WEBVTT - Introducing Season Three

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. This year, America turns two hundred and fifty, two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty years of strength and heroism.

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<v Speaker 2>You love the man to your right, to you left,

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<v Speaker 2>to your front of your ear. You're willing to die

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<v Speaker 2>for him, and you will to die for your country.

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<v Speaker 1>Two hundred and fifty years of struggle and survival. They

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<v Speaker 1>hit the first gunship and he yells, I'm hit, I'm hit,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going down.

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<v Speaker 3>It shocked me. The first casualties we took. It was

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<v Speaker 3>like the hammer dropping, you know, and the people were dying.

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<v Speaker 1>Two hundred and fifty years of sacrifice and bravery.

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<v Speaker 2>I realized this is a suicide vest I didn't care

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<v Speaker 2>about my well being. I wanted to make sure he

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<v Speaker 2>was as far away as possible, as quickly as possible

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody else.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of times over the past two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years, our American experiment seemed like it would fall apart.

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<v Speaker 1>At the scenes, our.

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<v Speaker 2>Great specific outpost in the Hawaiian Islands is ruthlessly bombed.

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<v Speaker 3>Pearl Harvill was being bombed. I wanted to show that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm an American, so I volunteered for the army.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look closely at those moments. What held us

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<v Speaker 1>together was ordinary people rising to the occasion and extraordinary circumstances.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the nature of courage, not being unafraid, but confronting

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<v Speaker 3>fear and danger in a selfless fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm JR. Martinez and on this season of Medal of

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<v Speaker 1>Honor Stories of Courage, we're celebrating two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>years of America's highest award because bravery is in all

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<v Speaker 1>of us.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to sit here and say I was afraid,

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<v Speaker 3>but these were my guys. Your job was to look

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<v Speaker 3>out for them.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have to come home, I'll bring home.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my duty, it's my honor because the same qualities

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<v Speaker 1>that carried us through the first two hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>years will help us in the next two hundred and fifty.

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<v Speaker 3>We are country of heroes. We believe in heroes.

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