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So this was like day three into , um ,

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to the assault that , you know ,

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through Fallujah . So I don't know that

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I knew what it was right away . Um ,

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you know , to be perfectly frank , when

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you're shooting , you know , machine

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machine guns , the hot brass is going

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everywhere , so I didn't think much of

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it at first . And I think it took me a

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while to realize , uh , you know what

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it was because I didn't stop what I was

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doing .

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I feel like

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this is something that , you know ,

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shared by many and made possible by

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everybody that was there with you in

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one of these engagements . So , Miss

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Andre , it's great . But I do feel ,

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you know , it's not something you feel

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you earned alone . You want to make

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sure that Hey , this is This isn't This

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isn't about me . It's for everybody .

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And you know many that received this

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and are not alive , or , uh , I believe

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I'm pretty healthy overall , so I'll

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take my blessings where I get them .

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Um , for a while ,

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after he had returned home , um , he

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would see kids at the park plane and

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just be like we're such Americans .

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Were very less unfortunate that our

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kids can run around and are safe . So I

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feel like he was a little bit more

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quiet about everything , a little bit

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more humble and a bit more grateful for

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the blessings that we have here in our

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nation , their country ,

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Because it stays like this , that

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remind me why I love to the United

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States . I mean , really , it's

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and so today is about

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courage . It's about sacrifice ,

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selfless sacrifice . It's about

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giving back to something bigger than

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yourself , all right , He doesn't wear

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it for himself . He wouldn't have moved

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to the sound of guns to wear it for

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himself not to be oiled . And I know

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that . And I will tell you that along

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with wearing this award , uh , because

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we have the responsibility also

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remembering and representing every

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single day of what it stands for

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and all those families that only have

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their loved one here in spirit is part

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of that award . All right , but if you

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wear it for the right reasons , you

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wear it for our country , our core ,

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and all those that are not here to

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share their lives with their loved ones

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anymore . Yeah ,