1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: The Michael Berry Show. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: It was the Marine Corps Birthday on Monday this past week, 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: and of course Veterans Day on Tuesday, and we find 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 2: it fitting to include some great military and presidential speeches 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 2: in our podcast this weekend. David Belavia, I believe is 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: how it's pronounced or could be. Blavia is a former 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: US Army soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor 8 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: for his actions during the Second Battle of Fallujah. He's 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: also received the Bronze Star Medal, two Army Commendation Medals, 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 2: two Army Achievement Medals, and the New York State Conspicuous 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: Service Cross. We offer you now his speech as he 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 2: accepted the Medal of Honor from President Trump in twenty nineteen. 13 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, the Honorable David Norquist performing the duties of 14 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Ryan McCarthy performing the 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: duties of Secretary of the Army, Vice Chief of Staff 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: of the Army, General James McConville, Sergeant Major of the 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: Army Daniel Daley, and my Congressman, the Honorable Chris Collins, 18 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: US Representative of New York from New York ram Rods 19 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: of two to two Infantry and there we go. Family, 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: my mother, my brothers, Dan, Rand, Tim, Deanna, my kids, Evan, 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: Aiden and Vivian. Thank you for your support, your presence, 22 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: and my good fortune to be able to share this 23 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: occasion with my men, my family, my friends has eased 24 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 1: the awkwardness that I'm feeling right now. What's more, I'm 25 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: especially proud of the recognition that this award brings to 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: my unit, my leaders, and my peers of the Mighty 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: Ramrods of two to two Infantry, third Brigade, First Infantry Division, 28 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: and spare witness to all aspects of the human condition. 29 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: It reveals the darkest parts of the human soul while 30 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: residing side by side with the most exalted characteristics nobility, honor, valor, 31 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: and God's grace. Why do American warriors under fire do 32 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: what men have done since this nation's inception. This is 33 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 1: a common thread that connects the militias of Lexington and 34 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: Conquered with the warriors of Fallujah. It is our love 35 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: of nation, our way of life, and our love by 36 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: those who we serve with side by side. We defend, 37 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: we avenge, we sacrifice, we bleed, and we are willing 38 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 1: to die for this unique creation the United States of America. 39 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: I am complete for having experienced that kind of sacrifice 40 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: with my fellow men at arms and those who died. 41 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: They gave their lives for me. They gave their lives 42 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: for you and countless citizens who will never know them. 43 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Sims, Falkenberg, i Wan, Gonzales, Van der Berg, Madison, Garyantes, Shrek, 44 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: size More, Mock, Rosales, Cardenez, spray Berry, and pru It. 45 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: Those are our countrymen, those are our friends. And these 46 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: men will never get the chance to experience the cycle 47 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: of life, the birth and growth of their children. They 48 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: shall not grow old because they chose to stand in 49 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: our place and face the enemy. For us, it's not 50 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: enough to acknowledge the fallen by name or just inscribe 51 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: their names and marvelous proof that they lived and died. 52 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: To truly honor the fallen, we must acknowledge how and 53 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: why they gave their lives. Their death wasn't a random 54 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: act or a splash of misfortune. These men and women 55 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: voluntarily put themselves in harm's way, prepared to die so 56 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: that we may rest secured at home. They are the 57 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,559 Speaker 1: insurance policy that guarantees that are founding documents our God 58 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: given rights are more worthy than their own. Tomorrows, when 59 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: the news at Falkenberg, Sims Madison and Iwan had fallen, 60 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: the reaction, the shock, the disbelief, the grief, it was 61 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: transformed into resolve and rage to complete the mission assigned 62 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: to us and give us even greater tenacity under fire. 63 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: Their sacrifice gave us clear focus to fight, using a 64 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: reserve that we never knew we had. We broke the 65 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: will of our adversaries. The enemy was defeated because of that. 66 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: We came home. For the infantrymen in combat. There is 67 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: nobility and purpose in our lives, and that is unique. 68 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: But we don't see ourselves as a people apart. We 69 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: are America's warrior class. We are citizens of the United 70 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: States and treasure this land more than any overseas. Posting 71 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: the Army provided me with purpose and appreciation for the 72 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: blessing America has bestowed upon us all. I'm forever grateful 73 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: to the United States Army for making me able to 74 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: count and cherish those blessings in a way that is 75 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 1: unique to most and to those who you wear the uniform. 