A TIME FOR HEALING AND REMEMBRANCE FROM. GOOD LAUGHS TO HONORING THE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE PASSED. TWO MONTHS AGO, JACK WARNER WAS SHOWING US WHAT TO LOOK FOR AT YOUR HOMES AFTER EARTHQUAKES. BUT LONG BEFORE THAT, HE WAS SERVING AMONG THESE PEOPLE AS AN ARMY AIRBORNE RANGER. TONIGHT THEY'RE HOSTINGNG AN EVT THAT WON'T SOON BE FORGOTTEN IN A NEW PLACE. CAMARADERIE IS IS WIDESPREAD. IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERY WAR. SO WHAT'S THAT MEAN TO US? WE GET TO MEET, COME BACK WITH OUR FRIENDS.
UH, TWO GUYS MET TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 55 YEARS. DURING THEIR TIME IN THE VIETNAM WAR, THEY WERE LONG RANGE RECONNAISSANCE PATROLMEN, OR LERPS. WE WORKED IN FOUR MAN TEAMS. TYPICALLY. SOMETIMES IT WAS SIX, SOMETIMES IT WAS EIGHT, BUT TYPICALLY IT WAS FOUR. AND OUR JOB WAS TO, UH, EITHER LOCATE THE ENEMY OR AMBUSH THE ENEMY. AND FORMER GOVERNOR FRANK EATING, MAKING IT TO THEIR VENUE IN BRICKTOWN, TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE TRUE MEANING OF THEIR WORK, ABOUT PROTECTION, MENTIONING THE UPCOMING ANNIVERSARY OF APRIL 19TH COMING OUT OF THE RUBBLE WAS A BLUE LEG, A RED STRIPE, AND A POLISHED BLACK SHOE. FRIDAY, MARKING 29 YEARS SINCE THE DEVASTATING ATTACK ON THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN OKC.
FORMER GOVERNOR THANKING THEM FOR THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE U.S. TOGETHER. COMMITMENT AND LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR OUR VERY SPECIAL COUNTRY. THEY SAY THEY HOPE THAT YOU GET TO KNOW YOUR VETERANS AROUND YOU AND TO THANK THEM NOT ONLY FOR THEIR SERVICE, BUT FOR THEIR SACRIF.