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Retired U.S. Army Ranger Leroy Petry who is the second living service member since the Vietnam War to receive the Medal of Honor was the keynote speaker.
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Already wounded in a firefight in May 2008 in Afghanistan, Leroy Arthur Petry grabbed a grenade that landed near him and his comrades and began to throw it when it
all those currently serving. those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. steve: dan, regarding sergeant petry's family. while he was recovering, let's face it we don't pay our men and women who wear the uniform enough. is he disabled. he is unable to work for a while. he has got a family, a son austin who wanted to go to college. he couldn't pay for it that's where folds of honor came in. >> we are so blessed just so sit next to leroy and the medal of honor around his chest and what it represents to this country. to be able to step in and help his austin getting ready to graduate from central washington is -- it's humbling. it's privileging. there is no doubt about that. we have got over 13,000 recipients now, spouses and children who have had somebody killed or disabled. and this year we'll put over $15 million out the door coming up in august to help these families. but we have millions in unfunded requests. and that's why it's so
>> 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 --