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I got to know her a little bit ago in the oval office and she's a very special woman with a special family. she's 89 years old today and she's going strong. i have to say. going strong. keep it going. she hoped and prayed she would live to see this day. pauline is truly a wonderful and incredible person and it's my privilege to be with you today as we award your late husband our nation's highest military honor. for today's congressional medal of honor presentation, we're also joined by pauline and meryl's son paul, thank you, paul, their grandchildren, rachel, cara, kaylin and brett, who serve...

5'6" tops, 120 pounds and she told her mother, that little guy could not have done all of the things that they said he's done. it couldn't be possible, right. she soon saw for herself the extraordinary courage and devotion that burned like a righteous fire in his soul. it is all about the soul. murl embodied the pure patriotic love that builds and sustains a nation. just a few months later murl and pauline were husband and wife. together they lived, loved and thrived through 53 years of an incredibly great marriage. was it good or great, pauline? huh? it was great. that's good. oh, boy, i'm gl...

Nazis sur -- surrendered and that was a big day. soon after murl came home, his down organized a parade to lebrate his heroic deeds. one of the speakers was the legendary world war i hero sergeant york. you know all about sergeant york? all of my generals know about sergeant york, right. it was at this time that pauline first caught a glimpse of her future husband, right pauline? i don't think you were impressed either, were you, pauline? she said no, i wasn't. as she put it, i was expecting a giant of a man. because he was a big hero already. and she hadn't met him. but they were giving a par...

And we will always be grateful to god for giving us heroes like murl and you two gentlemen. we didn't forget you. two great gentlemen. and by the way, all of these great soldiers and truly brave warriors that do such an incredible job protecting the people of this country, and we mean that 100%. so everybody in uniform here today, we thank you. i would like to now ask pauline to come and accept the congressional medal of honor for her husband and for the military aid to read the citation. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ]