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- During a ceremony at the White House, President Obama describes the actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun for his extraordinary heroism while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy at Unsan, Korea and his death as a prisoner of war in November 1950. An unidentified speaker reads the official Congressional citation as the President presents the medal to Captain Kapaun's son who accepts it on behalf of his family. U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Major General Donald Rutherford delivers the invocation and the benediction.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican nominee for President, speaks at the Masonic Temple in Detroit as part of his Michigan campaign. Eisenhower focuses his speech on the failures of the Truman administration's foreign policy, specifically targeting Truman's approach to Korea. Eisenhower lists a number of warnings which he says that Truman and the U.S. State Department failed to heed following World War II and how that failure resulted in the administration blinding leading the country into a preventable and unnecessary war in Asia. Recording is incomplete. Eisenhower is introduced by Brett M. Alger, the Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1952-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending the Korean War July 27, 1953. Obama recounts the singing of the armistice, the end of hostilities and what returning home was like for the veterans. He declares "victory" in what has been called the "forgotten war." Obama thanks those who served saying, "in the spring of your youth you learned how short and precious life can be. And because of you, millions of people can keep on living it, in freedom and in peace." Held at the Korean War Memorial on the Mall in Washington D.C.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-07-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur state their opposing positions on what should be done to prevent war during the Korean Conflict.
- Date Issued:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dean Acheson speaks about events in the State Department on the day the Korean conflict began, about the action of President Truman, and about the U.S. military action.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Douglas MacArthur addresses a joint session of Congress in his famed "old soldier" speech.
- Date Issued:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection