RUSH TRANSCRIPT When it ░░░░░░░░ to war many ask ░░░░░░░░ question why fight Or ░░░░░░░░ are we fighting for ░░░░░░░░ s a question that ░░░░░░░░ haunting the ending stages ░░░░░░░░ the war in Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ the debate over the ░░░░░░░░ rages But it s ░░░░░░░░ one that is limited ░░░░░░░░ just our modern experiences ░░░░░░░░ Korea for example in ░░░░░░░░ middle of the last ░░░░░░░░ army general Matthew ridgway ░░░░░░░░ sent to the peninsula ░░░░░░░░ restore morale and order ░░░░░░░░ the war after a ░░░░░░░░ counter attack by communist ░░░░░░░░ storming across the yalu ░░░░░░░░ into North Korea put ░░░░░░░░ forces on the run ░░░░░░░░ of the ways in ░░░░░░░░ general ridgway handled this ░░░░░░░░ was by sending out ░░░░░░░░ to the men fighting ░░░░░░░░ them explaining to them ░░░░░░░░ they were fighting in ░░░░░░░░ regarding its strategic importance ░░░░░░░░ the Cold War It ░░░░░░░░ something he may have ░░░░░░░░ during the preceding second ░░░░░░░░ war General ridgway served ░░░░░░░░ an assistant to the ░░░░░░░░ of the fourth army ░░░░░░░░ by general George Marshall ░░░░░░░░ my last guest tonight ░░░░░░░░ flannery the host of ░░░░░░░░ American story podcast explains ░░░░░░░░ his latest episode after ░░░░░░░░ attack on pearl harbor ░░░░░░░░ chief of staff of ░░░░░░░░ U S Army general ░░░░░░░░ Marshall asked film director ░░░░░░░░ capra to create films ░░░░░░░░ the 8 million men ░░░░░░░░ of whom had never ░░░░░░░░ a gun who were ░░░░░░░░ uprooted from civilian life ░░░░░░░░ into army camps and ░░░░░░░░ to war Marshall wanted ░░░░░░░░ to make a series ░░░░░░░░ documented factual information films ░░░░░░░░ first in our history ░░░░░░░░ will explain to our ░░░░░░░░ in the army why ░░░░░░░░ are fighting and the ░░░░░░░░ for which we are ░░░░░░░░ Here s a snippet ░░░░░░░░ those film titled why ░░░░░░░░ fight war comes to ░░░░░░░░ Music I pledge allegiance ░░░░░░░░ the flag of the ░░░░░░░░ States of America And ░░░░░░░░ the republic for which ░░░░░░░░ stands one 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country might have remained ░░░░░░░░ a wilderness Without the ░░░░░░░░ the idea might have ░░░░░░░░ only a dream music ░░░░░░░░ this ocean here was ░░░░░░░░ the sea the sky ░░░░░░░░ virgin continent We came ░░░░░░░░ search of freedom Facing ░░░░░░░░ dangers rather than bend ░░░░░░░░ knee or bow to ░░░░░░░░ Out of the native ░░░░░░░░ built a house a ░░░░░░░░ a watchtower We cleared ░░░░░░░░ field and grew up ░░░░░░░░ colony of free citizens ░░░░░░░░ carved new states out ░░░░░░░░ the wilderness Virginia Massachusetts ░░░░░░░░ island Carolina Then the ░░░░░░░░ test in the liberty ░░░░░░░░ Our leaders spoke our ░░░░░░░░ needs By the law ░░░░░░░░ nature free born as ░░░░░░░░ all men are It ░░░░░░░░ the right of the ░░░░░░░░ to order abolish it ░░░░░░░░ institute new government These ░░░░░░░░ the times that try ░░░░░░░░ s souls But as ░░░░░░░░ me Give me liberty ░░░░░░░░ give me death In ░░░░░░░░ midst of battle it ░░░░░░░░ The idea grew The ░░░░░░░░ took form Something new ░░░░░░░░ expressed by men A ░░░░░░░░ and all men are ░░░░░░░░ equal All men are ░░░░░░░░ to the blessings of ░░░░░░░░ liberty and the pursuit ░░░░░░░░ happiness That s the ░░░░░░░░ we set for ourselves ░░░░░░░░ Americans rule themselves Joining ░░░░░░░░ now is Chris flannery ░░░░░░░░ for being here tonight ░░░░░░░░ Hi kara good to ░░░░░░░░ you Director in Hollywood ░░░░░░░░ up Frank was the ░░░░░░░░ successful to the second ░░░░░░░░ war and movies were ░░░░░░░░ patriotic Remind us who ░░░░░░░░ was and why he ░░░░░░░░ a movie director is ░░░░░░░░ important I loved Frank ░░░░░░░░ of poor sicilian immigrants ░░░░░░░░ came to America when ░░░░░░░░ was about six years ░░░░░░░░ They all made their ░░░░░░░░ to los angeles and ░░░░░░░░ family immediately went to ░░░░░░░░ He himself was a ░░░░░░░░ of nature With hard ░░░░░░░░ good luck and great ░░░░░░░░ he really achieved his ░░░░░░░░ dream by his mid ░░░░░░░░ when he did become ░░░░░░░░ most successful Hollywood director ░░░░░░░░ to 1941 classics films ░░░░░░░░ poured out of Frank ░░░░░░░░ one night Mr Deeds ░░░░░░░░ to town You can ░░░░░░░░ take it with you ░░░░░░░░ Smith goes to Washington ░░░░░░░░ John doe all in ░░░░░░░░ five six years After ░░░░░░░░ war in 1946 he ░░░░░░░░ what is really his ░░░░░░░░ popular film one that ░░░░░░░░ in the millions still ░░░░░░░░ every Christmas Wonderful life ░░░░░░░░ Jimmy staourt and Donna ░░░░░░░░ The films and the ░░░░░░░░ they were so important ░░░░░░░░ that it s not ░░░░░░░░ they were popular with ░░░░░░░░ American people which they ░░░░░░░░ It s that they ░░░░░░░░ celebrated by the Hollywood ░░░░░░░░ and New York culture ░░░░░░░░ It did express an ░░░░░░░░ culture very vibrant and ░░░░░░░░ Tell us about the ░░░░░░░░ of seven movies he ░░░░░░░░ in conjunction with the ░░░░░░░░ that came to the ░░░░░░░░ world war and what ░░░░░░░░ it teach us about ░░░░░░░░ era in American history ░░░░░░░░ was the best director ░░░░░░░░ Hollywood We want you ░░░░░░░░ general George ordered him ░░░░░░░░ create a series of ░░░░░░░░ documentaries to teach new ░░░░░░░░ soldiers what it was ░░░░░░░░ were fighting for why ░░░░░░░░ were fighting and what ░░░░░░░░ the principles for which ░░░░░░░░ were fighting At the ░░░░░░░░ some eight million Americans ░░░░░░░░ become soldiers some have ░░░░░░░░ even carried a gun ░░░░░░░░ And the general thought ░░░░░░░░ was critical to teach ░░░░░░░░ lessons He was overwhelmed ░░░░░░░░ that responsibility but usual ░░░░░░░░ him he took it ░░░░░░░░ He did make the ░░░░░░░░ 50 million films watched ░░░░░░░░ millions of our forces ░░░░░░░░ forces in England and ░░░░░░░░ and China and Soviet ░░░░░░░░ even When president rosenstern ░░░░░░░░ episode inaudible after he ░░░░░░░░ it he said every ░░░░░░░░ woman and child in ░░░░░░░░ world must watch this ░░░░░░░░ It won academy award ░░░░░░░░ then the whole series ░░░░░░░░ the New York film ░░░░░░░░ award for best documentaries ░░░░░░░░ the greatest honor in ░░░░░░░░ whole life is when ░░░░░░░░ Churchill says to him ░░░░░░░░ had never seen or ░░░░░░░░ the discussion for which ░░░░░░░░ was fighting He cherished ░░░░░░░░ words the rest of ░░░░░░░░ life Imagine Winston Churchill ░░░░░░░░ that to you The ░░░░░░░░ soldiers The American public ░░░░░░░░ Democrat president of the ░░░░░░░░ States Hollywood elite political ░░░░░░░░ around the world were ░░░░░░░░ affirming the American principles ░░░░░░░░ you look at the ░░░░░░░░ how do they compare ░░░░░░░░ what they re teaching ░░░░░░░░ troops today Well as ░░░░░░░░ know kara today the ░░░░░░░░ in chief of the ░░░░░░░░ forces of the United ░░░░░░░░ President Joe Biden is ░░░░░░░░ all American troops to ░░░░░░░░ taught that America is ░░░░░░░░ racist country and teaching ░░░░░░░░ white American troops that ░░░░░░░░ are systemically oppressors and ░░░░░░░░ black American troops that ░░░░░░░░ have systemically oppressed Nothing ░░░░░░░░ be greater contrast than ░░░░░░░░ was taught to the ░░░░░░░░ by Frank s troops ░░░░░░░░ World War II Every ░░░░░░░░