the dark days of the war between the states song two of the rumbling wagon wheels on the old pioneer trail today other wheels are rolling on the super highways of modern america this is a story of america and some of the people along the way that people could be you or me or the neighbor next door that is all except thrill out of the ever changing view of america through these big picture windows a texas highway just follows the coast all the way down to san diego and then remembers the same road the spaniards followed almost two hundred years ago only they called el camino real to china imagine how it looked in your own mind's eye yet fred schroeder of portland oregon also has his place and the story of america summoned to the nation's capital to receive a medal for his only son fred schroeder should be a proud longest single span bridge in the world it was like fighting a prairie fire with a bunch of people came from everywhere from way beyond the pharmacy or in the mississippi know that i can tell you what happened to sullivan this man is another figure in our story of america perhaps the greatest of them all mark him well in his way he has to affect the lives of several people during the war between the states nearly young for propaganda well i never thought of patriotism as having an age limit why shouldn't i be proud of our history mr schroeder even as late as that a career what do you mean by that san francisco terminal forty minutes for lunch well jimmy let's see what's on the menu forty now young fellow that's my safety record like you are in a badge in scouting that means i've driven for fourteen years never even then a defender you must be pretty good oh there's plenty longer records next minute drive a greyhound a proud they've made it the oh i'm sorry wrong way roberts does it again thank you mind we have a little talk what about you have a problem so i thought we might be able to help each other financially i know the answer are you sure you didn't look in the back of the wrong book thirteen thirty ten years he'd like the west to the shoulder he was a boy scout he couldn't wait to get him in uniform either easy with this guy but you like this country mr mills if you want to fight for it they'll give your uniform too i put mine away at a career anymore questions i think it's time for some answers the short his only son was killed in korea we just found out how the boys been awarded the congressional medal of honor mr schroeder is on his way to washington to accept sorry i didn't know i didn't know anybody you know this is one of the few towns in the world that never sleeps alamo now you try to imagine that you're in san antonio texas  by the line that's why i like this kind of travel to me every mile of america is a magnificent mile especially when you can see it close up like we're coming to chicago now lake michigan it at lake say the good many lines one look at it the way it is today it's hard to realize that oh so as pirates now you know i've been down for a lot of these values to hang  yeah it's a string of islands off the southern tip of the united states they're connected by a series of bridges making a highway almost one hundred miles long as the crow flies stretching right out over the ocean all the way to key west these islands w