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Of the fallen soldiers. these recognitions were long deserved. good afternoon. he always believed this day would come even if she had to wait 16 years. when her little brother sergeant first class alwyn cashe got the credit many felt he deserved. no soldier is going to be left behind on his watch. reporter: but she would trade today a million times to redo october 17th, 2005. june, 2005, the last time i saw him, i told him, i need you to duck, don t be a hero, and come home. reporter: cashe had deployed to iraq before but this time his fighting vehicle hit a road side bomb. the car was engulfed in flames and soon so was cashe. he went back to the car again and again to pull out six of his men and an iraqi interpreter. does it ever get easier? when people say time heals ....
All they have not walked in my shoes. no. it never gets easier. it gets a little you don t cry as long. it doesn t get easy. reporter: cashe was awarded the silver star but his men and sister always felt he earned the medal of honor. a warrior who literally walked through fire for his troops. reporter: a dream that came true. perhaps more special than the award is the company in the white house on this day. katy celiz is here for her husband i would ask him before every deployment, just please don t be a hero. just go and do your job and come back. he always told me he couldn t make that kind of promise. reporter: sergeant first class christopher cleeliz was o his second deployment. he put himself in the line of fire to protect a medevac helicopter. for him to step back and not ....
Tell me he didn t quite follow that assignment. he always took care of his men that first. that s why his name has also been etched into american his ir. for sergeant first-class christopher ceo liz, his wife said the same thing. she said, don t be a hero, come home. he said that was a promise he wasn t sure he could keep. when given a tremendous opportunity to save his men, even at the cost was his own life, he took that opportunity he put his own life at risk, his own life in the line of fire to make sure others could come home. that s why we watched the very powerful ceremony that concluded just moments ago. so powerful, they re just the best among us. general, what was your takeaway from listening to all of this. it s interesting. ....
Did it, he loved it and i see the national anthem playing, i think of the sacrifice that he made and really proud of him. of course i miss him and i will our country because he loves our country. god loves your family. you product the national and some. a lot of people view the national anthem differently than i am sure everybody you and chris do. what is your reaction to this sort of trend of the anti-patriotism movement in our country? i think - carley: i am so sorry. you are cutting out. thank you so much for joining us. i know you have a book about your son charlie, don t be a hero. you can learn more about your ....
Goes up to our neck. still, i worry about everything being so far away from home. i m hopeful that dana: because it s water logged there, right? the farmers are having a difficult time. and the situation with the mississippi river, too, it s already going to be overflowing. there s no where for the water to go when the rains started, it was on it was wednesday morning it started where all of new orleans was under water. they had to get the pumps going. i m concerned that dana: if anybody is there watching what would you tell them? pay attention. don t be a hero. things can be replaced. you can t. if they say get out of town, get out of town. being the hero on the rooftop is not acceptable. dana: what is the psychological posture after hurricane katrina? the levees have been rebuilt. the city has come back. ....