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They say it is irrationally discriminatory. >> nick valencia, thank you. and now to the national lead. a salute to an american hero. president trump presented the medal of honor posthumously to a world war ii soldier, garlin conner and his widow aaccepted the award. her husband's actions were critical during a battle on january 24th, 1945. the lieutenant was supposed to be recovering from a hip injury. but he somehow managed to sneak out of the hospital. and he volunteered for a mission back out on the front lines as a look-out. he hid in a trench in biting cold weather using old telephone w...

Never really talked about how he had risked his life to save others. >> he had a place about that big in his hip that was about like a -- a softball i would say that -- a hole in his hip like that. and i ask him many times, you know, what happened and tried to get him to explain and he would try to tell me some things, but he just didn't want to talk about it. >> lieutenant conner returned from war and started a tobacco farm in kentucky. he never bragged about his acts of bravery. and barely spoke about them. hence his nickname, the silent farmer. he earned four silver stars and three purple h...

Days of the battle of the bulge, well-known fight, general, that was a tough one, right, was that a tough one? they -- i know you weren't there, but that was -- that was a -- i hope you weren't there. otherwise -- he says kelly was there. but that was a rough one. they study that one. the u.s. third infantry division was engaged in a fierce battle with the nazis in northern france. at the time lieutenant conner was in a field hospital being treated for a painful hip wound. one of many. and was scheduled to be sent back home. he was wounded so often, so much, but he didn't want to go home. he s...