May 26, 2025 • 34 mins
Honoring those who served in the Global War on Terror
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
This is a Jesse Kelly Show. It is the Jesse
Kelly Show. Final hour of the Jesse Kelly Show. On
a Memorial Day, as we do the best we can
to honor the fall and respect their sacrifice on these days,
tell at least a few of their tales.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
The sacrifice that they made was not merely for a
single battle, a long ago victory, or a fleeting triumph
decades or centuries past. Their sacrifice was for today, tomorrow,
and every morning thereafter. Every child that lives in peace,
every home that is filled with joy and love. Every
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day the Republic stands is only possible because of those
who did what had to be done when duty called,
and the cost was everything.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
The cost was everything. This is about what they gave
up and what their families left behind. What they gave up.
It's it's a lot to give up a loved one
for your country, a lot. And I know there are
people listening right now who are hurting today, and we
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are with you as best we can. You gave up
so much, so much. Let's do some more from Vietnam,
because Vietnam is obviously tremendously controversial, controversial, and that makes
it difficult for a lot of people, a lot of veterans,
a lot of families. It makes it difficult in a way.
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I will say that that World War One, World War two,
for instance, world War two, not that it was easy.
I don't want to act like anything was easy. It
was all terrible, all terrible. But world War Two there
wasn't that thing looming over it, that was that was
did we have to do? This wasn't necessary, It wasn't
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looming over it. But with Vietnam it was. And I
would just want to again stress to you that doesn't matter.
That doesn't change the sacrifice, That doesn't change the courage,
That doesn't change what they gave up. If there's some
dirtball politician or even general or something like that out
there that made bad decisions and did wrong things and
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maybe maybe dragged us into something we shouldn't do, that's
his problem. Today's not about that. Today's about honoring no
matter what the conflict was, Today's about honoring those who
gave up everything, guys like John L. Haynes of Vandalia, Vandaleia, Michigan.
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Sorry if I'm pronouncing that wrong. The President of the
United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service crossed
posthumously to John Loda Haynes, Specialists, first fourth Class, US Army,
for extraordinary heroism and connection with military operations involving conflict
with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam
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while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, first Battalion, fifth Infantry,
second Brigade, twenty fifth Infantry Division, Specialist four Haynes distinguished
himself by exceptionally valorous actions on the sixth of March
nineteen sixty eight, as medical aid man for an infantry
platoon conducting a sweep and secure mission near Hawkmond. As
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his unit moved into a dense woodline, it was subjected
to intense small arms fire, automatic weapons and anti tank
rocket fire from an enemy force of unknown size. Five
members of his patomb were seriously wounded by the initial
burst of savage hostile fire. Fearlessly disposing himself to the
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withering fire, Specialist Haines raced forward to assist his stricken comrades.
With bullets striking all around him, he courageously moved from
one casualty to another, administering first aid. Specialist Haines was
hit while treating one of the soldiers, but disregarded his
wound and continued his life saving mission. Observing his platooned
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sergeant severely wounded and lying in an open area raked
by enemy machine gun fire, he rushed to the man
and began attending him. Specialist Haines was instantly killed by
the machine gun fire while applying the last bandage to
his fallen comrade. His gallant and determined actions in close
combat saved the lives of several fellow soldiers. Specialists for
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Haines extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty at the cost
of his life when keeping with the highest traditions of
military service, and reflect great credit upon himself his unit
in the United States Army happened like that a lot
in Vietnam. The jungle's so thick. You get close to it,
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they're waiting for you, and they just open up on you.
Another one. Charles R. Lower Downy, California, President of the
United States, takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross posthumously
to Charles Russell Lower, Corporal, US Marine Corps, for extraordinary
heroism as a crew chief with Company A third Amphibian
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Tractor Battalion, first Marine Division Reinforced Fleet Marine Force in
the Republic of Vietnam and the eighteenth of June nineteen
sixty seven, following an assault by three Amphibian tractors, Hill
eleven continued to receive heavy, accurate automatic fire from tree
lines to the right and left and tunnels in bunkers
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on the hill itself. As a platoon of infantry endeavored
to reach the hill, vicious enemy fire cut down the
platoon commander, his radioperator, and another marine corporal lower was
at this time manning a machine gun mounted atop his
amphibian tractor. With complete disregard for his own safety, he
nonetheless ordered his tractor forward and dropped its ramp to
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pull in the wounded. At this time, the enemy concentrated
its already intense fire on the medical evacuation progress by
his vehicle. Unhesitatingly, and knowing the intimate danger involved, he
elected to stay by the gun to deliver accurate counterfire
into the surrounding tree lines. When the incoming fire became
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so intense that it began ripping into the interior of
the tractor and endangering the wounded, he ordered his tractor
to be turned stern to fire so that the engine
could shield the casualties. At this time, Corporal Lour elected
to remain atop detractor to cover for another group of wounded.
