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Speaker 1: Pushkin. Why do we tell stories about heroes because every

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Speaker 1: story needs a hero.

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Speaker 2: I had some marines that were wounded went back, and

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Speaker 2: I said, I'm going to go back from a moraines.

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Speaker 2: So I went in seven times and brought back seven

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Speaker 2: marines out.

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Speaker 1: The person who does something improbable or unexpected, who puts

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Speaker 1: principle above self preservation, who acts in a way that

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Speaker 1: makes you sit up and take notice.

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Speaker 3: It was very surreal because he had his helmet on,

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Speaker 3: his body armor on, and his boots on, but he

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Speaker 3: didn't have anything else on him because they had been

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Speaker 3: burned off with him. And the only thing he asked

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Speaker 3: me was where the boys at.

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Speaker 1: I'm Malcolm Babel, and I want to tell you about

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Speaker 1: our newest podcast, Medal of Honor, the stories of the

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Speaker 1: recipients of the highest military decoration in the United States.

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Speaker 4: The President of the United States, in the name of

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Speaker 4: the Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor.

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Speaker 1: Two or We tell stories about heroes because of a

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Speaker 1: simple fact about the human mind. Courage is contagious, and

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Speaker 1: when you hear about someone doing something heroic, it makes

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Speaker 1: you want to be a hero too. In these days,

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Speaker 1: we could use more heroes. In our first season, you'll

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Speaker 1: hear stories from Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil

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Speaker 1: War to the Iraq War. We'll think about what it

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Speaker 1: is that makes a hero, why people put their lives

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Speaker 1: in danger for others, what human beings are capable of

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Speaker 1: the true nature of sacrifice.

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Speaker 4: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life,

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Speaker 4: above and beyond the call of duty, without hesitation, and

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Speaker 4: with complete disregard for his own safety.

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Speaker 1: This show is about those heroes, what they did, what

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Speaker 1: it meant, and what their stories tell us about the

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Speaker 1: nature of courage and sacrifice, not just for our country,

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Speaker 1: but for each other.

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Speaker 5: And as we depart this hallowed hall and return to

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Speaker 5: our daily lives, we pray that you would ennoble and

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Speaker 5: empower us, that when called upon, we would represent the

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Speaker 5: resolute fearlessness and all those who wear the stars of valor.

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Speaker 1: That's Middle of Honor, Stories of Courage, a new podcast

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Speaker 1: from Pushkin Industries and iHeartMedia.