I feel very strongly, and I have communicated consistently since I started as director, that our folks need to make sure that they're not just doing the right thing, that they're doing it in the right way, and that they avoid, avoid even the appearance of bias or lack of objectivity. This is FBI Director Ray just last week putting on a theatrical performance where he claimed that he instructs his agents not to be partisan foot soldiers for Democrats. How about attempting to cover up a domestic terrorist attack against Republicans as suicide by cop? He only ever came around to telling the truth after consistent questioning during oversight hearings, and even then it was done very quietly. After this, the raid on Trump's home over supposed mishandling of documents, their fake Russian collusion coup attempt, their raids on Trump supporters that amounted to nothing, FBI raids on journalists who were exposing Biden? I don't know, I think it may be time to defund the FBI.


Sister Olmina would regularly come up with new rhymes, but this was the most well known in our convent when we regularly repeat, but she would always say, God's will, God's will, God's will be done, praise be the Father, praise be the Son, praise be divine love Lord Holy Ghost, praise be in you, me, with the heavenly host. So whenever things are difficult, we'll pull that out, and it always puts a smile on everyone's face. So yes, we're very blessed to know Sister Olmina, especially the fulfillment of God's will, because that's what her whole life was a testament to doing God's will.


The Environmental Health Division within the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization PAHO, is undertaking a pothelve workshop focused on the strengthening of pothelve regulations. The workshop provided pothelve officers along with officers involved in border control with the opportunity to review the requirements of the new International Health Regulation IHR and to assess their roles at the ports of entry. Chief Environmental Health Officer Parker Ragnanan spoke on the need for participants to embrace this workshop and to gain knowledge on strategies to strengthen the pothelve regulations in St. Louisshire. The information is important, not very often are we able to meet with our partners and to discuss matters of common and mutual interests, not often do we get to share experiences and to learn a little bit about what each other is doing because we recognize that as part of port security, all our persons involved in border control must work together because we all have a common interest in terms of the national health and security of the country. Chief Medical Officer Dr Sharon Belmar George reminded the participants of the key role they play at the ports and the need for agencies to work together to strengthen surveillance at the ports. I really want to continue to encourage you in the team approach between the various agencies to ensure that whatever we're doing is synergistic and effective as well and very, very, very timely. So I'm really hoping that apart from just receiving training, you're able to learn what the other agencies are doing. You're able to see where the gaps are so that together we can work together to ensure we strengthen what we do at the ports which is extremely important at this time. Temporary Technical Advisor Pao Collin-Brown says this workshop grants the opportunity to identify the gaps as it relates to ports of entry and finding ways to address them. One of the other challenges is limited human resources from the Environmental Health Department. Currently there's a lot of resources as it applies to COVID at the points of entry. There's a lot of infrastructure but the environmental side of it obviously needs to be strengthened as far as numbers are concerned. So this would also give the stakeholders the opportunity to be aware of the issues that health is involved in and to support them in strengthening that capacity. The workshop focused on areas such as water safety guidelines, solid and liquid waste, vector control guidelines and transportation of human remains to need a few. Supporting from the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs, I am Fina Neptune.


