional observance of Armistice Day in battle town
1. Mid of church tower, pull out to wide of Meense Poort (Menen or Menin Gate) war memorial
2. Close-up of lion statue on top of memorial, with text below reading (English) "To the armies of the British empire who stood here from 1914...
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Fmr US general criticises US troop withdrawal
1. Wideshot of Clark at podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rtd Gen. Wesley Clark, Former Presidential Candidate
"Now they're trying to redo Bill Clinton's post cold war redeployment of American forces. We did it after the cold war. Reduced...
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WRAP President visits heavily criticised Walter Reed Army Medical Center
1. US President George W. Bush gets out of helicopter, waves
2. Wide exterior Walter Reed Army Medical Centre building
3. Close-up of sign
4. Secret service police on watch
4. US flag flying
5. Various of Bush walking inside, shaking...
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Schwarzman: Michelle Obama Sold Me on Hiring Veterans
Nov. 10 -- Steve Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer at Blackstone, talks about Blackstones commitment to hiring 50,000 veterans by 2018 and the governments push to get the business community more involved in the employment...
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SOUTH KOREA: WAR VETERANS GATHER AT INCHON
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Veterans of the Korean war gathered at Inchon on Friday to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of a military operation which turned the course of the Korean war.
They were given performances by military bands and U-S and...
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Recently discharged U.S. Marine Jason Braddock says after years in Afghanistan the biggest challenge many veterans face is trying to figure out how to market the skills they used on the battlefield to employers as they enter the job market.
HEADLINE First Person: Vets look to translate military skills into jobs
CAPTION: Recently discharged U.S. Marine Jason Braddock says after years in Afghanistan the biggest challenge many veterans face is trying to figure out how to...
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In an event held by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday in Washington DC, transgender military members from around the world shared their experiences of transitioning in the military. (Oct. 20)
In an event held by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday in Washington DC, transgender military members from around the world shared their experiences of transitioning in the military.
Flight Lieutenant Caroline R. Paige,...