Saluting Veterans at the Reagan Library

Today, of course, to salute our veterans out of the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. And that's where Bob DiCastro is to show us what they have planned. Good morning, Bob. Yeah, a fun, a full day here playing at the Reagan National Library. We've got people still coming in right now. Program's going to start here shortly where they have some special speakers that are going to be talking here. They are a novelist, a guy who wrote a book about his service during the war. He's going to be up here speaking as well. Let me talk to you, sir, really quickly, if you don't mind. This is one of the veterans. Thank you for your service, sir. You're at Marine Corps, you said. Tell us about your service. Uh, and... You know, what this day means to you? This day means... Just being thankful to be alive, thankful for all the men and women who served this country. And being a veteran is just a great opportunity to serve this country. I think being a veteran makes me proud of this country and makes me love this country even more. Yeah, you came here for the specific novelist that's going to be speaking here at this special program here today. What about his story kind of resonated with you? He was a Marine as well. He learned a lot being in the Marine Corps. He kind of one of the points that he hit was always looking out for the men underneath you, the men and women underneath you. He kind of said never to be above, never below, always beside you. So just kind of bring the people up from underneath you and raise them up to the best of their ability. Thank you for your service. Give me your name. Name's Edward McDevitt, sir. Marine Corps. Thank you. Let me talk to you. Hi. Hi. How are you? Why did you decide to come on? Give me your name. Carla Wiley. Carla. Carla with a K. And you were just at home and you just... Yeah, I decided to close office today and me and my friend Wendy, she ran away from me. She's over there. We decided to come and spend the day at the Presidential Library. So just took the day off and came on down. Yeah. Why was it important for you? I mean, Veterans Day and you decided, might as well go here and see what they have to say. You know what really struck me about today? Today was the news that you guys did this morning about the book about adopting a veteran. And that really stuck out to me because there's thousands of veterans in... What? In the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, right. And folks were adopting them because they never made it back home, because family don't know where they are or anything like that. And so I just thought that's really important. And since I run a traffic school, I get a lot of veterans that come through. The last one I had was 106 years old, 106, he told World War II stories. So did we complete traffic school? Probably not. I mean, we really did. But it's just important because my dad was a Marine. And just the work that goes on. It goes into serving our country. I've heard various stories and I'm like, wow, this is amazing. I wish I had joined, actually. Yeah. Yeah. If you're led that way and guided that way, and that's the reason why I got in, because someone sort of guided me that way and said, hey, this is an opportunity for you. And if it wasn't for people to give me that advice, I would never have done that. You're watching this morning. I was watching this morning, yep. So you saw me and then our... I saw you. And our other guy up there. Yeah, the other guy? Yeah, the guy behind the scenes that you said... Oh, yeah, Saul. Saul. Hey, Saul. Thank you for serving. And your pictures look great. I love you guys' pictures and everything like that. So thank you so much for serving, you know, because I know it's hard, especially when you're on those aircraft carriers. I've heard stories about that. Yes. It's not a luxury seat. Thank you for saying that. Thank you for coming over here. And it's always wonderful to talk to you. Yeah. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Great to see you. All right. Oh my gosh. Yeah, she just stopped me. And she was like, oh my God, I was watching you this morning. Carla with the K. Oh my gosh. Carla, thank you. We appreciate her. We love you, Carla. Saúl was kind of like, wait. Yeah. Yeah. She came up. She said, thank you for your service. And tell Saúl, thank you too. Oh my goodness. A dedicated watcher. That is so sweet. Yes. She's amazing. Wow. She really listens and pays attention. She does. You come up to an event like this and just like she said, Yeah. I mean, seriously, it's a who's who of stories and everybody has so many stories up here. We'll be hearing some officially from the program here. But it's one of those days where if you if you were to come up to an event like this, you can walk around. And I was just in the back and there were so many different veterans from so many different generations sharing their stories, sharing what they've learned. And it is just a special day here at the Reagan National Library. It really is. Always. And Bob, thank you for your service, my friend. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for saying that. Thank you. And here's a live look at the 23rd Annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade in Pacoima. It begins at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and San Fernando Mission Boulevard and will travel to Ritchie Valens Recreation Center. The parade is honoring military veterans and their families. Jewish war veterans post 603.