Hi, welcome to Tater talk on Tuesdays at 10. That's that's quite a mouthful to say Um, and he asked me here to talk about PBY spread a little bit. Um, you've heard Kent Sather He's giving you some pretty good news about about North Dakota Minnesota's numbers are fairly similar understand. So we had a good year for PBY in other words very relatively low PBY infections this year, not a lot of projections. That's good and It really does kind of underscore the fact that that you know, a lot of it sometimes is Dependent on the vectors. We had a very low vector year this year until late in the season But it also means that we're doing some things correctly and that's that's always good But let's face it. You know, if you ask me to talk about PBY You all know I'm an enomologist. You all know I love things with six legs and you know what I'm gonna talk about I'm gonna talk about the vectors. So today I'm gonna give you a little bit of background of PBY again Just to refresh your memories a little bit But I'm also going to talk about some of the information that we have now on what Regional vector populations are doing and how things are changing a little bit with our interpretation and what that Data what those data can actually tell us and inform us for management purposes So I'm gonna talk to a lot about aphids today And we all love aphids so much I know Our PBY epidemic here is part of a larger pandemic just like COVID Okay, globally potato virus wise most important virus of seed potatoes It's a problem in every seed growing location in the world that I know of But we're also we're also getting a pretty good handle on how this Epidemic works. We're getting a pretty good handle on Improving some of our management options starting with clean seed controlling vectors a lot of the stuff We've done for a long time also minimizing mechanical transmission, which we're now realizing is is Maybe a larger problem than we originally thought But there are still some issues that make management a little difficult We've got new strains that are becoming more and making up more and more of the Virus that's present in in our regions and a lot of things like well PBY Wilka Which is becoming probably the major virus that we strain a virus that we're seeing certainly in Minnesota And in the area you want to go to as well. And so these things are harder to see they're harder to pick up when you're scouting for For PBY so they're harder to rogue But just as importantly or maybe even more importantly, they're actually easier easier for the for the Vectors to spread so these are easier to transmit than those other vectors. So PBY O is you know, not very not very numerous anymore most of the Infections are PBY Wilka for the last couple of years, but The reason for that is the aphids themselves and vectors themselves are Transmitting these new varieties more easily than some of the older ones PBY is a non persistent virus. Most of you know all this. It's just reminders By non persistent they're talking about in the vector not in the plant. So persistent virus After an insect Acquires it and sucks it up in the sap It's got to go across the gut membrane and build numbers and finally get to the salivary glands of the insect before it can transmit it So for potato leaf roll virus, which is a persistent virus It could be up to three days before an aphid actually picks up that virus and is able to transmit it to a non-infected plant That's a good time. It's a good time period Consequently, we can control this potato we can control Persistent viruses with traditional insecticides ones that cause mortality neurotoxins like pyrethroids and neonics and things like that That are targeted at killing the insect But might take a little longer to do it might take 24 48 hours to kill an insect that way with once they're exposed And so a non persistent virus it takes so long to get to the point where it can be transmitted again You may be able to control that spread And sorry persistent virus a non persistent virus So that's one that an insect can pick up in seconds and transmit in seconds now with PVY and aphid actually Some of the times say less than a minute, but even the long periods are Five to ten minutes of feeding will allow them to pick up PVY and in fact the time that takes for this for an aphid to pick up PVY virus Really has a lot to do with how much virus is in the plant how effective that plant is and what the virus concentration is Once the virus Is on the mouth parts of the aphid it can now transmit that virus It's what we call viraliferous that point it land on another uninfected plant and once it probes The virus particles get wiped off and now they're in the uninfected plant the plant is now infected So it's a very rapid process the Some species are a lot more efficient at it than others Some of them the virus particles really stick well to the to the mouth parts and they're easily transmitted Some of them as a matter of fact like green peach aphid will remain infectious even after the next feeding Most species though once they've got these pieces of virus on their mouth parts They use those mouth parts to pierce into another plant those that virus those virus particles get wiped off And so once it's been on an uninfected plant transmitted the viruses that aphid is clean But it can pick up virus particles from an infected plant a separate infected plant very rapidly So there's no limit to how often it can become infectious with an unpersistent virus Because the transmission time is so short it means that if you've got an insecticide that takes 24 hours to kill an insect Or even an hour to kill an insect That's still long enough for that insect to transmit PBY and consequently we don't get really good PVY you know suppression of PBY transmission PBY spread with traditional insecticides. There are some insecticides that work on feeding and stopping feeding and probing behavior And those are a little different but using the traditional insecticides. We just don't get great control Vectors are the vectors in other words the little insects that are transmitting this disease Those vectors are principally winged aphids and they're moving from plant to plant and winged aphids are different than the aphids You find on plants, which are non winged You're gonna find two morphs out there winged aphids and non winged aphids You find the winged aphids are a little larger. These are green peach aphids.  You can tell what species it was sex and a busy whole up. Oh, that's a female Yeah, they're all females. So just an old anemology trick. Don't ever take that back from me So there's no males out there. They're all females. They also don't lay eggs They they give birth to live daughters and they're basically born pregnant. So it's all a cloning thing They're basically putting off the same genotype as the mother has itself There's no eggs and this is one of the reasons why aphid populations can expand so rapidly Now winged aphids they live a different life than the non winged aphids. They have a different job a winged aphid Her job is to disperse go to a new plant and found a new colony In the springtime the way these things overwinners usually the overwinners eggs on plants since springtime those eggs hatch They're all female aphids. They're not winged and they'll feed on the plant for a little while And then after a couple of generations you get a whole generation of winged aphids and they leave that overwintering plant and they go to the summer hosts Most of the time those are different species When they get to the summer host The winged aphid will fly into a field it'll see the the summer host It may be attracted because of reflectance or any one of a number of things it'll land and the first thing It does is it probes the plant and the reason it probes the plant is it because it wants to taste the plant and find out Is this a suitable host if I leave a daughter here? Is she going to survive? If it is a suitable host, that's exactly what she does She deposits one or two daughters and flies off to a nearby plant another plan to test that one That daughter is always going to be wingless because a wing because a wingless aphid a non winged aphid their job is to build the colony and So they're not interested in dispersing they're interested in feeding and taking that energy and turning it into growth and reproduction And so if a winged aphid gave birth to a winged aphid, it wouldn't found a colony It would start flying on itself. So a winged aphid always gives birth to a non winged aphid a colony builder If that winged aphid lands on that plant and probes it and decides this is not a good host It just leaves it'll fly off to a nearby plant And the interesting thing is I have never met an aphid that has a degree in agronomy or any experience in farming at all So they don't understand monocrafts in the least They land on a potato plant in a potato field. They'll taste it. They'll say, you know, if it's not if it's a soybean aphid or something Oh, this is not a host. I'm not going to leave a daughter here And it flies maybe a meter or two meters at most and lands on another potato plant and goes I wonder if this is a host and probes it So they don't really have that thinking ability. You're never going to see an insect shaking the king's weed and saying thanks for the Nobel Prize It's not going to happen And so, you know, they're they're operating on Hardwire behavior and they're just going to hop plant to plant to plant all the way through all the way through a field Leaving daughters if it's a suitable host and not if it isn't There's another factor we have to think of and that's what species of aphid has entered our field Some of them are going to be moving in some of them are just passing through The ones that are moving in are colonizing aphids. They're going to leave a daughter She's going to start feeding and leave, you know, leave a bunch of of individuals Those are the ones you're going to find little colonies of on those bottom leaves when you're out scouting for aphids The other ones those are non-colonizing aphids like soybean aphids cereal aphids Those ones are actually going to fly in probe Not a host move on to another one. So those are the ones that'll fly their way through an entire field Here's the thing if they're picking up if there's any inoculum in that field And you have an inflight at one of these non-colonizing hosts They're going to move that inoculum around Because they're going to be probing picking up virus going up not a host fly over To three meters probe another plant up not a host. It's just deposited any virus picked up So as they move through They can be a big problem in fact the non-colonizing aphids can be as big a contributor to the epidemic If not bigger than the colonizing aphids will so inoculum is going to get looped around by these individuals It's just one of the other things that we have to think about The non-colonizing individuals is one of the reasons especially things like cereal aphids is another reason why we started this the aphid alert You know years ago in the 1990s and we started it up again in 2012 This was actually to just to look at whatever was flying into the to fields and we've got about 20 traps set up between North Dakota and Minnesota and We have grower cooperators who know it and many of you who are watching And I really have to thank the grower cooperators without them. This project is not possible period These cooperators will they go out and they change the trap jar They seal it up. They mail it to us and we sort through the bug soup pick out all the aphids And then we identify all of the aphids that are going to are capable of vectoring pvy We also calculate something called a pvy vector risk index and that's so we can standardize results across Across all of the species of aphids that we're counting and figure out what the actual risk of transmitting pvy is based on the numbers those aphids The reason for this is not all aphids are created equal when it comes to transmitting pvy I've already mentioned that a little bit and some are not very efficient But still we'll move pvy around if there's enough of them in a field Others like green peach aphid if they're in a field and there's an oculum. They're going to move it around So um If you think about risk Well, hazard is the innate danger of something, you know Because of a characteristic of something and risk is hazard times exposure So aphids have the biological ability to transmit pvy virus. That's hazard But if they're actually present in an area and they have the opportunity to transmit pvy That's risk and so we wanted to talk about what's the chances Of of these aphids these particular aphids that you've got coming into an area What's the chances they will vector pvy? So to calculate out this risk index what we do is we Look at how many aphids of particular species they are And then from the literature we get how efficient a vector are they compared to green peach aphid because that's what everybody does When they look at vector efficiency, they can't pair everything to green peach aphid because it's the benchmark There it's the most efficient vector there is So what we're doing is if we have a species that's maybe one tenth As efficient as pvy and we read that in the literature What we'll do is we'll say okay, we got 10 of them. That's the equivalent of having one green peach aphid So you can think of the vector risk index as everything in the terms of green peach aphid if you want to think about it that way So that's why we do this so we can actually look and calculate how bad things are or not how bad they are what the potential risk is um Because we've been doing this now for nine years uh 2012 through 2020 inclusive um We're able to now start looking at regional patterns Now we don't have a full nine years from all sites But we do have enough from most of these sites that we can multi years that we can start to think about What our regional patterns are going to be like so Even though individual locations in a particular year might not mirror the regional pattern We're actually going to be addressing that we'll be developing these local patterns based on kind of clustering some of these sites together We'll make that stuff. We'll make that information available on the website And the reason we're thinking this might be really useful to producers is it gives us a lot of information on timing our management For example, it tells us when we're at the greatest risk in our area We fill in the best time to scout and best time to use different scouting tactics When to be really vigilant about management when to think about specific tactics, and I'll talk about each one of these as we go along Well, if you look at that average data from 2012 all the way through 2020 Um, and you look at when we've been capturing the aphids in the total number. This is just the total vector capture Averaged per week across all traps for that entire nine years and what we find is Our aphid numbers our aphid vector numbers don't really start to rise until about the middle of july Now these dates that we've got down here. These just the numbered of the dates These are iso weeks so that we could compare across years So we have standardizing the time And what we see is we have our populations start to rise in july Peak in august and then they dip down to september Now we don't have as much data for september as we do for june july and augustin But that's okay because by that time most of the producers have started to bind kill bind kill is probably well on its way And so we're less concerned about what whether the vectors are out there because there's nothing to transmit pvy too, hopefully so We'll probably look at that as as time