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Here. we appreciate it, thank you very much. also with us are five families of david's brothers in arms who made the supreme sacrifice. to the gold star families of sean sims, steven faulken burg, scott lawson, j.c. madison and michael carlson, our entire nation expresses our love, loyalty and ever lasting gratitude. please stand. thank you very much for being here, appreciate it. thank you.
He leapt into the tore ant of bullets and fired at the enemy without thinking. he took over, david took over, he provided suppressive fire while his men evacuating. rescuing his entire squad. only when his men were all out did david exit the building. but the fighting was far from over. militants on the roof fired down them with round after deadly round. he came to the scene to suppress the enemy and drove them further into the building. david decided to go back into the house and make sure not a single terrorist escaped alive or escaped in anyway. he quickly encountered an insurgent who is ab...
Demonstrated exceptional courage to protect his men and defend our nation. will you please join me in welcoming staff target david alavia. dav david. [ applause ] david is the first living recipient to earn the congressional medal of honor for his bravery in the iraq war. and we're honored to have with us distinguished leaders of our
Our great american flag. david, today we honor your extraordinary courage, we salute yourselfless courage. we're doing better today than we've ever done. our country is stronger now. we're doing better economically than ever before. we're setting records and you fought for something that's really good, and we appreciate it, david, really appreciate it. thank you. >> i'm pleased to ask the military aid to come forward while i present the corni congressional medal of honor to staff sergeant david bell avia. please.
Tom reid, thank you. i see you over there, tom. thank you very much. >> joining david for this special ceremony, for his wife deanna and three children. evan aidan and vivian, along with his mother marilyn and his brothers daniel and rand, i want to thank you all for being here. special day for you and all of us for the nation, actually. david's father william passed away in 2017, and though he's no longer with us, we know that today he must be one of those proud dads. he's looking down upon us from heaven and he's very proud of his son and his son's family, i have to say that, thank you, da...