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FOR HIS ACTIONS DURING A TALIBAN AMBUSH IN 2007. A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER. SERGEANT GIUNTA BRIEFS REPORTERS FROM THE BASE IN...
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TO YOU STAFF SERGEANT SALVATORE GIUNTA OF THE SECOND BATTALION 503RD PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE. STAFF SERGEANT GIUNTA AND...
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| 00:01:39 |
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GOOD, SIR. >> WE HAVE GOT YOU HERE AS I AM THE STAND YOU DON'T HAVE A STATEMENT TO MAKE YOU JUST WANT TO JUMP INTO
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QUESTIONS? >> I THINK THAT WORKS BEST, SIR. ROGER. >> LARRY FROM CNN. CAN YOU
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| 00:02:00 |
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TELL US ABOUT HOW THAT PATROL, THE DEFENSE CAME
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| 00:02:05 |
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OUT OF -- HOW IT BEGAN, WHAT KIND OF DAY IT WAS, WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS WERE YOU CARRYING AND LEAD US UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE TALIBAN...
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| 00:02:31 |
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THIS MISSION IN PARTICULAR WAS A MULTI DAY MISSION. IT WAS OPERATION ROCK AVALANCHE AND HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR DAYS PRIOR TO THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT...
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| 00:07:27 |
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YOURSELF? >>
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| 00:07:29 |
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I WAS PRIMATENE LATER, SO I HAD
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| 00:07:30 |
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MY AND FOUR AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A SMALL BE ACROSS MY BACK COVER WHICH IS A
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| 00:07:35 |
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ROCKET LAUNCHER, BREAK STOMACH DAT FOUR, JUST IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER FOR CONVENIENCE OF KERRY. IT MADE TO MORTARS AND MY LEFT A COUSIN OF OUR MISSION...
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| 00:08:23 |
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WE'VE SEEN MANY REPORTS OF YOUR REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED TO BOTH OF YOU. CAN YOU DESCRIBE US AGAIN WHAT THAT WAS LIKE? >> FOR ME,...
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| 00:08:46 |
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HIS OFFICE AN D I MEAN, IT WAS INTENSE. IT WAS EXCITING. WHEN THE CALL CAME THROUGH I WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD. I WAS PROUD TO KNOW SALAD PROUD...
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| 00:09:51 |
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EXCITING. IT'S BEE N -- AND THE REGULAR LINE SOLDIER, SO THIS IS NEW WORLD DID NOT TEAR UNDER THE SITES IN A SEALED WITH THESE CAMERAS POINTED...
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| 00:10:19 |
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IT SEEM A BIT SURREAL OR WHAT KIND OF EMOTIONS CAN YOU DESCRIBE FROM THE TIME AND SINCE THE TIME VERSUS NOW YOU'RE SITTING THERE WITH LIGHTS ON YOU ...
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| 00:10:46 |
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TO PUT MAN FOR TH E MEDAL OF HONOR UNTIL NOW. IT'S ALMOST BEEN THREE YEARS NOW. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I REALLY THOUGH T ABOUT UNTIL THIS LAST...
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| 00:12:22 |
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A SUBURBAN BACKYARD FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF HE TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT ONCE IN THOSE 90 MINUTES WAS THE WAR WITH AFGHANISTAN,...
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| 00:12:58 |
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THINK THERE'S MILLIONS MORE AMERICANS THAT REALLY DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS GOING THROUGH. AND I'M NOT DOING IT RIGHT NOW. ...
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| 00:13:45 |
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I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU AGAIN? >> I WAS A SKING JENNY THE SAME QUESTION, HOW SHE VIEWS THIS
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| 00:13:53 |
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APPARENT OR POSSIBLE DISINTEREST OR LACK OF INTEREST ON
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| 00:13:55 |
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THE PART OF MANY PEOPLE HERE. >> I FEEL THE SAME WAY TH AT SAL DOES. I MEAN, IT GOES TO SHOW WHILE
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| 00:14:07 |
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HE WAS DEPLOYED AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, CALL FAMILY, CALL FRIENDS, TALK TO PEOPLE. JUST HEARING THOSE THAT WERE AWARE OF THINGS AND THOSE...
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| 00:14:50 |
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REALLY IS BITTERSWEET TO YOU. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE OTHER SOLDIERS WHO WERE WITH YOU THAT NIGHT. AND THEN, DO YOU STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH...
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| 00:15:24 |
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FROM AFGHANISTAN. ONE OF THE SOLDIERS IS OUT THERE JUST DOING IT AGAIN. AND HE JUST TOLD ME THAT HE'S THERE FOR ME AND IS PROUD OF ME AND HE'S...
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| 00:17:00 |
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WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE
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| 00:17:01 |
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THAT COULD COM E TO THE WEDDING. AND I A SKED M Y TWO CAME DOWN AND HE CAME DOWN WITH HIS BROTHER. AND IT'S JUST ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE HIM. >>...
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| 00:17:21 |
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MEDAL OF HONORS AWARDED FOR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR HERE AT THE PENTAGON IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR. THERE'S MORE TECHNOLOGY....
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| 00:18:07 |
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I AM ONLY MEDIOCRE. I'M AVERAGE. THIS WAS A SITUATION THAT WE WERE PUT INTO. AND BY NO MEANS DID I DO ANYTHING THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE...
