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Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , 

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welcome to the Medal of Honor induction 

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ceremony in honor of Sergeant . First 

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class Alwyn C . Cash Sergeant , first 

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class Christopher , a solace and Master 

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Sergeant , Earl de Plumlee . Sergeant ! 

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First class Cash Sergeant , first class 

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solace and Master Sergeant Plumlee were 

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presented our nation's highest and most 

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prestigious award for valor by the 

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President of the United States the 

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Medal of Honor . This morning , they 

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will be formally inducted into the 

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pentagon's most sacred place . The Hall 

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of Heroes are official party for 

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today's ceremony includes the Secretary 

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of Defense , the honorable Lloyd J . 

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Austin , the Secretary of the Army , 

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the honorable Christine E Warmth , the 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , 

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General , Mark A Milley , the Chief of 

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Staff of the Army . General James C . 

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McConville and the Sergeant Major of 

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the Army , Michael A Princeton . Ladies 

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and gentlemen , please stand for the 

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arrival of the official party and 

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remain standing for the singing of our 

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national anthem by Sergeant , first 

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class Benjamin patterson . And the 

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invocation delivered by chaplain , 

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thomas , soldem 

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Jose . Can you see 

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Pie ! The dawn's early light ! What 

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so proudly we hailed at the 

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twilight's last gleaming 

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whose broad stripes and bright stars 

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through the perilous fight or 

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the ramparts we watched were so 

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gallantly streaming 

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and the rockets red glare leather . The 

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bombs burst singing in air 

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gave proof through the 

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night that our flag was still 

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there . Oh , say ! Does 

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that star spangled 

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banner yet 

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wave 

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or the land of the 

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free and the 

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home of the 

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brave . 

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Ladies and gentlemen , please join me 

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as we mark this prestigious occasion in 

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a word of prayer . Be strong and 

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courageous . You have commanded us the 

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Lord Lord . You call warriors to be 

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strong and very courageous and you 

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promised to go with them wherever their 

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paths may lead when they answered the 

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call to serve our nation and army . 

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Thank you for giving us three strong 

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and very courageous leaders and 

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warriors . Master starting URL Plumlee 

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Sergeant , first class L one cache and 

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sergeant first class cushion for solace 

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these non commissioned officers . The 

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backbone of our army displayed great 

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courage in times of immense peril out 

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of a commitment to duty and love for 

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their fellow soldiers and teammates . 

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Today we add the names of these three 

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warriors to the pantheon of those 

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honored in the hall of heroes who have 

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earned a grateful nation's highest 

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award for acting with unwavering , 

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unwavering bravery in combat . We are 

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grateful for their sacrificial service 

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and for the family , friends and 

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comrades who helped forge and support 

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these warriors who set the highest 

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possible example for the rest of us to 

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follow . May your blessings beyond the 

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families of these warriors continue to 

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watch over our nation and army and 

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provide us with men and women of like 

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compassion , character and courage . 

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Keep our nation's torch of freedom 

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ablaze as a perpetual beacon of help 

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and hope God in your matchless mighty 

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and holy name . I pray amen . 

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Please be seated . 

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Ladies and gentlemen , the Chief of 

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Staff of the Army . 

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Well , well , good morning and it's 

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it's a great day to be in the United 

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States Army . Secretary Austin . 

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Secretary General Million holly ann 

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General Hokanson , Mr Loman . Vice 

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General martin CB five Dixon Carter 

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started major Princeton . Fellow 

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leaders . Thank you all for being here 

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today . And we are honored to have 

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master sergeant plumbing and his family 

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here . His wife Teri and the kids are 

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watching virtually . So that's very , 

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very special . And also we're 

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honored to have the family of sergeant 

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first class cashier . His wife Tamara , 

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his daughter Alexis and his sister uh 

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casa Nel thank you all for being here 

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and also with with some first class 

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chris Selous . His wife Katie , his 

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daughter Shannon and his mother judy 

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and I know there's many other people 

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here many friends and fellow soldiers 

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that have served with him . Welcome to 

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all you and welcome to all those who 

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are watching online . You know that 

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some people look for their heroes on 

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golf courses . They look for them in 

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theater halls and they look for them at 

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sports arenas . But my heroes are 

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soldiers , soldiers who have raised 

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their right hand and said send me 

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soldiers like Alan cash soldiers like 

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Chrysalis and soldiers like Earl 

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Plumlee soldiers who have gone above 

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and beyond the call of duty at the risk 

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of their own lives to save their fellow 

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soldiers . Prevail in substantial enemy 

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contact and protect our nation . They 

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are the best America has to offer and 

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they are the reason we are the world's 

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greatest army and they are the reason 

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we have the privilege of living in the 

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world's greatest nation today is a very 

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special day in the army because we 

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honor And celebrate three Extraordinary 

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soldiers and induct them into a hall of 

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heroes . It's a special place reserved 

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only for those who have demonstrated 

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extraordinary courage at the risk their 

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own lives and I'm honored to have the 

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opportunity to talk about three heroes . 

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Starting with Sergeant first class Alan 

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Cash . Allen was the epitome of the 

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army noncommissioned officer , a 

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professional and a leader with 

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unwavering devotion to the welfare as 

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soldiers In accomplishing the mission 

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at hand . Son Cash took care of his 

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soldiers both on and off the 

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battlefield . He knew them . He knew 

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their families and I believe that's why 

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Sergeant first class Cash didn't 

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hesitate to act in the face of enemy 

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fire and danger . And on the 17th of 

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october when his platoon was attacked , 

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he jumped out of his burning Bradley 

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and immediately ran through withering 

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fire to get his men . He never stopped . 

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Even when his own uniform soaked in 

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fuel caught on fire . He was determined 

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to save his men trapped in that burning 

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Bradley without regard to the enemy 

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firing on them and without regard for 

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his own life . His actions were to take 

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care of his men first and he never quit 

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to all his soldiers were evacuated . It 

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is fitting that certain cash served in 

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the same battalion of another hero in 

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Medal of honor recipient Audie Murphy 

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And for over 75 years American soldiers 

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have stood on the soldiers stood on the 

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shoulders of Audie Murphy . They will 

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now stand on the shoulders of Alan Cash 

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as well . Our next honoree is starting 

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1st class Chris Salis . He lived by the 

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ranger creed to the very end meeting is 

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meeting his enemy on the field of 

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battle , fighting with all his might 

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and never leaving a fallen comrade 

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Sergeant sleep deployed to Afghanistan 

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in 2018 as one of the most respected 

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noncommissioned officers in a unit or 

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army's most respected soldiers . On 

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that fateful day on 12 July 2018 , 

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sergeants lisa's team came under heavy 

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attack upon arriving at their objective , 

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he repeatedly put himself in the direct 

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line of enemy gunfire to protect his 

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team . His bold decision to allow his 

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team to maneuver to safety and into a 

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position of advantage enemy contact and 

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test testified when medical evacuation 

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aircraft arrived and again , chris ran 

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to block the aircraft and crew from 

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enemy fire so they could load and 

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evacuate their wounded . And as the 

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aircraft started to take off , chris 

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was hit by enemy gunfire but he knew 

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the risks to the crew if they stayed 

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any longer so he signaled for the 

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aircraft to take off . He gave his life 

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protecting others Well son . First 

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class police was receiving the medal of 

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honour for his heroism he displayed in 

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July 12 . Those who served with him in 

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combat would say that heroism was there 

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every single day . And I know that for 

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a fact because one of those soldiers is 

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my son who was a medevac pilot serving 

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with chris in Afghanistan . He told me 

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about chris , he told me that many 

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times that chris put his life in 

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jeopardy for his fellow soldiers and 

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for those crews and acts of bravery 

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like this are heroic to us . That our 

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heroic to us were routine for crystal 

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lease and he inspires a whole 

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generation of rangers to live up to the 

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legacy of the heroism that he has left 

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us . And finally we order master 

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Sergeant Earl Plumlee who was a 

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decorated marine and combat veteran 

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with about 10 years of service , we 

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decided to join the army to become a 

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green beret . The model of our special 

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forces is they oppress aly bear To free 

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the oppressed and that is what master 

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and Plumlee and his team were doing in 

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Afghanistan and that is what they did 

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that day . In Gazi in August of 2013 , 

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Bob Garcia was a small compound where 

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are working alongside Polish allies and 

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Afghan security forces . On 28 August 

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suicide bombers tried to breach the 

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perimeter and three different locations 

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and a plan complex attack . One vehicle 

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was taken up by snipers , the second by 

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Afghan security forces . But the third 

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blew a 60 ft hole in the wall of the 

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fob was followed by a van of 10 suicide 

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bombers . Earl and his teammates jumped 

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into an unarmored pickup truck With a 

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sniper rifle and pistol and raced to 

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the sound of the explosions . Using 

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that truck to shield 20-30 personnel 

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shelters and bunkers . Earl got out of 

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that truck and began engaging suicide 

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bombers at close range . He repeatedly 

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put himself in the line of enemy fire 

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to protect others . I was the command 

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of the 101st Airborne Division . Then 

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in the regional command uh the regional 

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commander of Afghanistan East which 

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with Garcia was and I went to Garza and 

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visit the forces after the attack and 

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that's where I first met Master 

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Sergeant Plumlee and when I saw there 

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was extraordinary warriors who fought 

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against overwhelming odds . They 

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defeated an enemy that could have 

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killed hundreds of soldiers and would 

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have had strategic consequences for 

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both the United States , our allies and 

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our partners and every generation has 

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its heroes . And today we add three 

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more heroes to our hall of Heroes from 

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today's generation and we will strive 

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every single day to live up to their 

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legacy . Their stories of gallup live 

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on through the lives of those they 

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served with and through the lives that 

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they saved their actions , inspire us 

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all and will continue to inspire future 

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generations of America . They represent 

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the best of America and the best of the 

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army . So please keep our Gold star 

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family members and all our soldiers are 

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serving in harm's ways and your 

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thoughts and pres . Thank you and 

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please join me in welcoming the 

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secretary of the Army Christine warmer . 

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Thank you . 

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Good morning everyone and welcome to so 

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many distinguished guests , friends and 

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family . I would especially like to 

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thank Secretary of Defense Austin and 

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chairman of the Joint Chiefs General 

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Milley for attending . General 

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McConville . Thank you so much for your 

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moving words and thanks to both you and 

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Sergeant Major of the Army Tony 

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Greenstone for your decades of service , 

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leading great soldiers like the ones 

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that we're honoring here today . To the 

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past Medal of Honor recipients joining 

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virtually . Thank you for living as 

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ambassadors for the army telling the 

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stories of our soldiers and families 

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and honoring their legacy through your 

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continued service . Most importantly , 

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thank you to our Medal of Honor 

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recipients and their families for being 

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here today . You inspire us all to live 

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lives worthy of the sacrifices you've 

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made . General McConville tells the 

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stories of these heroes as a combat 

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tested leader himself and he reminds us 

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that valor is born out of moments when 

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soldiers do extraordinary things to 

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protect their battle buddies . 

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Embodying army values like loyalty 

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duty and personal courage when I met 

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and talked to members of the cash Soliz 

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and Plumlee families , I was struck by 

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the wealth of experiences that shaped 

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each of the men and their families that 

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we're honoring today . They represent 

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diverse faiths , races and upbringings 

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that make our nation and our army so 

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strong sergeant . First class Cash is 

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the first african american soldier to 

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receive the Medal of Honor since 

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Vietnam Sergeant . First class solace 

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is one of the few jewish recipients of 

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the Medal of Honor and Master Sergeant . 

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Plumlee grew up on a cattle ranch 

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waiting for the day he could join the 

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military . But once in the army , each 

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soldier and family's journey followed a 

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different path through some of our most 

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prestigious units , the third Infantry 

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Division , the 75th ranger Regiment and 

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the green Berets of the first special 

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forces group . These three soldiers 

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fought in three of our nation's wars 

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with more than a dozen combat 

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deployment shared between them but 

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woven through all of these differences , 

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A common thread binds these men 

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together . A shared love for their 

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teammates and their families . Each of 

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these men loved the soldiers they lead . 

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They embodied the ranger and special 

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forces creeds to never fail or leave a 

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fallen comrade and the N . C . O . 

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Creed to keep the welfare of soldiers 

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uppermost in their minds . Those who 

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knew him say that sergeant , first 

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class Alan Cash , our first inductee 

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knew and understood people first 

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decades before it was an army priority . 

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He learned this as a young drill 

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sergeant and carried this ethos with 

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him to the 3rd Infantry Division where 

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he joins a prestigious group of 56 

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other medal of honour recipients . In 

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the third ID al was known as one of the 

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most knowledgeable and caring soldiers 

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in his battalion , his battalion 

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commander at the time . Now Lieutenant 

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General Gary Brito knew him as a voice 

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of reason and honest feedback . His 

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platoon leader , Leon Mathias knew Al 

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was an experienced soldier who did the 

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right thing and always led by selfless 

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example . This was never more evident 

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than on October 17 , 2005 

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with his lieutenant fresh off mid tour 

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leave sergeant , first class Cash 

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stepped in to lead a patrol because he 

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was more familiar with the specifics of 

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the vehicles and the patrol route on 

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that particular day , Al was respected 

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and loved because as you heard General 

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McConville recount sergeant , first 

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class Cash was literally willing to run 

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through fire for the soldiers who 

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served with him . Our second inductee 

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sergeant , first class Christopher 

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sly's also loved his teammates , always 

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someone that brought people together . 

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Chris invited his teammates for hikes 

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on the weekends and dinners at the 

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sally's home , making sure they always 

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felt part of a family , not just a unit . 

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He was able to shift from moments of 

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intense pressure to levity , pulling 

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out his guitar , playing chris 

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Stapleton songs or cracking a few jokes , 

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but then just as quickly he was able to 

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bring his team back to the mindset they 

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needed to handle the serious tasks that 

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lay ahead . He was quote a guy you met 

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once in a lifetime and a phenomenal 

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human being , not just a ranger . Our 

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third inductee . Master Sergeant , 

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Farell Plumley is here today and is 

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also well known for his love of his 

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fellow green Berets , universally 

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respected for his competence and 

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leadership . Earl's good sense of humor 

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makes him the person that friends and 

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teammates always rely on for a laugh , 

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especially when things get tough to a 

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man . The soldiers fighting with Earl 

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at Fob Ghazni point to his loyalty to 

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his team and his willingness to share 

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any and all hardships with him . Some 

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of them are watching today and they 

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credit him with turning the tide of 

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battle that day because he never waits 

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around . He's a man of action . Another 

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common thread that binds each of these 

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soldiers together through decades of 

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service and multiple combat deployments 

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is their shared love for their families . 

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Al Cash grew up in a household of nine 

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Children . So it's no surprise that 

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family was enormously important to him . 

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Al met his wife Tamara at Fort Lewis in 

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Washington and after speaking with her 

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this week , it's clear that those early 

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days in the army when they met were 

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formative ones for both of them , Alan 

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Tamara worked hard to build their life 

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together . She left her job as a cook 

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in the army to care for their daughter 

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Alexis and worked various jobs at Fort 

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Benning So she and Al could buy a home 

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in columbus Georgia . The central 

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importance Sergeant first class cash 

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placed on family is also manifest in 

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how his older sister , Cassa Del and 

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the entire cache family are devoted to 

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preserving his legacy . Sergeant first 

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class cell is also shared this deep 

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love of family . As countless teammates 

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have pointed out saying that quote , he 

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never stopped talking or thinking about 

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his family . If you are lucky enough to 

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have met his high school sweetheart , 

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Katie and his determined creative 

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daughter Shannon . It's not hard to see 

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why . The Sally's family shares a 

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number of great traditions and has a 

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history of supporting each other . 

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Chris had a favorite do it yourself 

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project a van that he converted into an 

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RV for the family to travel the country 

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in and I understand Katie and Shannon 

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still use it for road trips today . 

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Even with seven combat deployments 

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under their belts , the Sally's family 

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found ways to stay connected to each 

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other to include sending chris yellow 

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banana shirts to wear on Hawaiian 

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friday's . The team's down days during 

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deployment to honor Sergeant first 

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class Sally's legacy and the love he 

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had for his family , his unit , the 

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75th ranger regiment continues to 

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support Katie and Shannon today , 

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including helping Shannon with her 

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current science project on parachutes . 

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Shannon , I have no doubt that your dad 

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would be so proud to know that you are 

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passionately diving into every task and 

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challenge that you face . Whether it's 

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playing piano or playing football and 

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just like sergeants first class cash 

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and cell is Master Sergeant . Earl . 

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Plum li's affection for the army is 

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eclipsed only by his love for his 

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family . Friends and teammates talk 

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about Earl in glowing terms , 

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highlighting many of his fantastic 

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qualities . But they inevitably circle 

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back for the most important thing in 

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his life . His wife , Terri , his 

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daughter Lillian and his son Lincoln 

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who has great boots by the way . As 

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I've seen firsthand in just the last 

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six months . The strength of our army 

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is the strength of our soldiers and the 

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strength of our soldiers is the 

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strength of our families . The plum 

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lease are an incredible army family . 

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One that has weathered many combat 

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deployments , training rotations and 

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long years of service through it all , 

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they have only grown stronger together . 

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We are lucky and proud that they remain 

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part of the army family and continue to 

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serve our country . Each of these 

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incredible soldiers and their families 

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that we honor today while from 

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different parts of the country , 

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different walks of life and different 

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religious faiths represent what is best 

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about our army . The common thread that 

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binds them is the love of their 

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teammates and their love for their 

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families as we induct them into the 

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hall of Heroes . Let their examples 

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challenge each of us to dig deep , find 

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what is best in ourselves and live 

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lives worthy of their sacrifices . 

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Please help me welcome Secretary of 

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Defense Lloyd Austin . 

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Yeah . 

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Mm hmm , mm hmm . Well , good morning 

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everybody . It is indeed an honor to 

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be with you today . Secretary War Meth 

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and General McConville . Thank you for 

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your moving words and for your 

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steadfast leadership of our army . Mhm 

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Let me also recognize General Milley 

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and General Hawkinson and Sergeant 

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Major Grimsson . You know , the many 

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leaders who are here , tell you 

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what a special day this is for the 

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United States Army . And I 

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know that we've already met the family 

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members here today , but I don't 

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believe we can ever thank them enough . 

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So I want to pay tribute again . 

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Starting with the cash family Tamara , 

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Cash and daughter Alexis 

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and sergeant caches , siblings 

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including casa Nel cash white . 

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Let me also recognize Katie Salis and 

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daughter Shannon as well as Sergeant 

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Sally's Sergeant Sally's mother judy 

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and we're honored to have terry Plumlee 

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and the Plumlee Children Lillian and 

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Lincoln we also have Sergeant 

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Plumley is proud mother here Missy 

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Elliott . You know , 

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military families serve every bit as 

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much as our men and women in uniform 

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and while we talked a lot today about 

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the courage and strength of the Medal 

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of Honor recipients . I also want to 

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salute the courage and the strength of 

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the entire cache Sallis and Plumlee 

551
00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:42,930
families And let me also 

552
00:25:42,930 --> 00:25:44,930
recognize that many service members 

553
00:25:44,930 --> 00:25:47,730
here today who Surged right alongside 

554
00:25:47,730 --> 00:25:51,370
our three recipients and the members of 

555
00:25:51,370 --> 00:25:52,981
the Medal of honor society . 

556
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,070
Our heroes are testaments to the 

557
00:25:58,070 --> 00:26:00,370
families and the communities who raised 

558
00:26:00,370 --> 00:26:04,240
them and to the allies and partners who 

559
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:07,860
fought alongside them and to the army . 

560
00:26:08,610 --> 00:26:12,410
Let's shape them . So thank you all 

561
00:26:12,410 --> 00:26:13,688
for being here today . 

562
00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:20,220
You know , back in 1945 , a 

563
00:26:20,220 --> 00:26:22,000
couple of weeks after ve day , 

564
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,260
President Truman awarded the Medal of 

565
00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:27,700
Honor to Technical Sergeant Jake 

566
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:31,250
Lindsey , an infantry hero from World 

567
00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:35,180
War two and he described Sergeant 

568
00:26:35,180 --> 00:26:38,940
lindsey in words that could 

569
00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:41,350
just as easily be said about the three 

570
00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:43,517
recipients that we're honoring today . 

571
00:26:45,140 --> 00:26:48,900
As the president put it , no 

572
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,600
officer ordered the sergeant to stand 

573
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,570
alone against the enemy . No one 

574
00:26:56,580 --> 00:26:58,802
ordered him to keep fighting even after 

575
00:26:58,802 --> 00:27:02,300
he was wounded . Instead , President 

576
00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:06,000
Truman said , quote those 

577
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,160
decisions came from his own heart . 

578
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,170
They were a flash of nobility , which 

579
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,110
we like to think is a part of every 

580
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:16,780
american . 

581
00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:22,722
And so three quarters of a century have 

582
00:27:22,722 --> 00:27:26,220
passed in the face of war has 

583
00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:29,890
changed , but in the 

584
00:27:29,890 --> 00:27:33,700
hardest moments of their missions on 

585
00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:37,040
the hardest days of their lives . Our 

586
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,130
men and women in uniform still make 

587
00:27:39,130 --> 00:27:42,880
incredibly brave decisions from the 

588
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,760
hill . We're 

589
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:48,990
here today because of the valiant 

590
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,390
hearts of Sergeant , first class , 

591
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:56,280
all in cash and Sergeant , first class 

592
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,610
Christopher sally's and Master Sergeant 

593
00:27:59,620 --> 00:28:03,470
Earl Plumlee and their names belong 

594
00:28:03,470 --> 00:28:06,170
forever in our Hull of heroes . 

595
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,050
Let me start with Sergeant Cash . 

596
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,190
He was the baby of his family , The 

597
00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:21,110
youngest of nine kids and their parents 

598
00:28:21,110 --> 00:28:24,290
taught Sarin Cash and his siblings the 

599
00:28:24,290 --> 00:28:28,010
value of hard work his father would 

600
00:28:28,010 --> 00:28:31,920
say do it like you're 

601
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,870
putting your name on it , do 

602
00:28:35,870 --> 00:28:38,148
it like you're putting your name on it . 

603
00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:43,580
That's something that Sergeant Cash 

604
00:28:43,590 --> 00:28:47,370
would later instill into his soldiers 

605
00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:50,596
when he was a drill sergeant at Fort 

606
00:28:50,596 --> 00:28:52,707
Benning . The recruits remembered the 

607
00:28:52,707 --> 00:28:54,818
pride that he took in everything that 

608
00:28:54,818 --> 00:28:57,480
he did . Even shining his boots and 

609
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,424
Sergeant Cash's boots shine like a 

610
00:28:59,424 --> 00:29:03,180
mirror above 

611
00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:06,200
all . He took great pride in taking 

612
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,050
care of his soldiers . In fact , 

613
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:12,970
Lieutenant General Gary Brito , who is 

614
00:29:12,970 --> 00:29:16,030
here today remembers him walking around 

615
00:29:16,030 --> 00:29:18,252
the barracks after midnight checking on 

616
00:29:18,252 --> 00:29:22,060
his team . Mm hmm . 

617
00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:25,770
On one night in October of 2005 

618
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,496
he was in a Bradley fighting vehicle 

619
00:29:29,496 --> 00:29:31,607
that rolled into an I . D . And burst 

620
00:29:31,607 --> 00:29:35,400
into flames . Now Sergeant Cash managed 

621
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,770
to escape from the commander's hatch , 

622
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,400
but his soldiers were still inside of 

623
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,230
the burning vehicle and in that 

624
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,930
moment Cash made a choice 

625
00:29:50,110 --> 00:29:53,740
as President Truman would say from his 

626
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:57,060
own heart and he turned back 

627
00:29:58,140 --> 00:30:01,580
and he pulled the driver to safety but 

628
00:30:01,580 --> 00:30:03,802
more of his men were still trapped . So 

629
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:05,636
Sergeant Cash went back into the 

630
00:30:05,636 --> 00:30:08,340
flaming Bradley and removed four more 

631
00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:12,260
more soldiers but yet to were still 

632
00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:14,860
missing and so he went back 

633
00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:20,190
and again and again and 

634
00:30:20,190 --> 00:30:24,160
again . Sergeant Cash pulled his men 

635
00:30:24,170 --> 00:30:28,080
out of the flames right now many 

636
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,080
have noted that certain Cash is the 

637
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,024
first black american who fought in 

638
00:30:32,024 --> 00:30:34,024
Afghanistan and Iraq to receive the 

639
00:30:34,024 --> 00:30:37,040
medal of honor , Making him an 

640
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,490
important part of the history of these 

641
00:30:39,490 --> 00:30:43,490
two wars . But looking back 

642
00:30:43,490 --> 00:30:47,100
on his career , I'm struck by all the 

643
00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,700
times that he put himself last 

644
00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:53,761
in the barracks being the last to get 

645
00:30:53,761 --> 00:30:55,983
to sleep because he was checking on his 

646
00:30:55,983 --> 00:30:58,970
men and after the blast , demanding 

647
00:30:58,970 --> 00:31:01,210
that he be last the last soldier to be 

648
00:31:01,210 --> 00:31:05,050
evacuated and at the hospital , 

649
00:31:05,050 --> 00:31:07,450
insisting that the doctors tend to him 

650
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,360
last again 

651
00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,850
and again and again . 

652
00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:19,060
Sergeant Cash put others first 

653
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,130
do it like you're putting your name on 

654
00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:27,750
it , his father would say and Sergeant 

655
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:31,270
Cash did throughout his time in uniform 

656
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,170
and in a stunning final act of duty 

657
00:31:35,540 --> 00:31:37,860
valor and love . 

658
00:31:41,940 --> 00:31:45,700
13 years later in a different 

659
00:31:45,710 --> 00:31:48,900
theater . Sergeant , first class 

660
00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:51,230
Christopher . Seles was nearing the end 

661
00:31:51,230 --> 00:31:54,280
of his fifth deployment with this 

662
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,740
ranger battalion and in another 

663
00:31:57,740 --> 00:32:00,140
split split second decision , he 

664
00:32:00,140 --> 00:32:02,307
stepped directly into the line of fire 

665
00:32:02,307 --> 00:32:06,160
to save his teammates . Now from a 

666
00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,000
young age , Sergeant Silas felt 

667
00:32:08,010 --> 00:32:11,630
compelled to serve his country . He 

668
00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:13,574
joined J . R . O . T . C . In high 

669
00:32:13,574 --> 00:32:15,741
school and spent weekends competing at 

670
00:32:15,741 --> 00:32:19,240
drill meets Sergeant Silas was a proud 

671
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,320
ranger and we all know that 

672
00:32:22,330 --> 00:32:24,560
rangers lead the way 

673
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,420
Sergeant Silas loved teaching rangers 

674
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,990
and mentoring them and bonding with 

675
00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:36,950
them over dinners or on outings in the 

676
00:32:36,950 --> 00:32:40,720
wilderness . In return , his fellow 

677
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,220
rangers called him a national treasure , 

678
00:32:44,820 --> 00:32:48,360
the hardest worker in the battalion in 

679
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:52,110
a top notch dude . And they 

680
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,520
remember him for always putting himself 

681
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,131
at the decisive point on the 

682
00:32:56,131 --> 00:32:59,790
battlefield . And that's just what he 

683
00:32:59,790 --> 00:33:03,780
did on that july day In 

684
00:33:03,780 --> 00:33:05,460
2018 in Afghanistan 

685
00:33:07,740 --> 00:33:09,740
when his rangers came under taliban 

686
00:33:09,740 --> 00:33:11,851
attacks aren't Sally's dodged bullets 

687
00:33:11,851 --> 00:33:14,040
so that he could get to . I have a 

688
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,800
weapons system that gave his team 

689
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,330
time , time to find a safe place for 

690
00:33:20,330 --> 00:33:23,970
evacuation and when his weapons weren't 

691
00:33:23,970 --> 00:33:26,192
enough to hold off the enemy . Sergeant 

692
00:33:26,192 --> 00:33:30,130
Sal is used his own body as a shield to 

693
00:33:30,130 --> 00:33:33,740
protect his team and as the 

694
00:33:33,740 --> 00:33:36,020
evacuation helicopter was lifting off 

695
00:33:36,030 --> 00:33:38,420
enemy fire found Sergeant Silas 

696
00:33:40,340 --> 00:33:42,229
and he knew that he was wounded . 

697
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,740
But in one of his last acts he weighed 

698
00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:49,018
for the aircraft to depart without him . 

699
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,462
Mrs Scalise . We're honored to have you 

700
00:33:55,462 --> 00:33:59,210
here with us . I'm 

701
00:33:59,210 --> 00:34:01,321
told you , I'm told that when you got 

702
00:34:01,321 --> 00:34:03,321
that terrible phone call about your 

703
00:34:03,321 --> 00:34:06,630
husband more than three years ago , you 

704
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:08,741
said that you race through a range of 

705
00:34:08,741 --> 00:34:12,320
emotions . But surprise 

706
00:34:12,590 --> 00:34:16,070
was not one of them because Sergeant 

707
00:34:16,070 --> 00:34:18,060
Sally's always lead the way , 

708
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:21,566
especially when it meant leading his 

709
00:34:21,566 --> 00:34:25,250
team out of harm's way and today 

710
00:34:26,140 --> 00:34:28,700
we salute that extraordinary the 

711
00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:30,367
extraordinary courage of this 

712
00:34:30,367 --> 00:34:31,644
extraordinary ranger . 

713
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,880
Now we're honored to have our third 

714
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,102
Medal of honor recipient here with us . 

715
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,484
Master Sergeant Plumlee . 

716
00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:49,350
In 2013 at Ford operating based Ghazni 

717
00:34:49,350 --> 00:34:52,250
in Afghanistan . Sergeant Plumlee had 

718
00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,472
just taken a photo , taken a photo with 

719
00:34:54,472 --> 00:34:56,700
his team when the ground beneath them 

720
00:34:56,700 --> 00:35:00,600
shook and in the flash of that massive 

721
00:35:00,610 --> 00:35:04,080
blast , Sauron Plumlee jumped into 

722
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,490
action . The basis walls were 

723
00:35:07,490 --> 00:35:10,120
breached , but he was determined to 

724
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,360
protect it so he just kept moving 

725
00:35:15,140 --> 00:35:17,740
over and over . He advanced on the 

726
00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:20,000
insurgents firing whatever weapon that 

727
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,900
he could get his hands on , a rifle , a 

728
00:35:23,900 --> 00:35:26,050
pistol , a grenade . 

729
00:35:28,140 --> 00:35:30,196
And over and over he put his life on 

730
00:35:30,196 --> 00:35:33,020
the line , taking any cover that he 

731
00:35:33,020 --> 00:35:36,770
could find first an electrical box and 

732
00:35:36,770 --> 00:35:40,680
then a plastic water tank and 

733
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,570
over and over he came face to face with 

734
00:35:43,570 --> 00:35:47,360
the enemy . Just some some some seven 

735
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,310
m away . Now , 

736
00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:55,060
Sergeant Plumlee is a humble guy . He's 

737
00:35:55,060 --> 00:35:57,227
never wanted to be singled out for his 

738
00:35:57,227 --> 00:35:59,670
heroism and he's quick to remind people 

739
00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:01,726
that it's not about him , it's about 

740
00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:05,240
the team and that's why 

741
00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:08,086
out of everything that happened that 

742
00:36:08,086 --> 00:36:11,510
day , out of all those individual acts 

743
00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:14,960
of bravery and skill . Sergeant Plumlee 

744
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,880
has said that what he's most proud of 

745
00:36:17,890 --> 00:36:20,112
is linking back up with his team during 

746
00:36:20,112 --> 00:36:22,710
the battle and from there they got 

747
00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:25,830
organized and pulled off what he later 

748
00:36:25,830 --> 00:36:29,760
called as quote an aggressive and 

749
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,740
sync it up stack moving into the chaos . 

750
00:36:35,830 --> 00:36:37,940
Sergeant Plumlee . I I know that you 

751
00:36:37,940 --> 00:36:40,380
have never set out to add your name to 

752
00:36:40,380 --> 00:36:44,320
the Hall of Heroes but take 

753
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,653
it from your buddies who are here today . 

754
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,511
Take it from your commanders who have 

755
00:36:50,511 --> 00:36:54,460
told your story and take it from me 

756
00:36:56,330 --> 00:37:00,180
a little and over . You have more 

757
00:37:00,180 --> 00:37:01,847
than earned your place here . 

758
00:37:05,730 --> 00:37:07,841
Now there's a common thread among the 

759
00:37:07,841 --> 00:37:10,380
stories of these men and so many other 

760
00:37:10,380 --> 00:37:14,220
Medal of Honor recipients in their acts 

761
00:37:14,220 --> 00:37:18,090
of bravery and heroism . There 

762
00:37:18,090 --> 00:37:21,460
was no time no time to blink , 

763
00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:24,630
no time to breathe . And certainly no 

764
00:37:24,630 --> 00:37:28,560
time to think about being brave . And 

765
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,510
yet they were brave . Brave beyond all 

766
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,610
expectations . Because they felt 

767
00:37:35,610 --> 00:37:39,410
something deeper in those moments 

768
00:37:40,430 --> 00:37:43,350
in those flashes of nobility . They 

769
00:37:43,350 --> 00:37:46,060
knew that they were part of a team and 

770
00:37:46,060 --> 00:37:48,171
they acted out of a profound sense of 

771
00:37:48,171 --> 00:37:51,450
loyalty and love and they felt it 

772
00:37:52,330 --> 00:37:55,670
more than the fear , more than the 

773
00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:59,440
pain and more than a desire for their 

774
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:00,270
own safety . 

775
00:38:03,220 --> 00:38:05,240
You know , there are many metal 

776
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,330
citations tell their stories , 

777
00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:11,770
but those citations can't possibly 

778
00:38:11,770 --> 00:38:14,870
capture the chaos , the thunder , 

779
00:38:15,740 --> 00:38:19,630
the confusion and the courage that rose 

780
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:20,630
above it all . 

781
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,776
You know , ladies and gentlemen , we 

782
00:38:25,776 --> 00:38:27,831
have the strongest military that the 

783
00:38:27,831 --> 00:38:29,920
world has ever known . But it's not 

784
00:38:29,930 --> 00:38:32,097
because of our advanced weapons . It's 

785
00:38:32,097 --> 00:38:34,208
not because of our helicopters or our 

786
00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,700
tanks . It's because of the ideals that 

787
00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:40,550
we fight for and it's because we 

788
00:38:40,550 --> 00:38:42,540
have the best team in the world 

789
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,650
and Sergeant first class Cash Sergeant , 

790
00:38:48,650 --> 00:38:50,920
first class solace and Master Sergeant 

791
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,530
Plumlee are the best of the 

792
00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:57,910
best with decisions 

793
00:38:58,620 --> 00:39:02,360
and with bravery that came from the 

794
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,080
heart and God bless our Medal , Medal 

795
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,340
of Honor recipients and their families 

796
00:39:08,820 --> 00:39:11,980
and all who love them . Thank you very 

797
00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:12,530
much . 

798
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:23,090
Secretary 

799
00:39:23,090 --> 00:39:25,410
warmth . General Milley , General 

800
00:39:25,410 --> 00:39:27,743
McConville , Sergeant Major of the Army , 

801
00:39:27,743 --> 00:39:30,590
Greenstone , Mrs Tamara . Cash and mrs 

802
00:39:30,590 --> 00:39:32,860
Casino Cash White will now join 

803
00:39:32,860 --> 00:39:34,890
Secretary Austin on stage for the 

804
00:39:34,890 --> 00:39:37,057
induction ceremony of Sergeant . First 

805
00:39:37,057 --> 00:39:40,900
class A one C . Cash . Ladies and 

806
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:43,122
gentlemen , please remain seated during 

807
00:39:43,122 --> 00:39:44,250
the presentations . 

808
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:57,040
The President of the United States of 

809
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,810
America , authorized by Act of Congress . 

810
00:39:59,890 --> 00:40:03,520
March 3 , 18 63 has posthumously 

811
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,520
awarded in the name of Congress the 

812
00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:07,464
Medal of honor to Sergeant . First 

813
00:40:07,464 --> 00:40:10,400
class A ONE C . Cash , United States 

814
00:40:10,410 --> 00:40:13,080
Army for conspicuous gallantry and 

815
00:40:13,090 --> 00:40:15,190
intrepidity at the risk of his life 

816
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,520
above and beyond the call of duty . 

817
00:40:18,510 --> 00:40:20,880
Sergeant , first class Alwyn C Cash 

818
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,750
distinguished himself by acts of 

819
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,520
gallantry and intrepidity above and 

820
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,050
beyond the call of duty while serving 

821
00:40:28,050 --> 00:40:30,320
as a platoon sergeant with company , A 

822
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,840
first Battalion , 15th Infantry 

823
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,250
Regiment , third Brigade , third 

824
00:40:35,260 --> 00:40:37,730
Infantry Division in Salahuddin 

825
00:40:37,730 --> 00:40:41,110
Province Iraq on october 17th 2000 and 

826
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:43,570
five , while on a nighttime mounted 

827
00:40:43,570 --> 00:40:45,840
patrol near an enemy laden village , 

828
00:40:45,970 --> 00:40:47,914
the Bradley fighting vehicle which 

829
00:40:47,914 --> 00:40:49,581
Sergeant first class Cash was 

830
00:40:49,581 --> 00:40:51,900
commanding was attacked by small enemy 

831
00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:55,320
arms fire and it improvised explosive 

832
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,640
device which disabled the vehicle and 

833
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,650
engulfed in flames after extracting 

834
00:41:00,650 --> 00:41:02,761
himself from the vehicle . Sergeant . 

835
00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:04,872
First class Cash set about extracting 

836
00:41:04,872 --> 00:41:06,761
the driver who was trapped in the 

837
00:41:06,761 --> 00:41:08,706
vehicle after opening the driver's 

838
00:41:08,706 --> 00:41:10,928
hatch . Sergeant ! first class Cash and 

839
00:41:10,928 --> 00:41:13,039
a fellow soldier extracted the driver 

840
00:41:13,039 --> 00:41:14,660
who was engulfed in flames , 

841
00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:17,200
extinguished the flames and moved him 

842
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,120
to a position of relative safety during 

843
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,287
the course of extinguishing the flames 

844
00:41:22,287 --> 00:41:24,398
on the driver and extracting him from 

845
00:41:24,398 --> 00:41:26,342
the vehicle . Sergeant first class 

846
00:41:26,342 --> 00:41:28,453
cache , fuel soaked uniform ignited , 

847
00:41:28,453 --> 00:41:30,287
causing severe burns to his body 

848
00:41:30,610 --> 00:41:33,290
ignoring his painful worms . Sergeant 

849
00:41:33,290 --> 00:41:35,512
first class Cash then moved to the rear 

850
00:41:35,512 --> 00:41:37,568
of the vehicle to continue in aiding 

851
00:41:37,568 --> 00:41:39,790
his fellow soldiers who were trapped in 

852
00:41:39,790 --> 00:41:41,846
the troop compartment . At this time 

853
00:41:41,846 --> 00:41:44,068
the enemy noted his movements and began 

854
00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:46,123
to direct their fire on his position 

855
00:41:46,510 --> 00:41:48,510
When another element of the company 

856
00:41:48,510 --> 00:41:50,454
engaged the enemy . Sergeant first 

857
00:41:50,454 --> 00:41:52,566
class Cash seized the opportunity and 

858
00:41:52,566 --> 00:41:54,690
moved into the open troop door and 

859
00:41:54,700 --> 00:41:56,867
aided four of his soldiers in escaping 

860
00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:59,033
the burning vehicle . Having extracted 

861
00:41:59,033 --> 00:42:00,978
the four soldiers . Sergeant first 

862
00:42:00,978 --> 00:42:03,090
class Cash noticed two other soldiers 

863
00:42:03,090 --> 00:42:05,201
who had not been accounted for and he 

864
00:42:05,201 --> 00:42:07,257
again entered the burning vehicle to 

865
00:42:07,257 --> 00:42:09,030
retrieve them . At this time , 

866
00:42:09,030 --> 00:42:10,919
reinforcements arrived to further 

867
00:42:10,919 --> 00:42:12,863
suppress the enemy and establish a 

868
00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:15,130
casualty collection point despite the 

869
00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:17,360
severe 2nd and 3rd degree burns 

870
00:42:17,540 --> 00:42:19,810
covering the majority of his body . 

871
00:42:20,350 --> 00:42:22,406
Sergeant first class cash persevered 

872
00:42:22,406 --> 00:42:24,294
through the pain to encourage his 

873
00:42:24,294 --> 00:42:26,406
fellow soldiers and ensured that they 

874
00:42:26,406 --> 00:42:29,630
received needed medical care . When 

875
00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,852
medical evacuation helicopters began to 

876
00:42:31,852 --> 00:42:34,140
arrive . Sergeant first class Cash 

877
00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:36,600
selflessly refused evacuation until all 

878
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,544
of the other wounded soldiers were 

879
00:42:38,544 --> 00:42:40,590
evacuated . First sergeant , first 

880
00:42:40,590 --> 00:42:42,940
class caste , extraordinary heroism and 

881
00:42:42,940 --> 00:42:45,280
selflessness above and beyond the call 

882
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,120
of duty were in keeping with the 

883
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,287
highest traditions of military service 

884
00:42:49,420 --> 00:42:51,730
and reflect great credit upon himself . 

885
00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:54,230
His unit and the United States Army , 

886
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,290
mm hmm , mm hmm . 

887
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:17,200
Mhm . 

888
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:28,230
At this time the Medal of Honor flag 

889
00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:31,240
will be presented on 23 october 

890
00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:33,060
2002 . Public Law 

891
00:43:33,060 --> 00:43:35,980
107-248 . Section 

892
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:39,290
8143 Established the Medal of Honor 

893
00:43:39,290 --> 00:43:41,401
flag to recognize service members who 

894
00:43:41,401 --> 00:43:43,234
have distinguished themselves by 

895
00:43:43,234 --> 00:43:45,290
gallantry in action above and beyond 

896
00:43:45,290 --> 00:43:47,660
the call of duty . The Medal of Honor 

897
00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:49,740
flag commemorates the sacrifice and 

898
00:43:49,740 --> 00:43:51,990
bloodshed for our freedoms and gives 

899
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,167
emphasis to the Medal of Honor , being 

900
00:43:54,167 --> 00:43:56,056
the highest award for valor by an 

901
00:43:56,056 --> 00:43:58,222
individual serving in the armed forces 

902
00:43:58,222 --> 00:44:00,500
of the United States . The light blue 

903
00:44:00,500 --> 00:44:02,710
color with gold fringe bearing the 13 

904
00:44:02,710 --> 00:44:05,020
white stars are adapted from the Medal 

905
00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:06,131
of Honor . Ribbon . 

906
00:44:38,490 --> 00:44:40,760
Thank you , mrs Cash and mrs Cash . 

907
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:41,220
White . 

908
00:44:52,890 --> 00:44:55,210
Mrs Katie Selous . Please join 

909
00:44:55,210 --> 00:44:57,690
Secretary Austin . Secretary Warmth 

910
00:44:57,730 --> 00:45:00,500
General Milley , General McConville and 

911
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:02,722
Sergeant Major of the Army Greenstone , 

912
00:45:02,722 --> 00:45:05,000
for the induction ceremony of Sergeant . 

913
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,056
First class Christopher . A solace . 

914
00:45:07,790 --> 00:45:09,846
Ladies and gentlemen , please remain 

915
00:45:09,846 --> 00:45:11,734
seated during the presentations . 

916
00:45:23,390 --> 00:45:25,501
The President of the United States of 

917
00:45:25,501 --> 00:45:28,060
America , authorized by Act of Congress , 

918
00:45:28,130 --> 00:45:31,550
March 3rd 18 63 has posthumously 

919
00:45:31,550 --> 00:45:33,661
awarded in the name of Congress . The 

920
00:45:33,661 --> 00:45:35,606
Medal of honor to Sergeant . First 

921
00:45:35,606 --> 00:45:37,670
class Christopher . A cell is United 

922
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:40,590
States Army for conspicuous gallantry 

923
00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:42,920
and intrepidity at the risk of his life 

924
00:45:42,930 --> 00:45:45,190
above and beyond the call of duty . 

925
00:45:46,060 --> 00:45:48,227
Sergeant . First class Christopher , A 

926
00:45:48,227 --> 00:45:50,060
cell is distinguished himself by 

927
00:45:50,060 --> 00:45:52,490
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity 

928
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,300
above and beyond the call of duty while 

929
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:57,170
engaged with the enemy in paktia 

930
00:45:57,170 --> 00:45:59,780
province , Afghanistan on july 12th 

931
00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:02,710
2000 and 18 , as the leader of a 

932
00:46:02,710 --> 00:46:04,654
special purpose units comprised of 

933
00:46:04,654 --> 00:46:06,654
partnered forces and members of the 

934
00:46:06,654 --> 00:46:08,910
First Battalion 75th ranger Resident 

935
00:46:09,370 --> 00:46:11,370
Sergeant first Class Sally's led an 

936
00:46:11,370 --> 00:46:13,530
operation to clear an enemy area of 

937
00:46:13,540 --> 00:46:16,120
enemy forces and thereby disrupt future 

938
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,009
attacks against the government of 

939
00:46:18,009 --> 00:46:21,230
Afghanistan and allied forces . Shortly 

940
00:46:21,230 --> 00:46:23,286
after his team reached their initial 

941
00:46:23,286 --> 00:46:25,119
objectives , a large enemy force 

942
00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:27,370
attacked , placing effective fire on 

943
00:46:27,370 --> 00:46:29,940
him and his team , preventing them from 

944
00:46:29,950 --> 00:46:31,710
maneuvering to counterattack , 

945
00:46:32,780 --> 00:46:34,891
realizing the danger the attack posed 

946
00:46:34,891 --> 00:46:37,080
to his team and the operation Sergeant 

947
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,440
first class Sally's voluntarily exposed 

948
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,700
himself to intense enemy machine gun 

949
00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:44,260
and small arms fire to retrieve and 

950
00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:47,670
employ a heavy weapon system , thereby 

951
00:46:47,670 --> 00:46:49,870
allowing us and partnered forces to 

952
00:46:49,870 --> 00:46:52,190
regain the initiative maneuver to a 

953
00:46:52,190 --> 00:46:54,630
secure location and to begin treatment 

954
00:46:54,630 --> 00:46:56,852
of a critically wounded partnered force 

955
00:46:56,852 --> 00:46:59,170
member . As the medical evacuation 

956
00:46:59,170 --> 00:47:01,420
helicopter arrived , it was immediately 

957
00:47:01,420 --> 00:47:03,910
engaged by accurate and sustained enemy 

958
00:47:03,910 --> 00:47:06,450
fire , knowing how critically it was to 

959
00:47:06,450 --> 00:47:08,760
quickly load the casualty . Sergeant 

960
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,927
First class Selous , willingly exposed 

961
00:47:10,927 --> 00:47:13,260
himself to heavy enemy fire to direct 

962
00:47:13,270 --> 00:47:16,230
and lead the evacuation as the casualty 

963
00:47:16,230 --> 00:47:18,397
moved from a position of cover and out 

964
00:47:18,397 --> 00:47:20,630
into intense enemy fire . Sergeant . 

965
00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:22,686
First class sally's made a conscious 

966
00:47:22,686 --> 00:47:24,741
effort to ensure his body acted as a 

967
00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:26,840
physical shield to his team carrying 

968
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,673
the casualty and the crew of the 

969
00:47:28,673 --> 00:47:31,660
aircraft as the casualty was loaded and 

970
00:47:31,660 --> 00:47:33,549
Sergeant first class Sally's team 

971
00:47:33,549 --> 00:47:35,660
returned to cover . He alone remained 

972
00:47:35,660 --> 00:47:37,880
at the aircraft , returning a high 

973
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:39,590
volume of fire and constantly 

974
00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:41,479
repositioning himself to act as a 

975
00:47:41,479 --> 00:47:43,701
physical shield to the aircraft and its 

976
00:47:43,701 --> 00:47:46,050
crew with his final reposition . 

977
00:47:46,330 --> 00:47:48,441
Sergeant . First class cell is placed 

978
00:47:48,441 --> 00:47:50,497
himself directly between the cockpit 

979
00:47:50,497 --> 00:47:52,608
and the enemy , ensuring the aircraft 

980
00:47:52,608 --> 00:47:54,790
was able to depart . As the helicopter 

981
00:47:54,790 --> 00:47:56,980
lifted off , Sergeant 1st class Seles 

982
00:47:56,980 --> 00:48:00,120
was hit by enemy fire , fully aware of 

983
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,287
his own injury , but understanding the 

984
00:48:02,287 --> 00:48:04,453
peril to the aircraft from the intense 

985
00:48:04,453 --> 00:48:06,580
enemy machine gun fire . Sergeant 1st 

986
00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:08,802
class Sally's motion to the aircraft to 

987
00:48:08,802 --> 00:48:11,024
depart rather than remain to load him . 

988
00:48:11,024 --> 00:48:13,191
His selfless actions saved the life of 

989
00:48:13,191 --> 00:48:15,247
the evacuated partnered force member 

990
00:48:15,247 --> 00:48:16,969
and almost certainly present , 

991
00:48:16,969 --> 00:48:19,136
prevented further casualties among the 

992
00:48:19,136 --> 00:48:21,024
other members of his team and the 

993
00:48:21,024 --> 00:48:22,691
aircrew throughout the entire 

994
00:48:22,691 --> 00:48:24,580
engagement . Sergeant First class 

995
00:48:24,580 --> 00:48:26,802
Police significantly changed the course 

996
00:48:26,802 --> 00:48:28,802
of the battle by repeatedly placing 

997
00:48:28,802 --> 00:48:30,858
himself in extreme danger to protect 

998
00:48:30,858 --> 00:48:32,636
his team and defeat the enemy , 

999
00:48:32,636 --> 00:48:34,524
ultimately costing him his life . 

1000
00:48:34,570 --> 00:48:36,292
Sergeant . First class Sally's 

1001
00:48:36,292 --> 00:48:38,459
extraordinary heroism and selflessness 

1002
00:48:38,459 --> 00:48:40,810
above and beyond the call of duty were 

1003
00:48:40,810 --> 00:48:42,977
in keeping with the highest traditions 

1004
00:48:42,977 --> 00:48:45,088
of military service and reflect great 

1005
00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:47,210
credit upon himself his unit and the 

1006
00:48:47,210 --> 00:48:48,400
United States Army 

1007
00:49:13,070 --> 00:49:15,340
at this time . The Medal of Honor flag 

1008
00:49:15,340 --> 00:49:19,270
will be presented on 23 october 2002 . 

1009
00:49:19,430 --> 00:49:23,050
Public Law 107-248 . Section 

1010
00:49:23,060 --> 00:49:26,220
8143 established the Medal of Honor 

1011
00:49:26,220 --> 00:49:28,331
flag to recognize service members who 

1012
00:49:28,331 --> 00:49:30,164
have distinguished themselves by 

1013
00:49:30,164 --> 00:49:32,220
gallantry in action above and beyond 

1014
00:49:32,220 --> 00:49:34,470
the call of duty . The Medal of Honor 

1015
00:49:34,470 --> 00:49:36,470
flag commemorates the sacrifice and 

1016
00:49:36,470 --> 00:49:38,526
bloodshed for our freedoms and gives 

1017
00:49:38,526 --> 00:49:40,692
emphasis to the Medal of Honor , being 

1018
00:49:40,692 --> 00:49:42,581
the highest award for valor by an 

1019
00:49:42,581 --> 00:49:44,748
individual serving in the Armed Forces 

1020
00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:46,859
of the United States . The light blue 

1021
00:49:46,859 --> 00:49:49,081
color with gold fringe bearing 13 white 

1022
00:49:49,081 --> 00:49:51,081
stars are adapted from the Medal of 

1023
00:49:51,081 --> 00:49:52,081
Honor . Ribbon . 

1024
00:50:16,340 --> 00:50:17,340
Okay , 

1025
00:50:20,260 --> 00:50:23,920
okay , thank you . 

1026
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:24,980
Mrs Solis . 

1027
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,500
Master Sergeant Plumlee . Please join 

1028
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,060
Secretary austin . Secretary Warmth 

1029
00:50:42,110 --> 00:50:44,860
General Milley , General McConville and 

1030
00:50:44,860 --> 00:50:47,082
Sergeant Major of the Army Greenstone . 

1031
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:52,416
Ladies and gentlemen , please remain 

1032
00:50:52,416 --> 00:50:54,304
seated during the presentations . 

1033
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,171
The President of the United States of 

1034
00:51:05,171 --> 00:51:07,650
America , authorized by Act of Congress , 

1035
00:51:07,730 --> 00:51:11,330
March 3rd 18 63 has awarded in the name 

1036
00:51:11,330 --> 00:51:13,310
of Congress the Medal of Honor to 

1037
00:51:13,310 --> 00:51:15,800
Master Sergeant , Earl de Plumlee , 

1038
00:51:15,900 --> 00:51:18,580
United States Army for conspicuous 

1039
00:51:18,580 --> 00:51:20,880
gallantry and intrepidity at the risk 

1040
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,020
of his life above and beyond the call 

1041
00:51:23,020 --> 00:51:26,970
of duty Staff Sergeant Earl de Plumlee 

1042
00:51:26,980 --> 00:51:28,813
distinguished himself by acts of 

1043
00:51:28,813 --> 00:51:31,270
gallantry and intrepidity above and 

1044
00:51:31,270 --> 00:51:33,400
beyond the call of duty . On august 

1045
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:37,060
28th 2013 , while serving as a weapon . 

1046
00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:39,600
Sergeant C Company fourth Battalion , 

1047
00:51:39,790 --> 00:51:42,140
First Special Forces Group , Airborne 

1048
00:51:42,530 --> 00:51:44,370
in support of Operation enduring 

1049
00:51:44,370 --> 00:51:46,970
Freedom Sergeant Plumlee instantly 

1050
00:51:46,970 --> 00:51:49,230
responded to an enemy attack on forward 

1051
00:51:49,230 --> 00:51:51,063
operating base . Ghazni , Ghazni 

1052
00:51:51,063 --> 00:51:53,620
province , Afghanistan that began with 

1053
00:51:53,620 --> 00:51:55,820
an explosion that tore a 60 ft breach 

1054
00:51:55,820 --> 00:51:58,290
in the base's perimeter wall . 10 

1055
00:51:58,290 --> 00:52:00,550
insurgents wearing Afghan National Army 

1056
00:52:00,550 --> 00:52:02,670
uniforms and suicide vests poured 

1057
00:52:02,670 --> 00:52:04,940
through the breach . Sergeant Plumlee 

1058
00:52:04,940 --> 00:52:07,430
and five others mounted to vehicles and 

1059
00:52:07,430 --> 00:52:09,650
race toward the explosion . When his 

1060
00:52:09,650 --> 00:52:11,780
vehicle was engaged by enemy fire , 

1061
00:52:12,030 --> 00:52:14,400
Sergeant Plumlee reacted instinctively , 

1062
00:52:14,570 --> 00:52:17,740
using his body as a shield to shield 

1063
00:52:17,740 --> 00:52:19,962
the driver prior to exiting the vehicle 

1064
00:52:19,962 --> 00:52:22,550
vehicle , Engaging the enemy insurgent 

1065
00:52:22,550 --> 00:52:24,580
15 m to the vehicles right with his 

1066
00:52:24,580 --> 00:52:27,430
pistol without cover and with a 

1067
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,790
complete disregard for his own safety , 

1068
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,030
he advanced on the enemy , engaging 

1069
00:52:32,030 --> 00:52:33,919
multiple insurgents with only his 

1070
00:52:33,919 --> 00:52:36,400
pistol Upon reaching cover , he killed 

1071
00:52:36,410 --> 00:52:38,670
two insurgents , one with a grenade and 

1072
00:52:38,670 --> 00:52:40,837
the other by detonating the insurgents 

1073
00:52:40,837 --> 00:52:42,837
suicide vest using precision sniper 

1074
00:52:42,837 --> 00:52:45,390
fire . Again , disregarding his own 

1075
00:52:45,390 --> 00:52:47,480
safety . Sergeant Plumlee advanced 

1076
00:52:47,490 --> 00:52:49,620
alone against the enemy , engaging 

1077
00:52:49,620 --> 00:52:51,620
several insurgents at close range , 

1078
00:52:51,890 --> 00:52:53,723
including one whose suicide vest 

1079
00:52:53,723 --> 00:52:55,557
exploded a mere seven m from his 

1080
00:52:55,557 --> 00:52:59,250
position under intense enemy fire . 

1081
00:52:59,260 --> 00:53:01,482
Sergeant Plumlee temporarily with group 

1082
00:53:01,482 --> 00:53:03,630
cover where he joined up with another 

1083
00:53:03,630 --> 00:53:05,519
soldier and together they mounted 

1084
00:53:05,519 --> 00:53:07,980
another counter attack under fierce 

1085
00:53:07,990 --> 00:53:10,180
enemy fire . Sergeant Plumlee again 

1086
00:53:10,180 --> 00:53:12,291
moved from cover and attack the enemy 

1087
00:53:12,291 --> 00:53:15,110
forces advancing within seven m of a 

1088
00:53:15,110 --> 00:53:16,943
previously wounded insurgent who 

1089
00:53:16,943 --> 00:53:18,999
detonated his suicide vest , blowing 

1090
00:53:18,999 --> 00:53:21,277
Sergeant Plumlee against a nearby wall . 

1091
00:53:22,130 --> 00:53:24,352
Sergeant Plumlee ignored his injuries , 

1092
00:53:24,352 --> 00:53:26,463
quickly regained his faculties and re 

1093
00:53:26,463 --> 00:53:29,170
engage the enemy forces , intense enemy 

1094
00:53:29,170 --> 00:53:31,392
fire Once again forced the two soldiers 

1095
00:53:31,392 --> 00:53:34,180
to temporarily withdraw undeterred . 

1096
00:53:34,220 --> 00:53:36,331
Sergeant Plumlee joined a small group 

1097
00:53:36,331 --> 00:53:38,430
of american and polish soldiers who 

1098
00:53:38,430 --> 00:53:40,152
moved from cover to once again 

1099
00:53:40,152 --> 00:53:42,420
counterattack the infiltrators . As the 

1100
00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:44,760
force advanced Sergeant Plumlee engaged 

1101
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:46,950
an insurgent to his front left . He 

1102
00:53:46,950 --> 00:53:49,061
then swung around and engaged another 

1103
00:53:49,061 --> 00:53:51,117
insurgent who charged the group from 

1104
00:53:51,117 --> 00:53:53,283
the rear . The insurgent detonated his 

1105
00:53:53,283 --> 00:53:55,561
suicide vest mortally wounding a U . S . 

1106
00:53:55,561 --> 00:53:57,670
Soldier . Sergeant Plumlee with 

1107
00:53:57,670 --> 00:53:59,892
complete disregard for his own safety , 

1108
00:53:59,892 --> 00:54:02,060
ran to the wounded soldier , carried 

1109
00:54:02,060 --> 00:54:04,360
him to safety and rendered first aid . 

1110
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,062
He then methodically cleared the area , 

1111
00:54:07,062 --> 00:54:09,290
remained in a secure posture and 

1112
00:54:09,290 --> 00:54:11,234
continue to scan for any remaining 

1113
00:54:11,234 --> 00:54:13,420
threats . Staff Sergeant Earl de 

1114
00:54:13,420 --> 00:54:15,476
Plumley is extraordinary heroism and 

1115
00:54:15,476 --> 00:54:17,642
devotion to duty . Are in keeping with 

1116
00:54:17,642 --> 00:54:19,531
the finest traditions of military 

1117
00:54:19,531 --> 00:54:21,642
service and reflect great credit upon 

1118
00:54:21,642 --> 00:54:23,753
himself , the Special Forces regiment 

1119
00:54:23,753 --> 00:54:25,364
and the United States Army . 

1120
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:37,450
Yeah , 

1121
00:54:50,910 --> 00:54:52,966
at this time the Medal of Honor flag 

1122
00:54:52,966 --> 00:54:56,630
will be presented on 23 october 2002 . 

1123
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:00,240
Public Law 107-248 . Section 

1124
00:55:00,250 --> 00:55:03,260
8143 Established the Medal of Honor 

1125
00:55:03,260 --> 00:55:05,371
flag to recognize service members who 

1126
00:55:05,371 --> 00:55:07,260
have distinguished themselves by 

1127
00:55:07,260 --> 00:55:09,430
gallantry in action above and beyond 

1128
00:55:09,430 --> 00:55:11,720
the call of duty . The Medal of Honor 

1129
00:55:11,720 --> 00:55:13,720
flag commemorates the sacrifice and 

1130
00:55:13,720 --> 00:55:15,776
bloodshed for our freedoms and gives 

1131
00:55:15,776 --> 00:55:17,942
emphasis to the Medal of Honor , being 

1132
00:55:17,942 --> 00:55:19,831
the highest award for valor by an 

1133
00:55:19,831 --> 00:55:21,998
individual serving in the armed Forces 

1134
00:55:21,998 --> 00:55:24,109
of the United States . The light blue 

1135
00:55:24,109 --> 00:55:26,331
color with gold fringe bearing 13 white 

1136
00:55:26,331 --> 00:55:28,331
stars are adapted from the Medal of 

1137
00:55:28,331 --> 00:55:29,331
honor . Ribbon . 

1138
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:58,440
Okay . 

1139
00:56:05,030 --> 00:56:07,900
Mrs cache misses cache . White and mrs 

1140
00:56:07,900 --> 00:56:10,067
solis . Please join the official party 

1141
00:56:10,067 --> 00:56:10,960
on the stage . 

1142
00:56:41,430 --> 00:56:43,541
The Medal of Honor plaque will now be 

1143
00:56:43,541 --> 00:56:45,541
unveiled inducting Sergeant , first 

1144
00:56:45,541 --> 00:56:47,541
class Cash , Sergeant , first class 

1145
00:56:47,541 --> 00:56:49,790
solace and Master Sergeant Plumlee into 

1146
00:56:49,790 --> 00:56:51,050
the Hall of heroes . 

1147
00:56:59,930 --> 00:57:00,930
Okay . 

1148
00:57:05,130 --> 00:57:06,130
Okay . 

1149
00:57:14,230 --> 00:57:18,220
Mhm , mm 

1150
00:57:18,220 --> 00:57:19,220
hmm . 

1151
00:57:21,930 --> 00:57:23,780
Thank you . Secretary Austin , 

1152
00:57:23,810 --> 00:57:26,040
Secretary warmer General Milley , 

1153
00:57:26,260 --> 00:57:28,270
General McConville Sergeant , Major 

1154
00:57:28,270 --> 00:57:30,326
Greenstone , Master Sergeant Plumlee 

1155
00:57:30,510 --> 00:57:32,720
mrs Cash and mrs solis . 

1156
00:57:38,030 --> 00:57:39,030
Okay , 

1157
00:57:56,730 --> 00:57:58,841
ladies and gentlemen , mrs Cash . Non 

1158
00:57:58,841 --> 00:57:59,841
cash . White . 

1159
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,250
Good morning everyone . 

1160
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,980
Mhm . To our honored guests . 

1161
00:58:27,620 --> 00:58:29,810
I cannot call you by names because all 

1162
00:58:29,810 --> 00:58:31,477
your acronyms , I do not have 

1163
00:58:31,477 --> 00:58:35,390
remembered at this time . But I 

1164
00:58:35,390 --> 00:58:38,290
would like to see um thank you to the 

1165
00:58:38,290 --> 00:58:41,150
third eye d who I see here in number 

1166
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:44,040
who have always stood and represented 

1167
00:58:44,820 --> 00:58:47,042
you called him Sergeant , first class . 

1168
00:58:47,042 --> 00:58:49,042
Alan Cash . I just called him al my 

1169
00:58:49,042 --> 00:58:51,098
baby brother . You represented him . 

1170
00:58:51,098 --> 00:58:54,150
Well , I come this morning to tell you 

1171
00:58:54,150 --> 00:58:58,000
a story . It's about a little boy that 

1172
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,940
was born on July 13 , 1970 

1173
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,271
That had a supporting cast of eight . 

1174
00:59:04,820 --> 00:59:06,931
That would be all of his brothers and 

1175
00:59:06,931 --> 00:59:10,810
sisters . He was the last born to 

1176
00:59:10,810 --> 00:59:14,560
ruby mae and Andrew Cash . He was very 

1177
00:59:14,570 --> 00:59:17,040
rambunctious , rebellious , 

1178
00:59:17,420 --> 00:59:20,480
adventuresome child . I think we all 

1179
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,770
labeled him a daredevil . I don't have 

1180
00:59:23,770 --> 00:59:26,250
to tell you his army side because you 

1181
00:59:26,250 --> 00:59:28,720
have heard the story . You have read 

1182
00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:31,750
the reports , you have lived with him , 

1183
00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:35,780
you know all of that . I want you to 

1184
00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:38,220
know him as the scrawny kid from oviedo 

1185
00:59:38,220 --> 00:59:41,730
florida . The baby brother to 

1186
00:59:41,740 --> 00:59:45,540
marietta , Bernadine castle , 

1187
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:49,250
Carlos , julie , yvonne , 

1188
00:59:49,820 --> 00:59:53,800
Andrea and Cedric . He was our baby 

1189
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:57,410
brother . He had a normal 

1190
00:59:57,410 --> 01:00:00,060
childhood as most could say . But he 

1191
01:00:00,060 --> 01:00:02,970
had a different type of childhood as I 

1192
01:00:02,970 --> 01:00:04,859
am his middle sister and I am his 

1193
01:00:04,859 --> 01:00:08,010
sister by 12 years . He has a sister 

1194
01:00:08,010 --> 01:00:10,288
that his two generations older than he . 

1195
01:00:11,610 --> 01:00:13,770
He had many nephews and nieces that 

1196
01:00:13,770 --> 01:00:16,920
were older than he and he used to shy 

1197
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,330
away from the title of uncle . They 

1198
01:00:20,330 --> 01:00:23,090
would be 17 and asked him for a dollar 

1199
01:00:23,420 --> 01:00:24,820
and he was only six . 

1200
01:00:30,110 --> 01:00:32,500
He entered the army immediately after 

1201
01:00:32,500 --> 01:00:34,990
high school . I don't think he was out 

1202
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,520
30 days before he went into the US Army 

1203
01:00:38,470 --> 01:00:42,050
as all of you know by now he found his 

1204
01:00:42,050 --> 01:00:46,040
niche when he went into the army he 

1205
01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:49,870
chose to be an infantryman . I say that 

1206
01:00:49,870 --> 01:00:53,600
with pride he chose to be and 

1207
01:00:53,610 --> 01:00:57,570
infringement in that he found that he 

1208
01:00:57,570 --> 01:01:00,450
could express himself whether it was 

1209
01:01:00,450 --> 01:01:02,730
jumping out of a perfectly good plane 

1210
01:01:04,010 --> 01:01:06,490
or coming down a 20 to 30 ft wall 

1211
01:01:06,490 --> 01:01:10,480
headfirst , he loved 

1212
01:01:10,490 --> 01:01:13,820
the outdoors . One of his greatest 

1213
01:01:13,830 --> 01:01:15,886
accomplishments was when he became a 

1214
01:01:15,886 --> 01:01:18,580
master gardener . He that boy could 

1215
01:01:18,590 --> 01:01:21,070
tear a gun apart any type , whether it 

1216
01:01:21,070 --> 01:01:24,600
be a pistol or rifle or anything apart 

1217
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:27,820
so fast and put it back together . He 

1218
01:01:27,820 --> 01:01:29,987
would come home to visit and he really 

1219
01:01:29,987 --> 01:01:32,209
enjoyed hunting with his brother in law 

1220
01:01:32,209 --> 01:01:34,650
robert . They would come out of the 

1221
01:01:34,660 --> 01:01:37,620
fields after a couple of days , don't 

1222
01:01:37,620 --> 01:01:40,120
ask me what they did . They would just 

1223
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:42,231
come out of the fields usually with a 

1224
01:01:42,231 --> 01:01:44,342
book through on the back of the truck 

1225
01:01:45,310 --> 01:01:47,850
or something of that nature fishing , 

1226
01:01:48,610 --> 01:01:51,430
outdoorsy stuff . That was his mantra . 

1227
01:01:55,110 --> 01:01:58,960
He was hard on 

1228
01:01:58,970 --> 01:02:02,900
his family too . Usually the guys from 

1229
01:02:02,900 --> 01:02:05,011
the 3rd I ? D told me that they had a 

1230
01:02:05,011 --> 01:02:08,260
love hate love relationship . I can 

1231
01:02:08,270 --> 01:02:11,920
believe that because Al was only 

1232
01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:14,340
five years younger . I'm sorry five 

1233
01:02:14,340 --> 01:02:16,750
years older than my oldest child and he 

1234
01:02:16,750 --> 01:02:18,806
would dress her down like she was in 

1235
01:02:18,806 --> 01:02:22,020
the military . She was a general 

1236
01:02:22,020 --> 01:02:24,242
manager of a store and he actually went 

1237
01:02:24,242 --> 01:02:26,298
to her store and told her how to run 

1238
01:02:26,298 --> 01:02:29,120
her own store in front of her crew . 

1239
01:02:30,100 --> 01:02:33,640
But she loved him . He was a big 

1240
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:37,500
brother and uncle to my nephew robert 

1241
01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:39,950
Andrew . He'll kill me for that . Later . 

1242
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:43,040
We called him Drew I think he visited 

1243
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:47,040
al mostly out of all his posts at all 

1244
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:49,096
his posts and more than his brothers 

1245
01:02:49,096 --> 01:02:52,740
and sisters . Now to tell you about the 

1246
01:02:52,740 --> 01:02:56,070
Army one when he did what he did on 17 

1247
01:02:56,070 --> 01:03:00,020
October today . The Children would say 

1248
01:03:00,030 --> 01:03:02,086
he did not understand the assignment 

1249
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:06,520
because I told him in june of that year . 

1250
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:11,040
Go on deployment , have fun duck and 

1251
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,760
come home . He obviously did not 

1252
01:03:13,770 --> 01:03:17,180
understand me when I first heard about 

1253
01:03:17,180 --> 01:03:21,120
his injuries , I was like okay 

1254
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:23,711
that's how I throw a band aid on it . 

1255
01:03:23,711 --> 01:03:25,822
Put a cast around his foot , send him 

1256
01:03:25,822 --> 01:03:27,878
home for a couple of days . Okay . I 

1257
01:03:27,878 --> 01:03:29,933
went to work because they said I was 

1258
01:03:29,933 --> 01:03:32,960
hurt . We all felt like Al always came 

1259
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:34,840
home . This was not his first 

1260
01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:37,610
deployment . He had been to 

1261
01:03:37,610 --> 01:03:40,990
Afghanistan , peaceful countries also 

1262
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:44,650
Germany italy he had asked us to 

1263
01:03:44,650 --> 01:03:47,740
visit but I always told him okay I will 

1264
01:03:47,750 --> 01:03:50,900
next time . I didn't get that next time . 

1265
01:03:50,910 --> 01:03:53,021
So for those of you sitting out there 

1266
01:03:53,021 --> 01:03:55,340
in uniform always encourage your family 

1267
01:03:55,340 --> 01:03:58,290
to visit , make sure they do make those 

1268
01:03:58,290 --> 01:04:00,610
memories . That's my only regret . 

1269
01:04:02,090 --> 01:04:04,270
Sergeant first class Alvin Cash had a 

1270
01:04:04,270 --> 01:04:08,100
quick smile and a dry humor and I think 

1271
01:04:08,100 --> 01:04:10,570
that's a family trait because I look at 

1272
01:04:10,570 --> 01:04:12,570
my brothers and sisters and even my 

1273
01:04:12,570 --> 01:04:14,737
nieces and nephews sometimes and I say 

1274
01:04:14,737 --> 01:04:18,230
that's a strong gene because that's 

1275
01:04:18,230 --> 01:04:21,220
what we do but we all know that we 

1276
01:04:21,220 --> 01:04:25,070
loved al from the oldest two now the 

1277
01:04:25,070 --> 01:04:28,720
youngest Andrea his wife Tamara , his 

1278
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:31,850
daughter Alexis . I think sometimes 

1279
01:04:31,850 --> 01:04:34,720
though I miss him most because I took 

1280
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:37,890
it for granted and sometimes the guilt 

1281
01:04:37,900 --> 01:04:40,870
of that grant that taken for granted is 

1282
01:04:40,870 --> 01:04:44,620
almost too much to bear but I want you 

1283
01:04:44,620 --> 01:04:47,910
to know the man , not just a soldier . 

1284
01:04:49,590 --> 01:04:52,310
He had a I call it a crooked smile 

1285
01:04:53,390 --> 01:04:55,700
when he graduated from Oviedo High 

1286
01:04:55,700 --> 01:04:58,370
school which all of us did . His 

1287
01:04:58,370 --> 01:05:01,410
yearbook picture shows the smile and 

1288
01:05:01,410 --> 01:05:04,190
the rebellion in his , in his eyes when 

1289
01:05:04,190 --> 01:05:06,910
he decided to join the army . It was 

1290
01:05:06,910 --> 01:05:10,720
news to me but I was happy because 

1291
01:05:10,730 --> 01:05:13,820
you could tell when he came home it 

1292
01:05:13,820 --> 01:05:15,610
meant everything to him . 

1293
01:05:19,580 --> 01:05:22,410
I want to leave you with a poem that 

1294
01:05:23,390 --> 01:05:25,610
our brother yoo lee Curtis Cash wrote 

1295
01:05:26,290 --> 01:05:29,090
and I think It sums up what my family 

1296
01:05:29,090 --> 01:05:32,610
feels . He wrote this poem in 2005 . 

1297
01:05:33,590 --> 01:05:36,180
We did not put it on Al's legacy dot 

1298
01:05:36,180 --> 01:05:40,150
com Obituary site until 2008 because it 

1299
01:05:40,150 --> 01:05:43,130
was really painful for all of us . But 

1300
01:05:43,130 --> 01:05:46,750
the poem reads last born First 

1301
01:05:46,750 --> 01:05:50,710
today they called you a hero . 

1302
01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:54,290
So I hold my head high . Last born 

1303
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:57,510
1st to that I think of you often 

1304
01:05:57,990 --> 01:06:01,810
tears filled my eyes . Last born 1st to 

1305
01:06:01,810 --> 01:06:05,280
die . I miss you dear brother . And 

1306
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:08,970
that is no lie . Last born 1st to 

1307
01:06:08,970 --> 01:06:12,710
die . I keep you in memory . As time 

1308
01:06:12,710 --> 01:06:16,210
goes by Last born 1st to that 

1309
01:06:21,180 --> 01:06:23,550
I pray to the Almighty . The question 

1310
01:06:23,550 --> 01:06:26,450
is why the last born is the first to 

1311
01:06:26,450 --> 01:06:29,560
die . If it's God's will , why should I 

1312
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:32,900
pry Last born 1st to die . 

1313
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:35,660
Never achieving perfection . But 

1314
01:06:35,660 --> 01:06:39,280
continued to try . Last born 1st to 

1315
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:42,840
die , rest in peace . Much love . But 

1316
01:06:42,840 --> 01:06:45,720
now I say goodbye . You will always be 

1317
01:06:45,720 --> 01:06:49,610
my hero . My eyes . You are in my eyes , 

1318
01:06:49,610 --> 01:06:52,300
you are loved , admired and respected . 

1319
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:56,700
So we love him . We do respect him . 

1320
01:06:57,780 --> 01:07:00,990
We miss him . But dishonor 

1321
01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:06,060
of achieving the medal of honor even 

1322
01:07:06,060 --> 01:07:09,360
though it took a while . But as I said 

1323
01:07:09,670 --> 01:07:13,590
we never We never lost the 

1324
01:07:13,590 --> 01:07:16,380
strength of the 3rd i . D . They stood 

1325
01:07:16,380 --> 01:07:19,280
behind us , then Lieutenant Colonel 

1326
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:22,590
Gary Brito submitted more packages then 

1327
01:07:22,590 --> 01:07:26,550
I have submitted for and ever he 

1328
01:07:26,550 --> 01:07:28,820
submitted packages just to get this 

1329
01:07:28,820 --> 01:07:31,500
done . He'd be like CASS hold on we're 

1330
01:07:31,500 --> 01:07:34,480
gonna get it , we're gonna get it . And 

1331
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:36,480
for a while there it looked like we 

1332
01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:40,230
wouldn't but we did so I thank all of 

1333
01:07:40,230 --> 01:07:43,740
you that have helped in the journey in 

1334
01:07:43,740 --> 01:07:46,330
the struggle . When you think of my 

1335
01:07:46,330 --> 01:07:48,370
brother . Don't think of him as the 

1336
01:07:48,380 --> 01:07:51,190
first african american to be awarded 

1337
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,950
the medal of honor ? Think of him as a 

1338
01:07:53,950 --> 01:07:57,370
soldier who loved his 

1339
01:07:57,370 --> 01:08:01,320
boys who died , showing how much 

1340
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:04,790
he loved his boys . He was a soldier 

1341
01:08:04,790 --> 01:08:08,720
first That loved each and 

1342
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,831
every one of you from the 3rd i . D . 

1343
01:08:11,340 --> 01:08:14,500
And his family in his own way . Thank 

1344
01:08:14,500 --> 01:08:15,500
you . 

1345
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:36,130
Thank 

1346
01:08:36,140 --> 01:08:37,140
you . 

1347
01:08:37,140 --> 01:08:45,760
Thank 

1348
01:08:45,760 --> 01:08:49,740
you . Mrs Cash . White . Ladies and 

1349
01:08:49,740 --> 01:08:51,830
gentlemen . Mrs Katie Selous . 

1350
01:09:27,770 --> 01:09:29,826
When I was first asked if I would be 

1351
01:09:29,826 --> 01:09:31,881
comfortable giving a speech about my 

1352
01:09:31,881 --> 01:09:33,992
late husband . Sergeant , first class 

1353
01:09:33,992 --> 01:09:36,220
Christopher Andrew Selous . I was 

1354
01:09:36,220 --> 01:09:39,040
initially at a loss for words . How 

1355
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,340
does one describe a person like Chris 

1356
01:09:41,770 --> 01:09:43,937
someone who is considered to be a hero 

1357
01:09:43,937 --> 01:09:47,190
by so many after some deep reflection , 

1358
01:09:48,470 --> 01:09:50,500
I had three words that came to mind 

1359
01:09:50,970 --> 01:09:53,780
father , friend and father 

1360
01:09:56,270 --> 01:09:58,381
when I tried to break these down into 

1361
01:09:58,381 --> 01:10:00,381
smaller details to help portray the 

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01:10:00,381 --> 01:10:03,250
real chris I found these words were all 

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01:10:03,250 --> 01:10:06,000
interconnected by one concept . One 

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01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:09,440
idea , one creed that truly described 

1365
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:12,280
chris rangers lead the way 

1366
01:10:13,660 --> 01:10:16,250
Chris strongly believed that leadership 

1367
01:10:16,310 --> 01:10:18,280
was not simply giving orders . 

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01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:21,600
Leadership was leading by example and 

1369
01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:23,822
never asking someone something you were 

1370
01:10:23,822 --> 01:10:26,590
not willing to do yourself . While 

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01:10:26,590 --> 01:10:28,880
Chris rarely discussed his job with me , 

1372
01:10:30,460 --> 01:10:33,090
he often spoke of his men . He would 

1373
01:10:33,090 --> 01:10:35,260
tell me about their families , their 

1374
01:10:35,260 --> 01:10:37,740
goals and how he hoped to guide them in 

1375
01:10:37,740 --> 01:10:39,462
a positive direction to better 

1376
01:10:39,462 --> 01:10:42,070
themselves and took away Chris thought 

1377
01:10:42,070 --> 01:10:44,970
of his soldiers as his own Children and 

1378
01:10:44,970 --> 01:10:47,160
then he sincerely wanted to see them 

1379
01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:49,370
not only succeed in the army but to 

1380
01:10:49,370 --> 01:10:53,060
succeed in life . He pushed them , he 

1381
01:10:53,060 --> 01:10:55,420
encouraged them , he listened to them 

1382
01:10:55,560 --> 01:10:57,727
and he always did his personal best to 

1383
01:10:57,727 --> 01:11:00,680
lead by example When Chris was at work 

1384
01:11:00,690 --> 01:11:03,590
he was 100% focused on his men and his 

1385
01:11:03,590 --> 01:11:07,430
mission with that said When 

1386
01:11:07,430 --> 01:11:10,730
Chris was home he was 100% focused on 

1387
01:11:10,730 --> 01:11:13,780
being a father , a friend and spending 

1388
01:11:13,780 --> 01:11:17,240
time with family . The phrase lead by 

1389
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:19,300
example , carried over to our family 

1390
01:11:19,300 --> 01:11:22,120
life . Chris actively showed our 

1391
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:24,009
daughter Shannon every day was an 

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01:11:24,009 --> 01:11:26,730
opportunity to do good to better 

1393
01:11:26,730 --> 01:11:29,980
yourself and to find joy in life . He 

1394
01:11:29,980 --> 01:11:32,380
believed in paying kindness forward and 

1395
01:11:32,380 --> 01:11:34,158
volunteering your time or money 

1396
01:11:34,158 --> 01:11:35,990
whenever possible without ever 

1397
01:11:35,990 --> 01:11:37,712
expecting anything in return . 

1398
01:11:39,860 --> 01:11:42,880
He would do this by participating and 

1399
01:11:42,890 --> 01:11:45,290
with places like habitat for humanity 

1400
01:11:45,300 --> 01:11:48,370
and congregations and services . Chris 

1401
01:11:48,370 --> 01:11:50,537
encouraged our family to go out of our 

1402
01:11:50,537 --> 01:11:52,910
comfort zones and broaden horizons by 

1403
01:11:52,910 --> 01:11:55,540
setting new goals or starting a new 

1404
01:11:55,540 --> 01:11:58,640
hobby . Once again , he lead by example 

1405
01:11:59,060 --> 01:12:00,893
by learning multiple languages , 

1406
01:12:00,970 --> 01:12:02,930
teaching himself new skills like 

1407
01:12:02,930 --> 01:12:05,840
carpentry and welding and my personal 

1408
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:08,800
favorite pancake Sundays where Chris 

1409
01:12:08,800 --> 01:12:10,856
would find new creative ways to make 

1410
01:12:10,856 --> 01:12:12,856
pancakes for our daughter . Shannon 

1411
01:12:13,850 --> 01:12:16,450
chris found joy in painting , playing 

1412
01:12:16,450 --> 01:12:19,390
the guitar and exploring nature . He 

1413
01:12:19,390 --> 01:12:21,279
would lead our family on multiple 

1414
01:12:21,279 --> 01:12:23,279
camping trips along the Appalachian 

1415
01:12:23,279 --> 01:12:25,400
trail . He taught us how to make pine 

1416
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:27,850
needle tea , how to catch and cook 

1417
01:12:27,850 --> 01:12:31,040
frogs , make dandelion salads and the 

1418
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:33,096
most important leaving mother nature 

1419
01:12:33,096 --> 01:12:35,670
the way you found her chris also let 

1420
01:12:35,670 --> 01:12:38,480
our family religiously . He was proud 

1421
01:12:38,480 --> 01:12:40,313
of our jewish faith and found it 

1422
01:12:40,313 --> 01:12:42,424
extremely important that our daughter 

1423
01:12:42,424 --> 01:12:44,740
attend a jewish day school . He would 

1424
01:12:44,740 --> 01:12:46,684
help her with her hebrew impartial 

1425
01:12:46,684 --> 01:12:49,260
studies . He would read to Shannon PJ 

1426
01:12:49,260 --> 01:12:51,730
library books and take us to saturday 

1427
01:12:51,730 --> 01:12:54,650
shabbat services chris and I felt 

1428
01:12:54,650 --> 01:12:56,539
extremely blessed to have so many 

1429
01:12:56,539 --> 01:12:59,000
wonderful people in our lives . Chris 

1430
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:00,889
often teased that we did not have 

1431
01:13:00,889 --> 01:13:03,880
friends . Just a very large family , 

1432
01:13:04,750 --> 01:13:06,960
even though the actions of july 12th 

1433
01:13:06,970 --> 01:13:09,510
2000 and 18 took chris away from me 

1434
01:13:09,510 --> 01:13:12,690
forever . I still feel blessed our 

1435
01:13:12,690 --> 01:13:15,240
family , both blood and chosen have 

1436
01:13:15,240 --> 01:13:17,480
stood by my side and love and support . 

1437
01:13:18,250 --> 01:13:20,472
I want to take this moment to thank all 

1438
01:13:20,472 --> 01:13:22,930
of our military family , especially the 

1439
01:13:22,930 --> 01:13:25,260
rangers . I know chris would be 

1440
01:13:25,260 --> 01:13:27,160
grateful how you have taken our 

1441
01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:30,470
daughter Shannon under your wing . You 

1442
01:13:30,470 --> 01:13:33,210
have attended her school plays , had us 

1443
01:13:33,210 --> 01:13:36,060
over for family dinners and even gone 

1444
01:13:36,060 --> 01:13:38,116
out of your way to help her with her 

1445
01:13:38,116 --> 01:13:40,116
science fair project . Your acts of 

1446
01:13:40,116 --> 01:13:43,060
kindness would only solidify Kris's 

1447
01:13:43,060 --> 01:13:45,116
feelings about you being part of our 

1448
01:13:45,116 --> 01:13:47,620
family . I also believe that Chris 

1449
01:13:47,620 --> 01:13:49,550
would be proud of you . How you 

1450
01:13:49,550 --> 01:13:51,790
continue to dedicate your lives to 

1451
01:13:52,140 --> 01:13:54,170
serve and protect our great nation 

1452
01:13:55,150 --> 01:13:56,770
rangers . Lead the way . 

1453
01:14:26,340 --> 01:14:29,820
Thank you mrs Solis . Ladies and 

1454
01:14:29,820 --> 01:14:31,764
gentlemen , Master Sergeant , Earl 

1455
01:14:31,764 --> 01:14:32,764
Plumlee . 

1456
01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:45,980
No , mm hmm . 

1457
01:14:48,540 --> 01:14:50,760
I'd like to start by thanking the 

1458
01:14:51,430 --> 01:14:54,460
Sallis and cash families . Um , the 

1459
01:14:54,460 --> 01:14:57,310
only thing I can think of to add more 

1460
01:14:57,310 --> 01:14:59,380
weight to the honor here is to share 

1461
01:14:59,380 --> 01:15:02,630
this stage um , with your families . 

1462
01:15:03,540 --> 01:15:04,540
Thank you . 

1463
01:15:11,900 --> 01:15:15,100
I would also like to apologize to my 

1464
01:15:15,100 --> 01:15:17,630
wife and my mother . I'm sorry I'll be 

1465
01:15:17,630 --> 01:15:21,010
more careful in the future . Um , 

1466
01:15:21,010 --> 01:15:24,270
probably a lie . Um 

1467
01:15:25,140 --> 01:15:28,970
mr Secretary Madam . Secretary General 

1468
01:15:28,970 --> 01:15:31,660
Milley McConville . It's an honor . 

1469
01:15:31,970 --> 01:15:35,700
It's a pleasure . Um , I'm 

1470
01:15:35,710 --> 01:15:37,766
looking forward to continue to serve 

1471
01:15:37,766 --> 01:15:39,877
and carry out the will of the U . S . 

1472
01:15:39,877 --> 01:15:43,490
Government and make the army proud to 

1473
01:15:43,490 --> 01:15:46,470
my brother , still in uniform into my 

1474
01:15:46,470 --> 01:15:50,050
country . You've honored me today . 

1475
01:15:52,140 --> 01:15:54,680
I look forward to honoring you with my 

1476
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:58,270
continued service and uh , 

1477
01:15:59,220 --> 01:16:01,387
sir , I'll see you at work on monday . 

1478
01:16:02,330 --> 01:16:03,250
Thank you . 

1479
01:16:04,030 --> 01:16:34,470
Thank 

1480
01:16:34,470 --> 01:16:37,340
you Master Sergeant Plumlee . Ladies 

1481
01:16:37,340 --> 01:16:39,507
and gentlemen , please stand or remain 

1482
01:16:39,507 --> 01:16:41,729
standing and join in the singing of the 

1483
01:16:41,729 --> 01:16:43,896
army song . The words to the army song 

1484
01:16:43,896 --> 01:16:45,618
can be found in your program . 

1485
01:16:53,530 --> 01:16:56,430
March along . Sing a 

1486
01:16:56,430 --> 01:17:00,250
song with the army of the 

1487
01:17:00,250 --> 01:17:03,870
Free Count , the Brave 

1488
01:17:03,870 --> 01:17:07,190
Count , the true who have fought to 

1489
01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:11,000
victoria's . We're the army 

1490
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:14,590
and proud of our name . We're the 

1491
01:17:14,590 --> 01:17:18,080
army and proudly proclaim 

1492
01:17:18,090 --> 01:17:20,870
first to fight for the right and to 

1493
01:17:20,870 --> 01:17:23,770
build the nation's might and the army 

1494
01:17:23,770 --> 01:17:27,500
goes rolling along , proud of 

1495
01:17:27,500 --> 01:17:30,130
all we have done fighting till the 

1496
01:17:30,130 --> 01:17:33,690
battle's won and the army goes rolling 

1497
01:17:33,690 --> 01:17:37,250
along . Then it's hi , hi 

1498
01:17:37,250 --> 01:17:40,830
hey , The army's on its way . Count 

1499
01:17:40,830 --> 01:17:44,740
off the cadence out and strong for 

1500
01:17:44,740 --> 01:17:48,670
where we go . You will always know 

1501
01:17:48,760 --> 01:17:51,200
that the army goes rolling 

1502
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:53,200
along . 

1503
01:17:57,530 --> 01:17:59,419
This concludes the Medal of Honor 

1504
01:17:59,419 --> 01:18:01,490
induction ceremony . Thank you for 

1505
01:18:01,490 --> 01:18:02,060
attending 

1506
01:18:07,130 --> 01:18:09,241
Ladies and gentlemen , please join in 

1507
01:18:09,241 --> 01:18:11,408
congratulating Master Sergeant Plumlee 

1508
01:18:11,408 --> 01:18:14,090
mrs Cash and mrs solis in the receiving 

1509
01:18:14,090 --> 01:18:16,257
line at the front of the stage . Thank 

1510
01:18:16,257 --> 01:18:16,340
you