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the moment as president obama awards the nation s highest military honor to sergeant leroy petry, only the second time that a living, active duty service member from the wars in iraq and afghanistan has received the medal of honor. as he lay in a stretcher being loaded on to a helicopter, one of his teammates came up to shake the hand that leroy had left. that was the first time i shook the hand of someone who i considered to be a true american hero, that ranger said. leroy petry showed that true heroes still exist and that they re closer than you think. that hero, sergeant petry is here with his wife, ashley, daughter, reagan and sons austin and landon. welcome to the entire family. what a crazy week it s been. how did you find out, sergeant, that you won? it s not really won but ....