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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. i'm 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 with burns. when they told him he was a

This story. i did not see this coming. i don't 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. i'm 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

But there's 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, alvin disagreed.

I'm not a hero, he said. a hero is a sandwich. i'm 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. that's important to do. our commanders will incorporate the hard-won lessons in the future military campaigns. that's important to do. but the most important lesson that we can take from you is not about military strategy. it's a lesson about our national character.

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