goes by but for now We're happy with with knowing when we're getting our greatest number of pvy vectors Well, not only do we have the vector numbers, but we know what species they are So we've been able to calculate What's the risk over those times? What's our average risk over a season? And that's a little different and it probably is related to the different species presence at different times So again starts to rise in july it peaks in early august You see a little slough and then it peaks again in the end august and then it just dips down That's probably because of the different species end of july early august It's typically when we get our big flights of serial agents and some of those are very effective vectors And so we get a little peak early august and then later in the year That's when we're going to start seeing stuff come off of maybe some other crops that are starting to senes Maybe canola some of those other things and so we get a peak then as well our um Amount of i'll talk about the cumulative pvy risk in a moment because it ties into something else i'm going to talk about Well, the usefulness of this data of looking at when we're actually getting some risk And when we're seeing our peak risk means that we can now start to apply it to our management tactics for example The new tactic that is coming out of work that's being done in in new brunswick Indicates that adding insecticide Specifically lamb to cyhalothrin the active ingredient that's in warrior silencer and Adding that or belief or fulfill the two anti feeding insecticides If you add those to a foil And you you do that application of that of that tank mix once a week You're going to get As good or better suppression of pvy Then applying just a foil alone twice a week. That's what their data says You know, I can't recommend it, but that's what their data says I haven't done this data. I haven't done this this trial. We are doing it this summer They they do recommend a weekly afeit A weekly a foil treatments and adding insecticide in five times a year and they do they say two in the early season One in mid season two in the late season That might not be the best fit for us though The reason I say that is if you look at when those afeit populations are around into brunswick They're starting to see their peak late june Early july and then their afeit populations peak in july and then start decreasing through august Their season Starts well their afeit season starts a little earlier than ours does out here on the on the northern plains So if you look at ours again our pvy risk index that when we're actually seeing a lot of transmission That's going to peak in august Our numbers start to rise pretty significantly in july but they peak in august So we may want to start thinking if you're going to follow that tactic You're going to do that you're going to add insecticide to your a coil You may want to give a thought to when you want to do it Maybe you want to do one early season because we do see we do see risk in june But maybe you want to back and load that tactic. That's going to be something you have to decide We'll have better insights to that as we get that regional data moved worked out as well that local data worked out as well Mechanical transmission one of the other things that that the new brunswick Group came up with was they were able to demonstrate that pvy spread in tractor lanes tractor Rows was much much higher than we initially thought and so again because we know when we're starting to see our pvy risk Maybe if it's possible You can Look at when you want to minimize Being in the field it may not be possible with time or you know, we've got Bunderside to put on but there may be ways of ameliorating that mechanical risk as well So again a lot of this is related to when we're getting our Our pvy risk and if you look at the accumulation How that that risk accumulates over the season Again, it does mirror when we're seeing stuff. We do have risk building through june But it really takes off into an exponential rise In july and then starts to plateau Middle of august out into september. It's when we start to see a little decrease and the risk starts to not add in as much What this means is maybe we want to think about when we're increasing our our pvy spread the most and maybe concentrating our efforts Maybe targeting some of that that temporarily I'm not saying again. You can't ignore that early season or the late season But it does mean when we're seeing that big rise might deserve more attention It also may be when say we start to adopt some of these different scouting techniques Which might be a little bit more expensive like remote sensing or liza sticks a lot of these things might be adopted in the near future Maybe the best timing for those is not you know early Maybe we might want if we wanted to If you're like me and you've got scottish heritage and your little parsimonious Maybe you want to focus some of those more expensive methods in particular time where you're going to see a big return But again, I wouldn't necessarily go ahead and recommend these right now these tactics right now Wait until we have some of that local data worked out So you have a better idea of when things are happening But it is worthwhile thinking about and it is worthwhile planning for in the future So i'm probably over time or at time. I will be around for questions So please ask if you've got questions. Thank you


