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Airport Days -WWII dance . Three 90 year old vets and one Girl from the French Resistance
Jun 20th
At night there was a dance in a huge hanger at the back side of the airport. The whole area was set up with army tents, jeeps, a tank, reenactment men in uniform. Inside the hanger was a big stage with a 10 piece orchestra playing swing tunes. There was a Bob Hope comic, Frank Sinatra guy and 3 Andrews sisters. Plus there were a couple of thousand people. All Boulder all fun night.
People were having pictures taken with the soldier on a jeep in front of an Avenger bomber. On man who saluted me as I was videoing was an older gentleman and apparently not in costume. He was in his WWII army dress uniform. I aimed the video camera straight at him through the crowd and he gave a salute. He was a captain in the army during the war. His infantry badge and campaign ribbons told it all. He said “Oh this is real all right, I was there”. You lead men” I asked. He shook his head yes and turned and walked away before I could ask more. WWII combat vets are like that. I tw as a night in history,
I met a 88 year old man from army intelligence smartly dressed in his uniform. He had married a 17 year old girl from the French Resistance who was actually dressed in a red striped shirt, Black dress and back beret. Couldn’t the Germans spot you as resistance we asked? No this is what all girls wore. She was a bike messenger for the resistance. She met her soldier and married him. 66 years later they looked as happy as can be. Unbelievable.
Another 90 year old man was staring at a Bomber. On his shoulders it said Army Air corps. He flew B-17s in General George Patton’s army against the German Afrika Korps Led by Rommel in Tunisa in 1942. His dress uniform was even desert tan. Rommel put up a hell of a fight he said, but he was no match for us. We just kept coming. All of these men were very fit 90 somethings. They were up , walking and alert.
New about Boulder Channel 1
Aug 9th
Boulder Internet Television Company Starts World-News Series
Channel One Networks Provide a Weekly Video Segment Covering Local and International Headlines
– Channel 1 Networks LLC has started the first and only World News program produced locally called World News Channel One.
According to CEO and Founder of Channel one Networks Jann Scott, “In Boulder Colorado among the many other internet television channels we offer, one of the most popular remains to be the World News Channel, where local and international news meets an edgy and comedic twist.”Channel One Networks has adopted the motto: We bring you Boulder, we bring you the world and according to the latest World News segment found on , the World News covers issues such as the recent G8 summit meeting regarding Global climate change initiatives and the soaring Chinese economy.
“Many viewers chime in and ask us to focus on things that they have been following and whenever it can fit into the World News Segment we make sure to talk about it. It’s a way for everyone to be involved in the production, they don’t just have to sit there and watch the news they can be part of it,” Said Scott.The World News Channel uses a comedic twist to cover the international and local events, targeting people in and around Boulder Colorado with city initiative updates and issues surrounding housing and university programs. Scott talks about the comedic aspect of World News Channel saying, “I’m not happy unless our viewers are laughing, and we write the news to do just that, to makes people laugh. Who says world news has to be boring?
I love how our viewers can be informed about issues and not need to take an antidepressant afterwards.”About Channel One Networks:The Channel One Networks was founded by Jann Scott, a Boulder tech mogul with decades of experience in internet, television, print, video and radio news broadcasting. In 2005 his company created and soft launched The World Channels. He then created an entire satellite system of TV channels online. Channel One Networks is internet only television designed for the local community, however through national media partnerships, weekly shows are aired on traditional television
. The staff is a mix of seasoned advertising media types and young hip designers. Channel One Networks relies on sound financial and production models that utilize the unique and upcoming social platform of internet television. For more information please visit, http://www.boulderchannel1.com