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The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of brav | dG1fczVhNkl3anctS0k
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00:00One thing that you're gonna learn in combat you learn a lot about love when
00:11you're willing to put yourself in front of that bullet for your man that's love.
00:16The Medal of Honor is the ultimate form of recognition for courage on the battlefield.
00:25Anybody who receives it is immediately hailed as a hero like none other.
00:32It has to be witnessed and people have to write reports about why this person deserves it.
00:38They have earned it and they have earned it the hard way.
00:43The Medal of Honor represents usually the worst day of your life.
00:46It is important that people hear these stories.
00:49It's a legacy and it deserves to be told for the next generations to come.
00:53He carried me about 10 miles because of our friendship.
00:57I knew that he would try to take care of me.
01:00He was the only one left alive on the front lines.
01:03He makes a choice to defend that line by himself.
01:06He kind of saved all our butts.
01:08He was a good guy.
01:09He was the bravest man I am.
01:13I remember his last words.
01:14Here you go.
01:15I'll cover you.
01:16These are ordinary people.
01:17They've got family.
01:18They've got friends.
01:19I can understand how someone could have that kind of will.
01:32I don't understand how he physically managed to do it.
01:36They did an amazing thing.
01:39They made a sacrifice that is hard to fathom.
01:48Everything we did that day, we didn't do it because we hated the enemy.
01:54Combat is not a great thing to be in and it's not a motivation to hate by no means.
01:58It's a motivation to love your brothers.
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