Big Picture, an official report produced for the armed forces and the American people. Now to show you part of the Big Picture, here is Sergeant Stuart Queen. Today on the Big Picture, we would like to show you two stories. The first one is directed to the parents and the young men themselves who have yet to fulfill their military obligation. It's an interesting story, an entertaining vignette, and it has a message. A message that I am certain will directly interest many of our audience. The second story concerns a rather unusual museum, just outside the college town of Wheaton, Illinois. More about that later, however. Right now, let's look at the first story called, I Know Where I'm Going. It's Dave. I'm planning to enter private industry in a couple weeks. Make the big booth. Yes, sir, right this way. How was the prom? The atomic age sure struck home. So? Yeah, it's pretty late at night for this sort of work, isn't it? Oh, I don't mind, Sam. Yeah, but Dave ought to be taking more care of his room. You know, sometimes I think boys nowadays are born with an allergy to neatness. He was in a rush today with a senior prom and graduation and all. He's been rushing every day of his life as far as this room is concerned. You know, Molly, when I was his age... When you were his age, Sam, you were even sloppier. Oh, yeah? What did you get that idea? Your mother gave it to me, free of charge. Boy, did she give me some ideas about you. Well, you don't want to believe that stuff. You know how mothers exaggerate. You want to hear for yourself? Nope. Are you worried about Dave? No. Oh, I don't know. He jumped around so much, you know, from hobby to hobby and interest to interest. Well, you think he won't settle down? Well, of course. Someday, I guess. You know how kids are. Well, Dave certainly made up his mind about going in the Army. Yeah, suddenly. Maybe a little bit too suddenly. You know, I wish I knew deep down inside of Dave. Was really happy about signing up and going in so soon after graduation. Well, you talked about it. Well, of course. At first. But lately, he hasn't had time enough to say, Uh-huh, or grunt once or twice on his way out to a party or a dance. Oh, come on, Sam, you said yourself it would probably do him a lot of good. Uh-huh. And anyway, you had a kind of a ball in the Army, didn't you? My mother tell you that, too? No, I listen to you. Stories you tell, dear, when you get together with your old buddies. Mrs. You and my love, you've been listening at the wrong times. Now, let's have some coffee. It's time you learn the old fashioned facts of Army life. And I heard that Army food is just like mother used to make. And that's why she stopped cooking. Oh, Lucky, I think you're mean. Oh, come on, Mary Jo. If Dave wants to hide himself away in the Army, that's his problem. We don't have to be so serious about it. Not tonight, anyway. Well, it's only for six months. And that's it? Yeah. Well, and the reserves. Right here and down, one night a week. Two weeks summer camp, all with pay. Not for me, buddy boy. I'm not going to rush into anything like that.  Sure. But if I'm going to rush anywhere, it's right out that door with my diploma. Right smack into life. Man, I've been cooped up in a classroom since I was a kid. I want to breathe a little.   You'll be in the Army. You'll be in college. And me? I'll be where there are girls to choose from and jobs to choose from and girls and money and money. Good, buddy boy, since you plan to be so rich and popular, maybe you'd like to start living it up tonight. I think the man should treat us here, right? Yes. Well, I'm flattered. That obviously means no, huh? Look, just give me a couple of months. And when old Dave comes home on his burlow, I promise I'll treat you all to a big splash, OK? Great. Ready to go to grandma's to say goodbye? Mm-hmm. Everything will be here. Nothing will be changed, Dave. Dad? Yeah? You think I'm doing the right thing going in the Army next week? Then you're all signed up? I know, but look, Dave, it's only for six months. A son, you made a choice, right? I guess. I think it's a pretty good one. And anyway, you've made your Army bunk. And no matter how lumpy it seems, you've got to lie in it. Dear Lucky, they've got something here called instant mourning. Know what I mean? You go to bed at night, and an instant later, some guy comes around blowing a whistle. And it's mourning. Every day. They have more mornings here than at home. We've got a crazy new beat here, Lucky. It's called left, right, left, right. Only me? I've got a few lefts left over. Sometimes I go one way, my feet go another. Some guys have even bigger problems, though. Now, as to the scenic beauties of the place, well, they really give you a chance to get to know every square inch of ground. The scenic beauties of the city are holding up very nicely. Haven't changed a bit. In fact, they improve day by day. As you know, by now, home was never like this. We've got a sergeant, and I don't know. He wouldn't make a very nice mother, believe me. Nothing like you. He comes around