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Fully mindful of the intense danger. With enemy fire ripping
across his tractor from two sides, he began to shift
his position and was mortally wounded by his daring initiative.
Valiant inviting his spirit and selfless devotion to duty in
the face of imminent danger, Corporal Lauer was responsible for
saving many of his comrades and thereby upheld the highest
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traditions of Marine Corps and US Naval Service, and he
gallantly gave his life for his country. Another one, last
one for Vietnam. This is a Roy Knight Junior from Millsap, Texas.
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting
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the Air Force Cross posthumously to Roy Abner Knight, Junior Major,
US Air Force for extraordinary heroism and military operations against
an opposed armed force as pilot of an A one
E aircraft of the six hundred and two Tactical Fighter
squadron Erdon Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, seventh Air Force
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in action over Laos on the nineteenth of May nineteen
sixty seven. On that date, Major Knight led his flight
in a strike against one of the most important and
heavily defended target complexes in Southeast Asia. Against overwhelming odds.
Major Knight pressed his attack on the target in spite
of being cautioned by other pilots that a devastating barrage
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of anti aircraft fire was directed at his aircraft. Major
Knight acknowledged awareness of the situation, but continued his attack.
His aircraft was struck, resulting in the loss of control.
Major Knight, fully realizing that he could not regain control,
jettisoned his ordinance on target in a valiant attempt to
destroy it, and his aircraft subsequently impacted the target area.
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Major Knight's unparallel bravery and courage against virtually insurmountable obstacles
were in the highest tradition of military service. Through his
extraordinary heroines, some superb airmanship and aggressiveness, Major Night reflected
the highest credit upon himself in the United States Air Force.
A couple more words on those two that I just
got done reading one door. Gunners in Vietnam and gunners
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on the amphibious vehicles don't get near the love and
respect they deserve because those are almost always the heaviest
machine gun on the battlefield. When a helo comes in
and there's a machine door gunner on the side, it's
a mini gun, it's an sixty, it's something that's pouring
a lot of lead into the enemy. And so when
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that helicopter's coming in, if you're on the ground and
you're one of the Vietnam soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers, who
do you think you need to take out first? Those
guys died all the time because so many people were
shooting at them. Same thing when it comes to the
amphibious vehicles, we're on top barking at the enemy with
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the heavy machine gun, you are just naturally, it's just
natural what happens in combat. The weapons are gonna slowly
but surely start focusing on you and the pilots. In Vietnam,
the North Vietnamese had very very capable air defenses, especially
in the sensitive parts of Laos and Cambodia. Like we
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talked about earlier, they had real big boy anti air
guns that could take out our planes, our elos, and
they did oftentimes think about the bravery it takes to
fly through a wall of lead to get your stuff
on target. Unbelievable amounts of bravery. All Right, a couple
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more words, maybe some g WoT talk Global war on Terror. Next,
Jesse Kelly. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a
Memorial Day, as we do the best we can to
honor the fallen on on what is a very very
heavy day, but at the same time also a celebration,
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a celebration that we have a country with brave men
and women willing to make these kind of sacrifices. I'm
gonna I'm gonna read this Iraq list to try to
wrap up the list and remember at the end of
the show, if you're waiting for it, I am going
to play taps one time this show. There's just too
many names, too many stories. I'm going to play taps
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to cap off the very end of the show to
respect everybody who gave their lives for this country. But
these are the final names. This is this one's These
are all from Iraq. Okay. Captain Shawn Lyarley, Sergeant Kirk
Stresseski Stresseski, Master Sergeant Shawn Thomas, Major Allen Johnson, Tech
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Sergeant Anthony Capra, Staff Sergeant Mark Lawton, Lance Corporal William Lucink,
Corporal Jessica LUs staff Sergeant Kobe Schwab, Corporal Kelly Groth,
Lance Corporal Scott Modine, Corporal Brian Preenning, Staff Sergeant Nido Levoudice,
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Staff Sergeant Andrew Badock, Sergeant Zachary Wobbler, Sergeant Fir's Class
David Hurst, Command Sergeant Major Donovan Watts, Staff Sergeant Dave Wieger,
Sergeant Fird's Class, Christopher Brevard, Captain Edward Iwan, Sergeant Jesse Davila.
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Now on the Global War on Terror, because I have
your Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, some
things we're going to read here, the Global War on Terror.
I know it's more recent, so it needs less of
a recap. And I understand some of this, A lot
of this may be hard to talk about, hard to recap,
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and we're not going to go into all the whys
and everything, but let's just recap what happened nine to eleven.
You know what nine to eleven was. Obviously, we woke
up one day and we had been attacked. I've told
you the story before. I was I was not one
of the brave souls who joined the Marines after nine
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to eleven. I was already in. I was pretty freshly in.
I think it had been in for a year, and
we had just got back from morning pt and they
told us to go up to our rooms. One of
the towers had been hit, and we watched live as
the second one was hit. We watched them both fall.
