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Ultimate sacrifice for the nation but also goldstar families whose heritages and viewed with their honor and terrorism and the 90 for-year-old is being treated for low blood pressure and fatigue at a main hospital. he is expected to stay there for a few days. our prayers are with him for a full recovery. a hero gone but not forgotten, a world war ii veteran posthumously honored with the purple heart. private raul ferrera of texas was wounded by enemy fire delivering amateur fellow soldiers in 19...

Heroism during a fight in afghanistan 16 years ago. the president presented the nations most precity jous honor to slabinski. that happened yesterday at a ceremony at the white house. slabinski oversaw a daring mission in march of 2002. he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire from alqaida forces during that fight and later carried a seriously wounded team member across challenging terrain. the president praised slabinski who dedicated his award to the teammate lost in that battle. >> we dont...

Operator led a reconnaissance team to atop a 10,000 foot snow covered mountain. their insertion helicopter was suddenly riddled with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from previous undetected enemy positions. it jeshd vrked violently and ej one teammate. senior chief rallied his surviving team members and marshalled others for an assault to retrieve their team member. without regard for his own safety, senior chief charged directly toward enemy fire to join his teammate. together the...

The enemy unleashed a hail of gun fire from only 20 meters away. senior chief repeatedly exposed himself to deadly fire to personal le to personally engain the second enemy bunker. proximity made air supports impossible. after several teammates became casualties, the situation became untenable. he moved his team to a new position and requested reinforcement. as daylight approach, enemy fire forced the team down the mountainside. senior chief carried a seriously wounded teammate through deep snow...

>> you have to suspect the master chief as he had those very deep thoughts and looks in his eyes was perhaps casting his own mind back to 2002, a 10,000 foot snow-covered mountain in afghanistan in the early days of fighting al qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, fighting up a 10,000 foot mountain in the snow, helicopter crashes under enemy fire, uncertainty as they tried to get out of there who was still potentially even alive on that mountaintop. there has been large controversy about whether tech s...

Rocket-propelled grenades and smalls arms fire from previously undetected enemy positions. the crippled helicoptered lurched violently and ejected one teammate on the mountain before the pilots were forced to crash land in the valley far below. senior chief slabinski boldly rallied his five remaining team members and marshaled supporting assets for an assault to rescue the stranded teammate. in the reinsertion the team came under fire from three directions. one teammate started moving uphill tow...

10,000 foot snow covered mountains. their insertion helicopter was suddenly riddled with rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from previously undetected enemy positions. the crippled helicopter legislatured violently and ejected one teammate onto the mountain before the pilots were forced to crash land in the valley far below. senior chief slabinski boldly rallied his five remaining team members and marshalled supporting assets for an assault to rescue their stranded teammate. during re...

Vietnam in 1967. mccains skyhawk was hit by enemy fire. >> he was shot down by air missile. immediately parachuted out. he was injured upon bailout. so both arms broken. a leg broken. and not unconscious. >> mccain came to a lake. escape was impossible. he was immediately set upon by an angry mob. >> mccain was banged up in the foot and growing. rifle smashed over his shoulder. he was hauled off to a local prison. known to american pows. >> the conditions were deplorable. it was nasty. dirty, in...

>> fire by section! >> but young men, like bayard wilkeson quickly fill the void. >> fire! >> just north of gettysburg, the 19-year-old is commanding an artillery brigade and making a desperate stand against advancing rebel forces. >> fire! >> them graybacks are coming in thick, sir. aint enough shells to hold them back. >> wilkesons battery held that position under terrific enemy fire, exchanging fire both with confederate infantry, as well as confederate artillery. and, yet, the first day goes...

>> but young men, like bayard wilkeson quickly fill the void. >> fire! >> just north of gettysburg, the 19-year-old is commanding an artillery brigade and making a desperate stand against advancing rebel forces. >> fire! >> them graybacks are coming in thick, sir. aint enough shells to hold them back. >> wilkesons battery held that position under terrific enemy fire, exchanging fire both with confederate infantry, as well as confederate artillery. and, yet, the first day goes very badly for the ...