and tries to bounce a half dollar off your blanket. He keeps insisting that it should bounce to the ceiling, like in his old army days. But we keep telling him a half dollar doesn't go that far today. He also has eyes in his shoes. And what you might call a sense of humor, because there's really no other polite thing you can call it. I guess those sergeants aren't too hard on a guy, Mrs. Hewitt. Well, they're certainly keeping him busy. But Dave doesn't seem to mind. Yeah, great. It's all very nice you working here, Lucky. Well, sure. But it's only temporary, Mrs. Hewitt. What's so big? A lot of places to go. But I'm looking them all over. Of course, Lucky. Marching is not the only thing we do. The army has a lot to tell you about. And they like to do it in the great outdoors. Nothing but time. I only get to really feel part of something. You and the other guys, you get with the beat. You know? It's really kind of fun. I suppose so. Kind of fun. Sometimes you get the feeling they're trying to get us to use up all the fresh air. Oh, yeah, Mr. Hewitt. I just, you know, took this job for the fresh air. I think it's great, Lucky. Well, it's only temporary. I got an appointment, finally, in the crack in industries next week for something permanent. I'm sorry. It's what I have to tell all the young fellas in your situation.  If your military obligation is still ahead of you, you create a problem for your employer. I suppose we start you here, teach you how to do your job.  Only for six months, Mr. Wiley. Now, if you're drafted, son, two years, then we have to start all over again, training a replacement for you, right? Yes, sir. But I may not be drafted for quite a while. Maybe never, things change all the time. Sure. And that's a chance you're free to take as an individual. But a business can't operate that way. Ken indulge in wishful thinking. I'm sorry, son. But that's the way it is. Well, you're scheduled to enter the Signal School at Port Monmouth as soon as your basic is through. Sounds great, Sarge. I'm sorry, that course requires more math than you've had. But we'll find a good place for you. Well, Brad, your tests show a pretty good leaning towards mechanics. Now, I think we've got a spot for you over in transportation. Well, that sounds OK, Sarge. You know, I used to drive the tractor on my uncle's farm. Machine records? That's right, Dave. Results of your aptitude tests lean that way. This fits exactly with your reserve unit commander's request that you receive advanced training in this field. Never thought about it before, huh? Never knew about it before. Well, as a matter of fact, Dave, the work is fairly new. Business machines. Oh, yeah. Now, the tests indicate that you have a feeling for numbers, details, paperwork. You did better than average in math. I like math. When you finish your advanced training, Dave, you'll be assigned to work with a machine record unit. This, of course, will expose you to additional electronic data processing machines. Probably wind up learning how to operate one. Sound OK? Yeah. How about that? Mary Jo, tomorrow we take off on our Bivouac. And I know. I guess we won't be together much longer. After graduation, Barney's going to shove off to specialist school. Radio. Sy is off to quartermaster school. Well, all of us have some special thing we're going into. Oh, yeah. The other night, we went to a dance at the service club. There were girls there, but, gee, Mary Jo, somehow they were different. How does it mean they were different? Than you. How could they be different than? You're here, and those girls are there. That's the difference. You, Bivouac, huh? I wonder what that's like. You know, Mom, you get a whole new perspective on night. And what happened the next morning? Wow. Well, like the man said, before you know it, basic is over. And the time I spent in specialist school really taught me something. I was put to work in the finance office. Getting some on-the-job training. Boy, what an eye-opener. All the work is done electronically. Those aptitude tests sure paid off. I tell you, they're putting round pegs like me in round holes nowadays. They don't forget, though, to keep us in practice for the parade on that big day. Oh, for good. Yeah? Well, how was it? Well, you'll find out eventually. You going to drive for college now? Nope. I got a job in mind. You kidding? If you're looking for a decent job around here, you're going to have a rough time. They aren't hiring our particular age group. Well, I'm going to try. Where? The Kraken Industries. McCrackens. McCrackens? That's right, Dad. I had one or two people I wanted you to talk to. Well, I'd like to try McCrackens first. Any special reason? Yeah. It's a big operation. And it's going to get even bigger. What makes you think that? Well, Mr. Wiley, you're supplying the army with a lot of equipment. Data processing machines, tabulators. I saw a lot of it being used. Used a couple myself. And even more is being used in defense industries. Well, all industries. And McCracken products have a terrific reputation. So I. OK, OK. Now, your active service is over. Yes, sir. Now it's the reserves. But one night a week, right here in town, it doesn't interfere. I know, son, I know. In the reserves myself. Oh. Well, we are an expanding business. I think maybe if you could come back tomorrow, I'd like to introduce you around. OK? Well. You know, Dave, you're going to like the reserves. After all, none of us wants to be involved in a war. But military service is part of living today. The country has to stay strong. So it shows this way. About the easiest, least disruptive way there is. Yes, sir. You find a lot of your buddies of the plant here in the reserves. The meetings, you rub shoulders with quite a few people in town. I mean, now you're part of a vital, necessary community activity, national activity, Dave. You, a butcher, baker, a couple dozen executives, and, well, everybody. It's got to be, that's all. It's important, darned important. Charlie Rogers, the real estate man. Yeah, Mom, he's a sergeant in the reserves. So's Tim Riley from the plant. Hey, hey, hey, let me. Well, I don't mind. You coming home after the meeting? Got a date with Mary Jo, but I won't be late. All right. Goodbye. See you later, Dad. OK. Got a new man around the house, huh? You know something, Sam? What?  Just a little. Camp for two weeks every summer, but that's no problem. Won't even deduct it from my vacation time at McCracken's. You be able to come down to the beach? You think this wolf in wolf's clothing would skip the beach one summer? Hey, what are you going to do? Stay here and work all summer? No, this is only temporary, you know.  I'm working on something. Now listen, you're old Dad, will you? We're all liable for military service until we're 26, right? Yeah. Now you can go on wandering around in circles until they come to get you. But this way, like me, you're over the big hurdle. Sure. That's why I'm working on something. Oh.  Yeah, I'm sorry. Now you'll have to wait. For what? For exactly six months. Hey, you mean you signed up for the reserves? I told you. This is only temporary. Dramatic Museum, a memorial to the oldest infantry division in the army, the famous First Division. 26 miles west of Chicago near Wheaton, Illinois is the Contignier War Museum, named to commemorate the Battle of Contignier, France, the first World War I action in which American troops fought as a unit. Here, not only this battle, but the long history of the First Division, America's most decorated fighting unit, is brought alive in a unique and inspiring memorial. Like the memorials at Valley Forge and Gettysburg, this is a shrine for all Americans, calling to mind the struggles and great deeds that are part of the American heritage. There is an impulse in anyone who has served in the armed forces to recall the stirring events in which he has taken part and to share them, particularly with those who have just begun to study the past. To youngsters, history in which a parent has taken part is more than history. It is experience, rich and meaningful. Every modern to tell the story in a way that communicates not just the facts, but the mood of past events. A diorama presents the Battle of Contignier. This is Cantini, France, a tiny obscure pickety village waiting for its role in American history on the morning of May 28, 1918. This is Cantini and the First Division, ready to launch the first American offensive of World War I. The battle is presented in exciting detail, with movement, lights, and sound effects, through attack, counterattack, to ultimate victory. Contignier in Pershing's words, where the American success set an example for future American divisions and gave new hope to the Allied armies. Pictures and maps take the visitor through the highlights of one war to the beginning of another. In both, the first was an outstanding division, a museum that brings back the experience of great moments in the division's history, setting out for an unknown shore, North Africa, as in World War I to the Allied cause. Fighting that left the first bloody but unbound, and the attack upon Sicily, pursued up into the rocky hills, towns such as Trojina, taken at a price, and training for a new attack, preparation for one of the greatest battles of history. The museum describes this battle in another fascinating mobile display, the drama of D-Day. This is D-Day, June 6, 1944, on the English Channel coast of Norman, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower has turned loose the mightiest armada of ships and men ever mounted in history to storm the fortified bastion of Hitler's Europe, where they are coming in, soldiers of the First Division to attack this beach called Omaha, bloody Omaha, worst of the five invasion beaches. A Normandy beach into the Hedgerow country. The sunken roads of France were death traps. Began the sweep across France, forward to a section of France where the Red One had distinguished itself in World War I, being the Siegfried Line. Here, the bloodiest of battles, the division slogan, no mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great. Duty first. The first lived up to it at the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany, the Nazi pillbox, are the grim reminders of a ruthless enemy, once a powerful threat to freedom. Colonel Robert R. McCormick, editor and publisher, his estate has provided the funds for a museum honoring a division that represents the finest traditions of the American army.