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We did is anything in vain. i think that it's something that we should be proud of as americans as a people. >> larry: well said. heather, has the return been at all difficult? >> no, sir, actually it's kind of just like riding a bike. you get back to doing it and you get back to family life. it's actually been really refreshing. >> larry: what did you win the bronze star for, lieutenant? >> the platoon leader operating in our city where we partnered with the iraqi security forces, the iraqi army and iraqi police. we went out and partnered with them, trained them on, you know, different techni...

Uniforms. i spent about a week tearing them apart just so i could have the fabric to make them. >> larry: it's adorable. >> thank you very much. >> larry: mark, did you watch the speech, lieutenant? >> yes, sir, i did. >> larry: what did you make of it? >> i thought it was very well outlined. he's a great speaker, of course, being a president and watching the campaigns, of course. i think that we've done things that we set out to do, when he ran for his presidency. and i thought it was a very well laid out speech. >> larry: do you think anything of your service at all when you think about it, ...

People like lieutenant shut? >> >> everything. just simply going out in the middle of the day or the middle of the night to go to score, we take those little things for grant it without realizing that every day a sacrifice is being made so we can do those things. it's so nice to hear he's back with his family and doing so well. but sometimes it's hard to hear. i think sometimes people don't understand that it's a little different as a female coming home and switching from that warrior role to that mother role or even a wife role. and dealing with the aspects of how people treat you. i definite...

You ask him what he does and he'll tell you, my daddy is a super hero. >> yeah, daddy! [ cheers and applause ] >> larry: shoshana johnson remains. joining us is united states lieutenant mark schultz, recently returned from his first deployment in iraq, platoon leader and awarded the bronze star. he's joined by his wife and two daughters, and they're expecting a third child in january. any significance to those dresses that the girls are wearing, heather? >> yes, they are one of his old

That's my job is to go and serve our country, protect the american people. >> larry: heather, do you worry about that, that he might go over again? >> you worry every time they deploy. but i'm very proud of the fact that that's what he does. the men and women that serve our nation do this voluntarily. and it's something that i'm very proud of. i'm not going to say that the worry doesn't ever go away, because it's a real fear that maybe one day you're going to get the call that your husband or your wife or someone's son or daughter isn't coming home. but you can't let that rule your life. >> la...