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Not from the way they reacted. this is not how i thought this story would end. >> as americans, we have a responsibility to learn from your service. im thinking of an example, lieutenant alvin shell who was based here at ft. bragg. a few years ago on a supply route outside baghdad, he and his team were engulfed by flames from an rpg attack. covered with gasoline, he ran into the fire to help his fellow soldiers and then led them two miles back to camp victory where he finally collapsed, covered ...

This story. i did not see this coming. i dont think the audience saw this coming. not from the way they reacted. this is not how i thought this story would end. >> as americans, we have a responsibility to learn from your service. im thinking of an example, lieutenant alvin shell who was based here at ft. bragg. a few years ago on a supply route outside baghdad, he and his team were engulfed by flames from an rpg attack. covered with gasoline, he ran into the fire to help his fellow soldiers and...

But theres something else that we owe you. as americans we have a responsibility to learn from your service. thinking of an example, lieutenant alvin shell who is based here at fort bragg. a few years ago on a supply route outside baghdad he and his team were engulfed by flames from an rpg attack. covered with gasoline, he ran into the fire to help his fellow soldiers and then led them two miles back to camp victory where he finally collapsed, covered with burns. when they told him he was a hero...

Im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. [ cheers ] >> we could do well to learn from alvin. this country needs to learn from you. folks in washington need to learn from you. [ cheers ] >> policymakers and historians will continue to analyze the strategic lessons of iraq. thats important to do. our commanders will incorporate the hard-won lessons in the future military campaigns. thats important to do. but the most important lesson that we can take from you is not about mi...

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It had a very unexpected ending, this story. i did not see this coming. i dont think the audience saw this coming. not from the way they reacted. this is not how i thought this story would end. >> as americans, we have a responsibility to learn from your service. im thinking of an example, lieutenant alvin shell who was based here at ft. bragg. a few years ago on a supply route outside baghdad, he and his team were engulfed by flames from an rpg attack. covered with gasoline, he ran into the fir...

Hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest were going to get to a ticker tape cerem...

With burns. when they told him he was a hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest ...

With burns. when they told him he was a hero, alvin disagreed. im not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. im a paratrooper. >> im not a hero, a hero is a sandwich. says the actual flesh in blood hero in the middle of doing his incredibly heroic thing in wartime. i did not see that line coming in the presidents speech today. the presidents remarks today at ft. bragg are sort of the closest thing we are going to get as far as i know to any sort of victory day parade after iraq. its the closest ...