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| 00:19:52 |
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ON OCTOBER 25, YOU STOPPED WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU DONE ABOUT 100 METERS AND THAT'S WHEN THE ENEMY ENGAGED YOU. CAN YOU TALK NOW ABOUT THAT ENGAGEMENT?...
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| 00:20:43 |
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TO 20 PEOPLE. ALL KINDS OF CLOSE LARRY AND I THINK THAT KIND OF LEAP INTO YOUR SECOND PART THAT THERE WAS NO HOLE WASN'T A LOT OF THINKING. THERE...
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| 00:22:49 |
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THEY ARE. AND SOMETHING TOLD YOU WHEN YOU ARE BEING SHOT AT BY THE TALIBAN AND FROM YOUR LAST, THAT THE REAL THREAT WAS AHEAD. AND YOU WENT FORWARD...
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| 00:23:54 |
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KIND OF A -- WELL BEFORE W E STARTED PUSHING FORWARD, I WAS HEADED IN THE SAKE PLATE FRO M A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. IT WASN'T FROM THE DIRECTION ...
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| 00:25:46 |
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NOW THEN? WHERE WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE FALL OF 2007? >> I WAS
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| 00:25:56 |
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IN VICENZA, ITALY. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT NIGHT BUT I FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY. >> YEAH, WE MET IN 2004. SO THI S WAS A SECOND DEPLOYMENT THAT I HAD KNOWN...
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| 00:26:15 |
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STATE. THE SECOND I WAS THEN VICENZA. >> HIGH, COURTNEY QB FROM NBC NEWS AGAIN. YOU MENTION THAT YOU'RE JUST AN AVERAGE GUY THERE, BUT ONCE YOU GET
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| 00:26:27 |
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THIS MEDAL OF HONOR IN A FEW WEEKS, YOU REALLY WON'T BE THE AVERAGE SOLDIER ANYWHERE. YOU'LL BE IN AN ELITE GROUP. AND IT PROBABLY MEANS YOU MAY NOT...
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| 00:27:00 |
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THE FUTURE AND SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. AND I THINK WE'LL JUST CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM DEPLOYING AGAIN?...
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| 00:27:12 |
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TO HAPPEN. HAVING YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR BOYFRIEND, YOUR SON, YOUR LOVED ONE BE DEPLOYED IN KNOWING THAT
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| 00:27:20 |
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THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE THAT'S DANGEROUS AND YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT WATER, WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, IT'S AN AWFUL FEELING. GO INTO THE WHOLE...
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| 00:27:55 |
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ABOUT YOUR NAME. >> COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? >> HOW DO YOU SAY YOUR NAME? JENNY OR JENNIFER, WHAT DO YOU
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| 00:28:04 |
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PREFER? >> YOU CAN JUST CALL ME JENNY. AND IT'S
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| 00:28:07 |
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SPELLED
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| 00:28:11 |
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JENNY. >> HOW OLD ARE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU FROM, JENNY? >> AND 26 YEARS OLD AND I'M
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| 00:28:25 |
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FROM DUBUQUE, IOWA. >> WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A
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| 00:28:31 |
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LIVING? >> EXCUSE ME? >> WHAT DO
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| 00:28:35 |
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YOU DO? >> CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I WORK AS A
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| 00:28:40 |
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YOUTH ASSISTANT AT THE TEEN
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| 00:28:43 |
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CENTER ON THE POST AND I
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| 00:28:45 |
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TEACH YOGA AT THE GYM TWICE A WEEK AND I'M ALSO TAKING A COUPLE ONLINE CLASSES TO TRY AND GET INTO AT ULTRASOUND PROGRAM NEXT FALL. >> BUSY....
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| 00:29:04 |
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FROM FOX. TOMMY BUTCHER FAMILY SAID WHAT I HEARD
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| 00:29:08 |
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YOU WERE PICKED FOR THIS HONOR?
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| 00:29:10 |
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HOW DID THEY REACT? WHAT DID THEY SAY TO YOU? >> MY PARENTS WERE PROUD AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT THROUGHOUT THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
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| 00:29:25 |
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RIDING MY BIKE WITHOUT MY TRAINING WHEELS MADE THEM PROUD. THEY'RE VERY PROUD PARENTS. THEY ARE PROUD WHEN THEY JOIN THE ARMY. THEY'RE ALWAYS...
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| 00:30:03 |
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| 00:30:05 |
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AFGHANISTAN? >> MY MOST ENDURING IMPRESSION OF BOTH DEPLOYMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN
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| 00:30:14 |
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BY THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED TO AFGHANISTAN AND GO TO AFGHANISTAN TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME AGAIN AND HOW THEY ARE WILLING...
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| 00:30:50 |
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KOREA. AND I WAS ASKED
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| 00:30:51 |
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IN THE SAME QUESTION I GET THE ANSWER EVERY TIME. I'M GOOD TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE. ARE YOU A HERO? >> IF I'M A HERO -- IF I'M A HERO, EVERY MAN...
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| 00:31:10 |
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WHO GOES INTO THE UNKNOWN IS A HERO. SO IF YOU THINK THAT THE HERO, AS LONG AS YOU INCLUDE EVERYONE WITH ME. >> OKAY, STAFF SERGEANT JIM FINN...
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| 00:31:27 |
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THE PENTAGON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE BEAR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH OF YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.