1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Greetings from Maxwell Gunner . I'm 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,111 Colonel Roy Richardson , Commander of 3 00:00:04,111 --> 00:00:06,278 the 42nd baseline and I'm Chief master 4 00:00:06,278 --> 00:00:08,500 only hoover , the Command Chief here at 5 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:08,150 the 42nd baseline . We're taking an 6 00:00:08,150 --> 00:00:10,372 opportunity today to offer our personal 7 00:00:10,372 --> 00:00:12,261 invite for you to join us here at 8 00:00:12,261 --> 00:00:14,372 Maxwell Gunner for a series of events 9 00:00:14,372 --> 00:00:16,720 between 14th february and 15 march to 10 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,553 mark the 50th anniversary of the 11 00:00:18,553 --> 00:00:20,664 repatriation of prisoners of war from 12 00:00:20,664 --> 00:00:22,780 Vietnam Maxwell Gunner was one of 10 13 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:25,310 Air Force bases and we welcome 43 14 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,710 prisoners of war here . Then we'll kick 15 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:29,877 it off on the 14th of february with an 16 00:00:29,877 --> 00:00:31,932 opportunity hosted by Air University 17 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:34,043 and a panel of prisoners of war given 18 00:00:34,043 --> 00:00:36,043 the opportunity to tell their story 19 00:00:36,043 --> 00:00:37,988 both in person and online . Just a 20 00:00:37,988 --> 00:00:40,321 couple weeks later on the 12th of March , 21 00:00:40,321 --> 00:00:42,543 the traveling Vietnam War memorial will 22 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:44,488 enter the river region escorted by 23 00:00:44,488 --> 00:00:46,377 patriots on motorcycles and first 24 00:00:46,377 --> 00:00:48,599 responder vehicles following setup will 25 00:00:48,599 --> 00:00:50,766 kick off a 24 hour run and remembrance 26 00:00:50,766 --> 00:00:52,877 of prisoners of war and those missing 27 00:00:52,877 --> 00:00:55,340 in action . Some 81,000 plus Following 28 00:00:55,340 --> 00:00:57,396 the run , we have invites out to all 29 00:00:57,396 --> 00:00:59,618 the river region public schools provide 30 00:00:59,618 --> 00:01:01,673 the opportunity for Children to come 31 00:01:01,673 --> 00:01:03,896 view the wall on the 15th of March at 0 32 00:01:03,896 --> 00:01:06,007 800 we're gonna open the installation 33 00:01:06,007 --> 00:01:08,440 to the community a personal welcome and 34 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,329 invite all Vietnam veterans to be 35 00:01:10,329 --> 00:01:12,870 recognized and for all other veterans 36 00:01:12,870 --> 00:01:15,037 and the community to rally around them 37 00:01:15,037 --> 00:01:17,820 as we recognize them and celebrate 38 00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:19,950 their sacrifice So many years ago , 39 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:21,849 we'll be joined by Captain Rose , 40 00:01:21,849 --> 00:01:23,849 recipient of the Medal of Honor who 41 00:01:23,849 --> 00:01:25,738 provide remarks and we're just so 42 00:01:25,738 --> 00:01:27,849 thankful for this opportunity on this 43 00:01:27,849 --> 00:01:30,016 anniversary . Yeah , it is going to be 44 00:01:30,016 --> 00:01:32,127 a fantastic week for us to just honor 45 00:01:32,127 --> 00:01:34,182 and celebrate the service of so many 46 00:01:34,182 --> 00:01:35,849 veterans who didn't have that 47 00:01:35,849 --> 00:01:38,016 celebration when they served . Um , so 48 00:01:38,016 --> 00:01:40,016 we're really looking forward to the 49 00:01:40,016 --> 00:01:39,930 entire week . And as you said , Maxwell 50 00:01:39,930 --> 00:01:41,986 Gunter's plays a special role in the 51 00:01:41,986 --> 00:01:44,208 history of Vietnam as we were one of 10 52 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:46,370 Air Force bases uh to welcome those 53 00:01:46,370 --> 00:01:48,481 veterans home . So we're come forward 54 00:01:48,481 --> 00:01:50,481 to 50 years later celebrating those 55 00:01:50,481 --> 00:01:52,703 veterans once again chief and I will be 56 00:01:52,703 --> 00:01:54,870 out in the community to make sure that 57 00:01:54,870 --> 00:01:56,926 everybody gets this invite , Maxwell 58 00:01:56,926 --> 00:01:59,092 dot af dot mil . There'll be plenty of 59 00:01:59,092 --> 00:02:01,203 information out there with regards to 60 00:02:01,203 --> 00:02:03,481 the rules of engagement and the invite , 61 00:02:03,481 --> 00:02:05,592 as well as our social media platforms 62 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:05,220 and local media . If you have any 63 00:02:05,220 --> 00:02:07,220 questions at all , reach out to the 64 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:09,220 installation and we look forward to 65 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:09,950 seeing you back on Maxwell Gunner .