It was aufful affair, and we lost all those Americans.
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And from there we tried to figure out how do
we fight back? How do we fight back? Now, I'll
leave it for another day to analyze the why and
the screw ups and everything else, but I will say this,
as a country, no matter your size, whether it's America
or anyone else, part of being a citizen is for protection.
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It's a huge part of being a citizen. Why become
a citizen of a country? Why stay a citizen of
a country? For the protection that country provides. And part
of the way of protecting, part of the way you
protect your people is it's the promise that if you
attack us, we'll kill you. And I know that's harsh,
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but it's a harsh world. We woke up thousands of
Americans had died. We discovered it was this group that
many Americans were aware of vaguely. Everyone got a lot
more available aware of it afterwards. Al Qaeda, there was
this Islamic chihadist group that had a lot of axes
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to grind with America. They'd already attacked us several times before,
and this time they pulled it off in a large way.
Now we responded. First it was Afghanistan because that was
the area that was hiding Osama bin Land, and the
goal was to kill Osama bin Lan. At least at
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first that was the goal. And at first it was
not a super large footprint thing. It was the Green
Beret CIA spekops types in the mountains of Afghanistan trying
to chase this guy down, find him and kill him,
which in and of itself is a very very difficult affair.
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Then we just got bogged down. And then it goes
that way so often when this is not a uniquely
American thing. When you gather your army and you cross
borders with it, cross oceans with it, and you get
into a place it's easy to get bogged down there.
Don't think this is uniquely American. Happened to the Romans
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all the freaking time. They'd cross borders to fight someone
and end up having to chase this tribe and that tribe,
and then it devolves into guerrilla warfare and then the
mission gets unclear. Then, just like Afghanistan, then the politics
back home changes as people vote in different ways for
different reasons. But Afghanistan really turned into this nasty, nasty
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little affair. And I did not fight there. Iraq is
where I was, but I have a lot of friends
who did. It just sounds like a brutal environment to
fight because it's mountains, it's valleys, it's cold, it's a
horrible place. Iraq was different. Iraq. We invaded, beat the
living crap out of the Iraqi Army. And then because
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of where it is conveniently located for all the scummy
Jihatas over there, they started pouring their foot soldiers over
the border with training in equipment to make sure our
guys would die and be maimed. And it turned into
this terrible, ied, just awful conflict in a million dar ways,
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and a lot of people died, and a lot of
people lost parts of themselves, physical parts, mental parts. And
we're going to read a few of these citations. One
actually got a wonderful write up in the La Times.
I'll read a little bit of as we try to
celebrate and honor the g Watt guys who gave their
lives for this country. Hang on The Jesse Kelly Show
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on air and online at Jesse Kellyshow dot com. It
is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Day, a Monday. Member.
If you miss any part of the show, we've been
all over the place Korea, Vietnam, reading names and citations.
If you miss any part of the show and you
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You can go download a podcast of it. And yes,
we will be back to our regularly scheduled program tomorrow
on Tuesday, where we'll be talking more at politics and
laughing and goofing off. And look, if this is your
first time listening, we usually goof off a lot more
than we are today. Is only for the fallen and
the families they left behind. And we're going to do
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a couple couple g Watt citations Global War on terrorist citations.
People don't know. And I was not in Fallujah, by
the way, but I have friends who were in the
fighting in Fallujah. Was terrible, absolutely terrible fighting. Whenever you're
in a situation where you're in an urban environment fighting,
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it's almost universally bad, very very difficult to fight in
an urban environment because there are so many places for
the enemy to hide to shoot at you from. It's just,
it's all. It's always been difficult since since before the
invention of land mines and firearms and grenades and things
like that. Again, in ancient times, with swords and spears,
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they would talk about how hard it is to fight
in an urban environment. Even when you've conquered and you're
sacking a city, they're throwing pieces of the roof down
on you, and they're killing you in your men on
the way in. It's just really, really terrible. And the
La Times did a great write up on this guy.
I'll read just a little bit of it after I
read his Navy Cross United States Marine. His name is
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Christopher s. Adolsperger. He's from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and this
is his Navy Cross citation for extraordinary heroism while serving
as a rifleman, Company K, third Battalion, fifth Marines, Regimental
Combat Team, one, first Marine Division in support of Operation
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Iraqi Freedom on the tenth of November two thousand and four,
as Private first class Adelsberger made entry into a house
in the Jolon district of a one of al Fallujah
during Operation Al Fajiir. His squad received a heavy vault
of enemy machine gun fire from a well prepared entrenched
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machine gun position. These fires instantly killed the point man
and injured another marine and the patoon corman. Exposed to
heavy machine gun fire and grenades, Private first Class Adelsberger
immediately attacked the enemy with rifle fire. While doing so,
he suffered a fragmentation wound from enemy grenades. With the
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majority of his platoon pinned down by insurgent positions, Private
first Class Adelsberger single handedly cleared stairs and a rooftop
to move the injured to a rooftop where they could
receive medical attention. On his own initiative, while deliberately exposing
himself to heavy enemy fire, he had established a series
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of fighting positions and attacked the enemy, forcing them to
be destroyed in place or to move into an area
where adjacent forces could engage them. This regard uarding his
own wounds and physical exhaustion, Private first Class Adelsberger rejoined
his platoon and demanded to take the point for a
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final assault on the same machine gun position. Once an
assault Amphibian vehicle created a breach in the wall adjacent
to the enemy's position, Private first Class Adelsburger was the
first Marine to re enter the courtyard, where he eliminated
a remaining insurgent at close range. When the fighting finally ceased,
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a significant number of insurgents from fortified positions had been eradicated.
