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David R. and David W. Franco both proudly serviced in the Marine Corps, both fought in the Iraq War. Both men came home surviving road side bomb blasts. They are among the ten percent of veterans returning from today's wars with traumatic brain injury
HEADLINE: Wounds of the mind affect father and son Marines
CAPTION: David R. and David W. Franco both proudly serviced in the Marine Corps, both fought in the Iraq War. Both men came home surviving road side bomb blasts. They are among...
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Why two US veterans are backing opposing presidential candidates
Arlington, Virginia - 27 June 2008
1. James Morin fixes "shark water slide" for daughter
2. Morin flips pages of a photo album - camera tilts up
3. SOUNDBITE (English) James Morin, Iraq War Veteran and Obama Supporter:
"I think that...
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Security, beginning of march for uprising anniversary
August 1, 2004
1. Horse guards with standards standing by for ceremonies to mark 60th anniversary of Warsaw uprising
2. Various of Polish military marching, Audio of military music
3. Pan of war veterans and military
4. War veterans...
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Wrap of holiday ceremonies
POOL - Arlington, Virginia
1. US President George Bush laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington
2. Wide shot of wreath laying ceremony
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President
"Today we honour the men and women...
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Thousands of wounded soldiers discharged from the Army risk financial ruin as they wait six to nine months for their disability benefits. The Army has taken steps to ease the strain, but it's taking awhile for those policies to take hold.
HEADLINE: Wounded soldiers: No job, no benefits, now what?
CAPTION: Thousands of wounded soldiers discharged from the Army risk financial ruin as they wait six to nine months for their disability benefits. The Army has taken steps to...
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US Memorial Day service for WWII veterans in Italy
1. Sicily-Rome American cemetery in Nettuno ahead of the ceremony
2. American flag with sailors lining up ahead of the ceremony
3. American sailors holding American and Italian flag during the ceremony
4. Memorial building
5. Various...
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Hearing by board investigating shuttle disaster
Washington, DC - 12 June 2003
1. Wide shot of hearing
2. Close up of photograph showing location of bolt catcher
3. Graphic of bolt catcher
4. Graphic showing where bolt catcher separates
5. Photograph of bolt catcher
6. SOUNDBITE...
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World War II veteran and paratrooper Leslie Palmer Cruise, Jr. vividly remembers landing in France on D-Day, 70 years after the historic invasion took place. (May 28)
D-Day - June 6, 1944.
That stormy morning, 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and into the maw of Adolf Hitler's killing machine. The assault by 7,000 ships and landing craft along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast...
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US president-Elect Obama news conference
1. Wide shot of US President-elect Barack Obama and Secretary of Veterans nominee Eric Shinseki walking into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President-elect:
"As we seek a new national security strategy that uses...
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Preview ahead of exhibiton of 20th century war planes
1. US P-51 Mustang fighter taxiing on runway
2. British Hawker Hurricane fighter starting engine
3. Restored US military trainer on tarmac
4. Two P-51s and Mig-17 flying in formation
5. Close-up shot of P-51s and Mig-17 in formation...
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USA: REACTIONS TO CLINTON IMPEACHMENT
Capitol Hill, Washington/ San Clemente and San Diego, California/New York City, New York State, United States - 19 December, 1998
Washington D-C, United States - 19 December, 1998
1. Wide back shot of protestors chanting "Stop...
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UK: LONDON: VJ DAY CELEBRATIONS
London 19th August 1995
1. Poppies dropped by plane
2. Period of silent remembrance
3. Soundbite: President of Royal British Legion
4. Gurka pipers
5. Soundbite: Burma Veteran
6. Soundbite: Burma veteran
7. Pan of crowd outside...
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USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER TIMOTHY McVEIGH SENTENCED TO DEATH
Denver, Colorado, U-S-A - 13 June 1997
1. McVeigh family enters court, sister in blue denim, father stooped over and wearing white shirt - Pool
2. Prosecutor Joseph Hartzler enters court on motorised wheelchair - Pool
3. Medium shot...
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Names are still going up on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington. On this day, it was Lt. Col. William L. Taylor. The AP's Lee Powell captures the precision and dedication behind making an inscription on the wall.
HEADLINE: First Person: Adding a name to Vietnam wall
CAPTION: Names are still going up on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington. On this day, it was Lt. Col. William L. Taylor. The AP's Lee Powell captures the precision and...
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VIETNAM: US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE MISSION
English/Nat
US National Security Adviser Anthony Lake has returned to Vietnam, 31 years after he served there as a diplomat during the Vietnam war.
Lake used his visit to go to central Vietnam on a mission that recalled the sacrifice and...
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SOUTH KOREA: WAR VETERANS GATHER AT INCHON (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Catherine Bonner
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...
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HONG KONG: CHRIS PATTEN HOSTS TEA PARTY FOR WAR VETERANS
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Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten hosted a tea party for some of the territory's war veterans and war widows Monday.
The party was to celebrate the widows receiving full British passports to replace their Hong Kong travel...
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WRAP Final tribute to UK's last World War I veteran, who died at age 111
1. Funeral cortege driving through village UPSOUND: Applause
2. Funeral cortege driving through village lane
3. Hearse arrives at cathedral
4. Coffin being carried into cathedral
5. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arriving
6. Wide of...
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Soldiers injured in Iraq try to readjust to civilian life
Washington, DC - 19 June 2004
1. David Sterling walks up street
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sergeant David Lee Sterling II, U.S. Army First Infantry Division:
"An RPG 7 (a rocket propelled grenade) went through the turret of my Bradley (an...
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US troops mark Veterans Day
1. Wide of Veterans Day ceremony at Camp Eggers, soldier walking forward to place flag at front of audience
2. Close-up of soldier and flag
3. Soldier carrying North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) flag and placing it at front
4....
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Anti US rally on anniversary of taking of US embassy
1. Wide of students rallying in front of ex-American embassy in downtown Tehran
2. Crowd of students shouting "Death to Israel"
3. Students holding pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader
4. Wide of demonstration
5....
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USA: JURY CONDEMN OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER TIMOTHY MCVEIGH TO DEATH
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A jury condemned Timothy McVeigh to death on Friday for the Oklahoma City bombing, in which 168 people died.
The jury deliberated for more than 11 hours over two days before deciding unanimously that the 29-year-old should...
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Mickey Rooney spoke out against elder abuse before a senate committee on aging on Wednesday. The 90-year-old actor says he's been the victim of abuse at the hands of his own family.
HEADLINE Mickey Rooney: Elder abuse 'emotional blackmail'
CAPTION: Mickey Rooney spoke out against elder abuse before a senate committee on aging on Wednesday. The 90-year-old actor says he's been the victim of abuse at the hands of his...
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Veterans of Vukovar fighting react to Hadzic arrest
1. Wide of veterans arriving at the memorial cemetery (shot through a monument over an eternal flame)
2. Wide of sky seen through memorial
3. Veterans arriving at a plateau in front of a monument for the victims (shot over the flame)...