76 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: I think the uniform, I think my army has made 77 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 1: us all better men, fathers, employees, husbands, and citizens. The 78 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: controversy that swirled over the Iraq War was not a 79 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: departure from other wars that America has fought. Just a 80 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: short distance from where I grew up in Orleans County, 81 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, I was 82 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,279 Speaker 1: settled by a loyalists who supported King George. With the 83 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: exception of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, open dissent 84 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: has been at the core of our very being, and 85 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: war has never been particularly a popular undertaking. American soldiers 86 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: have never confused the United States with Sparta. The best 87 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: leaders in battle become that way by being loyal and 88 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: dutiful subordinates. We don't get a vote. We execute the 89 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: lawful intent of our government. There is no political affiliation 90 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 1: on our dog tags. We continue the war legacy of 91 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: the United States without regard for adelation or unanimous approval either. 92 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 1: The Iraqi veteran has maintained, and in many circumstances, far exceeded, 93 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: the highest traditions of military service to this great nation. 94 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: Of the one point five million men and women who 95 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: have served in Iraq, the valor they displayed was often 96 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: subsumed by political rhetoric at home. In no way diminishes 97 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: the accomplishment of our troops or the accomplishments of my 98 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,159 Speaker 1: generation at war. The award is recognition of that, and 99 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: it should be seen as a validation of our efforts, 100 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: not as a reward for the action of one individual 101 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: in one house in Fallujah. When I think of Iraq, 102 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: I think of Colin fitz Man, shot by three separate 103 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 1: weapons systems. Nobody would have raised an eyebrow with FITZI retired. Instead, 104 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: Colin fitz returns to combat duty for two more years 105 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: to shed more blood for this nation than he loves. 106 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: When I think of Iraq, I think of Chris Oli, 107 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: the young sawgunner whose job it is to open doors 108 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: and put down a reflexive fire to people who happen 109 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 1: to be shooting back at him. And he was able 110 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: to do that because behind him was Sergeant Warren Meeson, 111 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: ready to pull him out of that doorway and undoubtedly 112 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: save his life. I have Chuck Knapp, my team leader. 113 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: Chuck Knapp saved our entire third Platoon, Alpha Company, two 114 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: to two when he stopped us from entering a building 115 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: contained ied that would have killed all of us. I 116 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: think about Maxfield, my sawgunner who asked our Doc Abernathy 117 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: to fix his injured foot in the prone position so 118 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: he could continue to knock down targets under fire while 119 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: he was getting fixed up. My guy John Ruiz, who 120 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: shielded the body of his buddy from incoming fire without 121 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: fear of risk to himself. When I think of the 122 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: Iraq War, I think of pyotr Soholis, brave, strong and steady. 123 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: Our engineers who devised and deployed remarkable weapons systems that 124 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: saved countless lives. Our tankers two seven cavalry on the 125 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: other side of Fallujah that hardly gets any notice for 126 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: what they did. There were indispensable Bradley Cruz who busted 127 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: through walls, Omar Hardaway, James can Chad Ellis who without 128 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,199 Speaker 1: a functioning twenty five millimeter bush Master cannon or tow 129 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: or coax, and let's not discuss how that happened, he 130 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: used his rifle to suppress the enemy. Corey Brown, the 131 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: Grizzly Bear from Montana, Shane Gossard, humble, beautiful kind brad 132 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: who Tasayer Delalu, the Bradley teams and those crews are 133 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: the reason why children have fathers today. And those teams 134 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: shielded our dismounts from rocketfire that we're meant to take 135 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: our lives. Corey McFadden, John Pandy Wilson, Gary Frye Kane. 136 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: They never took a step backwards under fire. Sergeant John 137 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: Gregory is one of the toughest, most decent men I've 138 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: ever served with. He had a tour from Hell a 139 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: year after we came home. Our drivers Marcott, Gonzo, Woodbury, 140 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: Hunter Perez. They got us there. They needed where we 141 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: needed to go, and they did it with bravery and valor. 142 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: Iraq makes me think of Victor Santos, a fiery, brave 143 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: soldier who cut us combat teeth at I Raq and 144 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: went on for more, and a ranger regiment, McDaniel and Swanson, 145 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: young kids shouldering two forty Bravos on their shoulder, suppressing 146 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: enemy fire from feet away. I had stuckered, I had Metcalf, 147 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: I had Flannery and Gross and I had our door 148 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: crushing he Man Hugh Hall. That is my Iraq War. 149 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: And it makes me proud to have told my dad, 150 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: no a dental school I learned No. I learned much 151 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: more from living and fighting with these men that I 152 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: ever could have from a lifetime of doing root canals. 153 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: My units lead died, leading men from the front when 154 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,839 Speaker 1: our company commander Sean Simms, our company commander, he was 155 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: killed in a house fight. Joey Seaford and my interpreter Sammy, 156 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: who just became a US citizen a week ago. Yeah, 157 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: you can clac without Joey Seafford and my interpreter Sammy. 