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- Biden praises their work and the sacrifice they and their families make and recognizes the 101st Airborne Air Assault crews and the Navy SEAL team that carried out the successful assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan on May 1, 2011. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, Deputy Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division introduces President Obama. Obama also pays tribute to the victims of the attacks on 9/11/2001, and reflects on progress made in Afghanistan.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-05-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Clayton tells of learning HVAC in the Navy and describes installing an HVAC system in Fisher. He describes the relationship between the VFW Post and Fisher, helping many of the Vets working at Fisher, selling chicken dinners to Fisher workers on Friday nights, and being frequented by workers for drinks before and after work. Clayton also performed work at the UAW Black Lake center and comments on the plane crash that killed the Reuthers.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his first Presidential speech outside of Washington, D.C., George Bush tells the crew of the carrier America in Norfolk, Virginia, that servicemen will get the support of the shipbuilders and the American public.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Admiral Robley Evans, commander of the U.S. Great White Fleet on its worldwide cruise from the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean in 1907-1908, gives his farewell address to the U.S. Navy upon his retirement.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-10-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Alexis Ghorai describes his youth in Lansing, Michigan, finding high school less than challenging, but being motivated and succeeding at the University of Michigan. He also talks about his relationship with his parents, his decision to join the Navy when his parents divorced, and the conflict he feels between his liberal leanings and doing his duty as ordered. He speculates about having a family while in the Navy and then concludes by talking about his life at college, concentrating on his studies, his social life and the stresses between being a kid and being a responsible student.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the 2013 commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Obama talks about maintaining a 300 ship fleet, fighting the sequester, responding to disasters, and preserving peace around the globe.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Welcome to Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the U.S. Navy exhibit appearing in Kalamazoo. The mayor of Kalamazoo, Henry Ford, and the presidents of the Senior and Junior Chambers of Commerce, John Klosterman and Fred Maymer, welcome the exhibit to Kalamazoo. U.S. Naval Officer John Jay Morgan, commander of the exhibit, describes the installation to listeners and talks about some of the exhibit's highlights. Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO Transcription Disc Collection.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-07-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump delivers the 2018 commencement address to the graduating midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy. Trump talks about the strength of the Navy and the U.S. armed forces in general. He also highlights the $700 billion approved by congress this year in defense spending, and says that it will help boost the size of the Navy's fleet to 355 ship including the addition of a new aircraft carrier. The president is introduced by Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Vice Admiral Walter "Ted" E. Carter Jr.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks about the U.S. economy on the occasion of a credit rating downgrade of the U.S. Government by the Standard & Poor rating house. He continues his call for a long-term deficit deal that would include new tax revenue and modifications to Medicare and Social Security programs. He suggests that further cuts to other government programs would be very difficult to achieve. The President assures Americans that, "we will always be a triple-A country." He praises the perseverance of the American people to withstand tough economic times. Obama also speaks about the August 6, 2011 helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed 38 people, including 31 members of a Special Forces Navy SEAL team.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Welcome to Kalamazoo," Dr. Willis Dunbar profiles the U.S. Navy exhibit appearing in Kalamazoo. The mayor of Kalamazoo, Henry Ford, and the presidents of the Senior and Junior Chambers of Commerce, John Klosterman and Fred Maymer, welcome the exhibit to Kalamazoo. U.S. Naval Officer John Jay Morgan, commander of the exhibit, describes the installation to listeners and talks about some of the exhibit's highlights. Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO Transcription Disc Collection.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-07-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection