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And boots is misthat comes in further in the description of his citation. you know, and the continued comments throughout his hospitalization at brook medical center, where they take all the burn patients. he repeatedly woke up and said, with 72% of his body burned, are my guys okay? that was his only interesting. when you talk about sergeant first-class celiz, a member of the first of the 75th ranger, a storied unit. the things he did to protect a helicopters taking away his fellow wounded sold...

Attention to orders. the president of the united states of america, thor iced by act of congress march 3rd, 1863, has awarded the medal of honor sergeant first-class celis for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. he distinguished himself by spinously above and beyond the call of duty while engaged with the enemy. as a leader of special purpose comprised the partner forces, the 75th ranger -- he led an operation to clear the area of enemy forces, thereby disrupt future attacks...

>> its morning there. dark there. and that was our goal. and on the d-day jump. landed standing up for the most part. and then went down to my knees and bounced aun couple of times because i had so much equipment. and i had a difficult time getting out of that equipment. >> amazing. and also today, the 75th ranger recommending men re-enacted the scalingg of the cliff here in normandy in a tribute to those who had come before them. some of the boys now in their 90s came back here to witness the t...

Days. a physical test, swimming, navigation, six chinups, 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five-mile run in under 40 minutes and a 12-mile march carrying 35 pounds through the hills in under three hours. >> in one day. >> in one day. >> just in case youre keeping up there, it all has to be done in one day. >> three big phases. the eight women who pass the initial first part -- right, all of them ended up failing the second part of the first phase, but they got a redo. 57% dont finish the whole first p...

Bangs. >> john rain a retired major general was a captain with the 5th ranger infantry battalion that landed on omaha beach. >> smoke all over the bluffs as we came in. plus there was smoke from the boats that had been hit by artillery. >> the maximum range of any of the guns in the omaha area or the french 155 millimeter gps. they had a range of about 10 miles. they could be pretty far in and still reach the beach. >> four hours after the invasion began at 6:30 in the morning on june 6th #th th...