158 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: We're there to engage the enemy in efforts to save 159 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: my company commander's life. Seaford engaged the enemy and threw 160 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: his weapon at him, engaging him with a butt stock 161 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: of his rifle. After being shot in the shoulder, Travis 162 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: Barretto and my first platoon ought their way to extract 163 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: wounded and fallen ramrods under intense enemy fire. My Iraq 164 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: war I had Captain now Colonel Doug Walter. I had 165 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: first sergeant, retired command Sergeant Major Peter Smith. These were 166 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: company leaders who put aside loss, put aside trauma to 167 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 1: direct young warriors during the most stressful times of our lives. 168 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: Young lieutenants like Chris Walls, Jeff Emery, Lieutenant Meno. They 169 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 1: learned how to lead and cover down when their peers 170 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: had fallen. And finally there's Scott Lawson, a true friend. 171 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: We lost him in twenty thirteen. He entered the house 172 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: with me that night in Fallujah. He gave me strength, 173 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: He gave me confidence that allowed me to survive that 174 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: night and many other nights since then. And I got 175 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: to mention this guy, Michael Ware, a combat journalist there 176 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: to cover a story and becomes part of the story. 177 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: You know, before I got to know him, before I 178 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: got to see him in action, I would have told 179 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: you he was one hundred percent worthless and a nuisance. 180 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: Now that number is sixty five percent. I was wrong. 181 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: Michael Ware is now the earning pile of his generation. 182 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: His reporting is a testament to what we all did. 183 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: And if it's not for men and women like Michael Ware, 184 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: our story would have gone unremarked. Most of the men 185 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: I just described got little or no recognition for their 186 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: valor and subsequent deployments, some would lose their lives years later. 187 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: It is our duty to tell the story of our 188 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: brave men and women who sacrifice so much for our 189 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: fellow citizens. As I've tried to communicate to you today, 190 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: this is not a celebration about me. I'm not mouthing 191 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: a cliche. We have much more work to do when 192 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: it comes to the Iraq War veteran We are not 193 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: there yet, and we're not even close when it comes 194 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: to educating our fellow Americans about what was accomplished, what 195 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,719 Speaker 1: was sacrificed, and what we all went through. Our survival 196 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: as a nation depends on it. We honor our brothers 197 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: and sisters in the United States Marine Corps and barb 198 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Province was their fight. Men like Brad Castle, Rafael Peralta, 199 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: Christopher Applisberger, Brian Shautosh, Jeremiah Workman, Sergeant Kraft. They gave 200 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: the enemy everything they could handle. The Navy an Air 201 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: Force completed the remarkable display of American valor and might 202 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: and fought shoulder to shoulder with the United States Army 203 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: in Fellujah and all over Iraq. This entire military is 204 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: one cohesive, dedicated force, and the threats to our nations, 205 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: they don't sleep. They're watching our remove Iran, Russia, China, 206 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: North Korea, isis Al Kaida. They may be watching this 207 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: right now. Our military should not be mistaken for a 208 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: cable news gabfest show. We don't care what you look like. 209 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: We don't care who you voted for, who you worship, 210 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: what you worship, who you love. It doesn't matter if 211 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: your dad left you millions when he died, or if 212 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: he knew who your father was. We have been honed 213 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: into a machine of lethal moving parts that you would 214 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: be wise to avoid. If you know what's good for you, 215 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: We will not be intimidated. We will not back down. 216 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: We've seen war. We don't want war. But if you 217 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: want war with the United States of America, there's one 218 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: thing I could promise you. So help me, God, someone 219 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: else will raise your sons and daughters. 220 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: We fight. 221 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: We fight so our children ever have to. We fight 222 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: for one day when our children and our enemies children 223 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: can discuss their differences without fear or loathing. We fight 224 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: so that anyone out there thinking about raising arms against 225 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: our citizens or allies realize the futility of attrition against 226 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: a discipline, professional and lethal force. Build to a stand 227 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: anything you can dream of throwing at us. Americans want 228 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: this kind of country, Americans want this kind of world, 229 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: and we stand ready to defend it to protect us. 230 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: So help us, God, May God bless this beautiful army. 231 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: May God bless our Marine Corps, our Navy, our Air 232 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: Force and Coast Guard. May God bless our allies. And 233 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: we already know that God blessed America because it gave 234 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: us the greatest fighting for us this world has ever seen. 235 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: Two too Infantry at the First Infantry Division. 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