Through his actions, Private first Class Adelsburger destroyed the last
strong point in the Jolan district of Alpha Ujah and
saved the lives of his fellow Marines By his outstanding
display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of
heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty. Private first
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Class Adelsburger reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the
highest editions of the Marine Corps and the United States
Naval Service, and he was killed in combat thirty days later.
The La Times actually wrote this on him. On the
tenth of November in two thousand and four and thirty
minutes of close combat, Marine Pfc. Christopher Adolsberger, a soft spoken,
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religious young man who loved poetry and art, attacked an
enemy stronghold in Fallujah, Iraq, and killed at least eleven insurgents.
He killed them with his sixteen and with his grenade launcher.
He killed them at such close range he could hear
the blood gurgling in their mouths and noses. He killed
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insurgency were heavily armed and probably high on drugs, and
who had just killed his close friend, Lance Corporal Eric Hodges.
He protected two wounded squad members from attack and saved
innumerable marines. When it was over, Adolsberger's face had been
bloodied by shrapnel and he had bullet holes in his
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sleeve in the collar of his uniform. He refused to
be evacuated until Hodge's body was recovered. It was a
tremendous bit of fighting, said Colonel Patrick Malay, the battalion commander.
He was a quiet kid, but he was remarkable for
his bravery. Adelsburger is among a handful of marines who'd
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been nominated for the Medal of Honor, so on and
so forth. Only after his death did family members learn
of his bravery. By the way he died, he stormed
into another building. Case you're wondering. Thirty days later he
had gone into another building with his marines, and he
was shot in the heart. Only after his death did
family members hear learn of his bravery. At first, they
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were shocked. This was the same person who had once
cringed at the thought of shooting birds on a hunting trip.
Then they recognized the details of the firefight, the determined
youth they knew and loved. Quote that was Chris. Whatever
he did, he always went in with the idea that
nobody was going to beat him. Nobody, said Dennis Adelsberger
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fifty three, his uncle. That mentality is what wins wars.
That I will win, that nobody will defeat me. I
will win. And it's amazing when you read their stories
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and talk to their families or watch documentaries if that's
your thing or whatever it is, it's amazing how consistent
it is that the man who does these deeds is
a competitive man. For him, he wants to win and
he feels like he's losing, and especially if you hurt
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one of his friends, he will die to hurt you back.
The stories, I mean, they're just they're amazing. And global
war on Terror, because it's still so fresh and so
raw for so many people, will not be talked about
appropriately in my opinion, for some time. I mean, I
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realize some people are, but it's just one of those things.
People who live through Vietnam will know this. The subject
itself kind of gets uncomfortable for people because of the
circumstances around it. In my own life, I'll tell you
most people don't talk to me about it. They don't
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talk to me about Iraq. It's not a subject that
comes up. It's kind of one of those things that
most people avoid, either out of respect or out of
discomfort or something like that. But the men and women
who died in the Gwant are every bit as heroic.
They gave every bit as much of themselves as somebody
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who died on the beaches of beaches in Normandy. They
all died just the same right beside their friends, doing
what they believe is right and trying to win. And
it's it's the least we can do to pay them
some respect, pay them some respect. Doug Collins said this,
This is very well when.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
You think about those who gave that ultimate sacrifice, when
you think about the families who are home. I remember
being when I was in a rack and I was
having to work and we would lose folks in the
hospital and send them home. What I was thinking about
was the families who were now without. So today, on
this Memorial Day, not only do we remember those who
gave that last full measure devotion, but remember today as
you go about your life, that there are some who
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are still looking at an empty chair. They're looking at
a visit or someone that they would pick up the
phone and talk to that they no longer can. It's
about those who gave that sacrifice that we remember today,
because our country is built on the shoulders of those
who gave for us.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Sure is We'll do a couple more of these and
then we'll check out it here next.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Jesse Kelly basin.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
It is the Jesse Kelly Show, final segment of The
Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Day. We will be
back tomorrow for a regular show. Let's get to a
couple more citations before we sign off and check out
a here. This one Distinguished Service Cross is for a Stephen,
a booker from Apollo, Pennsylvania. How about that the President
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of the United States of America, authorized by Act of
Congress July ninth, nineteen eighteen, takes pride in presenting the
Distinguished Service Cross posthumously to Staff Sergeant Stephen A. Booker,
United States Army for extraordinary heroism while engage in action
against an enemy of the United States while serving as
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a tank commander with Company A, first Battalion, sixty fourth
Armored Regiment, second Brigade Combat Team, third Infantry Division, Mechanized
on the fifth of April two thousand and three, in Iraq.
On this date, Staff Sergeant Booker's platoon led a task
force in a movement to contact along Highway eight towards
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Bagdad International Airport. Two kilometers after the line of departure,
the platoon came under heavy small arms and rocket propelled
grenade fire from an enemy element. He immediately communicated the
situation to his chain of command, encouraged his crew, and
returned fire with his tank mounted machine gun. When both
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his and his crew's machine gun malfunctioned, Staff Sergeant Booker,
with total disregard for his personal safety, exposed himself by
lying in a prone position on top of the tank's
turret and accurately engaged enemy forces with his personal weapon.
While exposed, he effectively protected his platoon's flank and delivered
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accurate information to his command during a critical and vulnerable
point of the battle. Staff Sergeant Booker's fearless attitude and
excitement over the communications network inspired his tune to continue
the attack and assured them and leadership they would defeat
the enemy and reach their objectives safely. As he remained exposed,
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SAFF Sergeant Booker identified an enemy troop carrier which was
attempting to bypass his tank, but within seconds engaged the
enemy vehicle and destroyed it. Prior to the enemy troops
dismounting along the eight kilometer route, he remained exposed and
continued to engage the enemy with accurate rifle fire until
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he was mortally wounded. Staff Sergeant Booker's actions are in
keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect
great credit upon himself the third Infantry Division in the
United States Army. We'll do another one, final one. This
is Air Force Cross is from Afghanistan for Adjason D.
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Cunningham at a Camarillo, California. The President of the United
States of America, authorized by Title ten second eight seven
four to two USC, awards the Air Force Cross to
Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham for extraordinary heroism and military
operations against an opposing force while serving as a pair
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of rescuemen near the village of Marzak and the Paktia
Province of Afghanistan on the fourth of March two thousand
and two. By the way, this guy's a one, the
one of the special operators. He's Air Force PJ like
bk is, so he's a stud On that proud day.
Airman Cunningham was the primary Air Force combat search and
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rescue medic assigned to a quick reaction force tasked to
recover two American servicemen evading capture in austere terrain occupied
by massed al Qaeda and Taliban forces. Shortly before landing,
his MH forty seven E helicopter received accurate rocket propelled
grenade and small arms fire, severely disabling the aircraft and
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causing it to crash land. The assault force formed a
hasty defense and immediately suffered three fatalities and five critical casualties.
Despite effective enemy fire and at great risk to his
own life, Airman Cunningham remained in the burning fuselage of
the aircraft in order to treat the wounded as he
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moved his patients to a more secure location, mortar rounds
began impacting within fifty feet of his position. Disregarding this
extreme danger, he continued the movement and exposed himself to
an enemy fire. On several separate occasions. When the second
casualty collection point was also compromised, in a display of
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uncommon valor and gallantry, Airman Cunningham braved an intense small
arms and rocket propelled grenade attack while repositioning the critically
wounded to a third collection point. Even after he was
mortally wounded and quickly deteriorating, he continued to direct patient
movement and transferred care to another medic. In the end,
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his distinct efforts led to the successful delivery of ten
gravely wounded Americans to life saving medical treatment. Through his
extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, aggressiveness in the face of the enemy,
and in dedication of his service to his country, Senior
Airman Cunningham reflected the highest credit upon himself in the
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United States Air Force. And there is, by the way,
an effort out there in case you're wondering to get
that upgraded to a medal of honor, and certainly sounds
more than worthy of that. Right. So we're going to
play taps here in just the second, and that's going
to wrap up our show for tonight on this Memorial Day.
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I know that there's nothing in the world a dumb
radio host could ever say to properly honor the sacrifice.
Give up the rest of your life with your wife,
your kids, your parents, your friends, giving up being a granddad,
giving up baseball games, giving There's nothing in the world
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we can say to properly convey our honor and respect.
But remember the fallen. Write their names on your heart,
talk to your kids about the things they did. Your
children will enjoy these stories, and your children will learn
from the people you and I look up to. Okay,
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So let's honor the fallen, and God bless each and
every person who is hurting today. All right, Doe Doude,
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that's all.
This is a Jesse Kelly Show. It is the Jesse
Kelly Show. Final hour of the Jesse Kelly Show. On
a Memorial Day, as we do the best we can
to honor the fall and respect their sacrifice on these days,
tell at least a few of their tales.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
The sacrifice that they made was not merely for a
single battle, a long ago victory, or a fleeting triumph
decades or centuries past. Their sacrifice was for today, tomorrow,
and every morning thereafter. Every child that lives in peace,
every home that is filled with joy and love. Every
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day the Republic stands is only possible because of those
who did what had to be done when duty called,
and the cost was everything.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
The cost was everything. This is about what they gave
up and what their families left behind. What they gave up.
It's it's a lot to give up a loved one
for your country, a lot. And I know there are
people listening right now who are hurting today, and we
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are with you as best we can. You gave up
so much, so much. Let's do some more from Vietnam,
because Vietnam is obviously tremendously controversial, controversial, and that makes
it difficult for a lot of people, a lot of veterans,
a lot of families. It makes it difficult in a way.
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I will say that that World War One, World War two,
for instance, world War two, not that it was easy.
I don't want to act like anything was easy. It
was all terrible, all terrible. But world War Two there
wasn't that thing looming over it, that was that was
did we have to do? This wasn't necessary, It wasn't
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looming over it. But with Vietnam it was. And I
would just want to again stress to you that doesn't matter.
That doesn't change the sacrifice, That doesn't change the courage,
That doesn't change what they gave up. If there's some
dirtball politician or even general or something like that out
there that made bad decisions and did wrong things and
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maybe maybe dragged us into something we shouldn't do, that's
his problem. Today's not about that. Today's about honoring no
matter what the conflict was, Today's about honoring those who
gave up everything, guys like John L. Haynes of Vandalia, Vandaleia, Michigan.
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Sorry if I'm pronouncing that wrong. The President of the
United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service crossed
posthumously to John Loda Haynes, Specialists, first fourth Class, US Army,
for extraordinary heroism and connection with military operations involving conflict
with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam
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while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, first Battalion, fifth Infantry,
second Brigade, twenty fifth Infantry Division, Specialist four Haynes distinguished
himself by exceptionally valorous actions on the sixth of March
nineteen sixty eight, as medical aid man for an infantry
platoon conducting a sweep and secure mission near Hawkmond. As
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his unit moved into a dense woodline, it was subjected
to intense small arms fire, automatic weapons and anti tank
rocket fire from an enemy force of unknown size. Five
members of his patomb were seriously wounded by the initial
burst of savage hostile fire. Fearlessly disposing himself to the
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withering fire, Specialist Haines raced forward to assist his stricken comrades.
With bullets striking all around him, he courageously moved from
one casualty to another, administering first aid. Specialist Haines was
hit while treating one of the soldiers, but disregarded his
wound and continued his life saving mission. Observing his platooned
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sergeant severely wounded and lying in an open area raked
by enemy machine gun fire, he rushed to the man
and began attending him. Specialist Haines was instantly killed by
the machine gun fire while applying the last bandage to
his fallen comrade. His gallant and determined actions in close
combat saved the lives of several fellow soldiers. Specialists for
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Haines extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty at the cost
of his life when keeping with the highest traditions of
military service, and reflect great credit upon himself his unit
in the United States Army happened like that a lot
in Vietnam. The jungle's so thick. You get close to it,
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they're waiting for you, and they just open up on you.
Another one. Charles R. Lower Downy, California, President of the
United States, takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross posthumously
to Charles Russell Lower, Corporal, US Marine Corps, for extraordinary
heroism as a crew chief with Company A third Amphibian
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Tractor Battalion, first Marine Division Reinforced Fleet Marine Force in
the Republic of Vietnam and the eighteenth of June nineteen
sixty seven, following an assault by three Amphibian tractors, Hill
eleven continued to receive heavy, accurate automatic fire from tree
lines to the right and left and tunnels in bunkers
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on the hill itself. As a platoon of infantry endeavored
to reach the hill, vicious enemy fire cut down the
platoon commander, his radioperator, and another marine corporal lower was
at this time manning a machine gun mounted atop his
amphibian tractor. With complete disregard for his own safety, he
nonetheless ordered his tractor forward and dropped its ramp to
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pull in the wounded. At this time, the enemy concentrated
its already intense fire on the medical evacuation progress by
his vehicle. Unhesitatingly, and knowing the intimate danger involved, he
elected to stay by the gun to deliver accurate counterfire
into the surrounding tree lines. When the incoming fire became
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so intense that it began ripping into the interior of
the tractor and endangering the wounded, he ordered his tractor
to be turned stern to fire so that the engine
could shield the casualties. At this time, Corporal Lour elected
to remain atop detractor to cover for another group of wounded.
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Fully mindful of the intense danger. With enemy fire ripping
across his tractor from two sides, he began to shift
his position and was mortally wounded by his daring initiative.
Valiant inviting his spirit and selfless devotion to duty in
the face of imminent danger, Corporal Lauer was responsible for
saving many of his comrades and thereby upheld the highest
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traditions of Marine Corps and US Naval Service, and he
gallantly gave his life for his country. Another one, last
one for Vietnam. This is a Roy Knight Junior from Millsap, Texas.
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting
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the Air Force Cross posthumously to Roy Abner Knight, Junior Major,
US Air Force for extraordinary heroism and military operations against
an opposed armed force as pilot of an A one
E aircraft of the six hundred and two Tactical Fighter
squadron Erdon Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand, seventh Air Force
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in action over Laos on the nineteenth of May nineteen
sixty seven. On that date, Major Knight led his flight
in a strike against one of the most important and
heavily defended target complexes in Southeast Asia. Against overwhelming odds.
Major Knight pressed his attack on the target in spite
of being cautioned by other pilots that a devastating barrage
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of anti aircraft fire was directed at his aircraft. Major
Knight acknowledged awareness of the situation, but continued his attack.
His aircraft was struck, resulting in the loss of control.
Major Knight, fully realizing that he could not regain control,
jettisoned his ordinance on target in a valiant attempt to
destroy it, and his aircraft subsequently impacted the target area.
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Major Knight's unparallel bravery and courage against virtually insurmountable obstacles
were in the highest tradition of military service. Through his
extraordinary heroines, some superb airmanship and aggressiveness, Major Night reflected
the highest credit upon himself in the United States Air Force.
A couple more words on those two that I just
got done reading one door. Gunners in Vietnam and gunners
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on the amphibious vehicles don't get near the love and
respect they deserve because those are almost always the heaviest
machine gun on the battlefield. When a helo comes in
and there's a machine door gunner on the side, it's
a mini gun, it's an sixty, it's something that's pouring
a lot of lead into the enemy. And so when
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that helicopter's coming in, if you're on the ground and
you're one of the Vietnam soldiers with Vietnamese soldiers, who
do you think you need to take out first? Those
guys died all the time because so many people were
shooting at them. Same thing when it comes to the
amphibious vehicles, we're on top barking at the enemy with
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the heavy machine gun, you are just naturally, it's just
natural what happens in combat. The weapons are gonna slowly
but surely start focusing on you and the pilots. In Vietnam,
the North Vietnamese had very very capable air defenses, especially
in the sensitive parts of Laos and Cambodia. Like we
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talked about earlier, they had real big boy anti air
guns that could take out our planes, our elos, and
they did oftentimes think about the bravery it takes to
fly through a wall of lead to get your stuff
on target. Unbelievable amounts of bravery. All Right, a couple
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more words, maybe some g WoT talk Global war on Terror. Next,
Jesse Kelly. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a
Memorial Day, as we do the best we can to
honor the fallen on on what is a very very
heavy day, but at the same time also a celebration,
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a celebration that we have a country with brave men
and women willing to make these kind of sacrifices. I'm
gonna I'm gonna read this Iraq list to try to
wrap up the list and remember at the end of
the show, if you're waiting for it, I am going
to play taps one time this show. There's just too
many names, too many stories. I'm going to play taps
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to cap off the very end of the show to
respect everybody who gave their lives for this country. But
these are the final names. This is this one's These
are all from Iraq. Okay. Captain Shawn Lyarley, Sergeant Kirk
Stresseski Stresseski, Master Sergeant Shawn Thomas, Major Allen Johnson, Tech
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Sergeant Anthony Capra, Staff Sergeant Mark Lawton, Lance Corporal William Lucink,
Corporal Jessica LUs staff Sergeant Kobe Schwab, Corporal Kelly Groth,
Lance Corporal Scott Modine, Corporal Brian Preenning, Staff Sergeant Nido Levoudice,
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Staff Sergeant Andrew Badock, Sergeant Zachary Wobbler, Sergeant Fir's Class
David Hurst, Command Sergeant Major Donovan Watts, Staff Sergeant Dave Wieger,
Sergeant Fird's Class, Christopher Brevard, Captain Edward Iwan, Sergeant Jesse Davila.
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Now on the Global War on Terror, because I have
your Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, some
things we're going to read here, the Global War on Terror.
I know it's more recent, so it needs less of
a recap. And I understand some of this, A lot
of this may be hard to talk about, hard to recap,
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and we're not going to go into all the whys
and everything, but let's just recap what happened nine to eleven.
You know what nine to eleven was. Obviously, we woke
up one day and we had been attacked. I've told
you the story before. I was I was not one
of the brave souls who joined the Marines after nine
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to eleven. I was already in. I was pretty freshly in.
I think it had been in for a year, and
we had just got back from morning pt and they
told us to go up to our rooms. One of
the towers had been hit, and we watched live as
the second one was hit. We watched them both fall.
It was aufful affair, and we lost all those Americans.
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And from there we tried to figure out how do
we fight back? How do we fight back? Now, I'll
leave it for another day to analyze the why and
the screw ups and everything else, but I will say this,
as a country, no matter your size, whether it's America
or anyone else, part of being a citizen is for protection.
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It's a huge part of being a citizen. Why become
a citizen of a country? Why stay a citizen of
a country? For the protection that country provides. And part
of the way of protecting, part of the way you
protect your people is it's the promise that if you
attack us, we'll kill you. And I know that's harsh,
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but it's a harsh world. We woke up thousands of
Americans had died. We discovered it was this group that
many Americans were aware of vaguely. Everyone got a lot
more available aware of it afterwards. Al Qaeda, there was
this Islamic chihadist group that had a lot of axes
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to grind with America. They'd already attacked us several times before,
and this time they pulled it off in a large way.
Now we responded. First it was Afghanistan because that was
the area that was hiding Osama bin Land, and the
goal was to kill Osama bin Lan. At least at
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first that was the goal. And at first it was
not a super large footprint thing. It was the Green
Beret CIA spekops types in the mountains of Afghanistan trying
to chase this guy down, find him and kill him,
which in and of itself is a very very difficult affair.
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Then we just got bogged down. And then it goes
that way so often when this is not a uniquely
American thing. When you gather your army and you cross
borders with it, cross oceans with it, and you get
into a place it's easy to get bogged down there.
Don't think this is uniquely American. Happened to the Romans
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all the freaking time. They'd cross borders to fight someone
and end up having to chase this tribe and that tribe,
and then it devolves into guerrilla warfare and then the
mission gets unclear. Then, just like Afghanistan, then the politics
back home changes as people vote in different ways for
different reasons. But Afghanistan really turned into this nasty, nasty
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little affair. And I did not fight there. Iraq is
where I was, but I have a lot of friends
who did. It just sounds like a brutal environment to
fight because it's mountains, it's valleys, it's cold, it's a
horrible place. Iraq was different. Iraq. We invaded, beat the
living crap out of the Iraqi Army. And then because
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of where it is conveniently located for all the scummy
Jihatas over there, they started pouring their foot soldiers over
the border with training in equipment to make sure our
guys would die and be maimed. And it turned into
this terrible, ied, just awful conflict in a million dar ways,
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and a lot of people died, and a lot of
people lost parts of themselves, physical parts, mental parts. And
we're going to read a few of these citations. One
actually got a wonderful write up in the La Times.
I'll read a little bit of as we try to
celebrate and honor the g Watt guys who gave their
lives for this country. Hang on The Jesse Kelly Show
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on air and online at Jesse Kellyshow dot com. It
is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Day, a Monday. Member.
If you miss any part of the show, we've been
all over the place Korea, Vietnam, reading names and citations.
If you miss any part of the show and you
want to listen to the whole thing, iHeart Spotify iTunes.
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You can go download a podcast of it. And yes,
we will be back to our regularly scheduled program tomorrow
on Tuesday, where we'll be talking more at politics and
laughing and goofing off. And look, if this is your
first time listening, we usually goof off a lot more
than we are today. Is only for the fallen and
the families they left behind. And we're going to do
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a couple couple g Watt citations Global War on terrorist citations.
People don't know. And I was not in Fallujah, by
the way, but I have friends who were in the
fighting in Fallujah. Was terrible, absolutely terrible fighting. Whenever you're
in a situation where you're in an urban environment fighting,
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it's almost universally bad, very very difficult to fight in
an urban environment because there are so many places for
the enemy to hide to shoot at you from. It's just,
it's all. It's always been difficult since since before the
invention of land mines and firearms and grenades and things
like that. Again, in ancient times, with swords and spears,
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they would talk about how hard it is to fight
in an urban environment. Even when you've conquered and you're
sacking a city, they're throwing pieces of the roof down
on you, and they're killing you in your men on
the way in. It's just really, really terrible. And the
La Times did a great write up on this guy.
I'll read just a little bit of it after I
read his Navy Cross United States Marine. His name is
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Christopher s. Adolsperger. He's from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and this
is his Navy Cross citation for extraordinary heroism while serving
as a rifleman, Company K, third Battalion, fifth Marines, Regimental
Combat Team, one, first Marine Division in support of Operation
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Iraqi Freedom on the tenth of November two thousand and four,
as Private first class Adelsberger made entry into a house
in the Jolon district of a one of al Fallujah
during Operation Al Fajiir. His squad received a heavy vault
of enemy machine gun fire from a well prepared entrenched
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machine gun position. These fires instantly killed the point man
and injured another marine and the patoon corman. Exposed to
heavy machine gun fire and grenades, Private first Class Adelsberger
immediately attacked the enemy with rifle fire. While doing so,
he suffered a fragmentation wound from enemy grenades. With the
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majority of his platoon pinned down by insurgent positions, Private
first Class Adelsberger single handedly cleared stairs and a rooftop
to move the injured to a rooftop where they could
receive medical attention. On his own initiative, while deliberately exposing
himself to heavy enemy fire, he had established a series
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of fighting positions and attacked the enemy, forcing them to
be destroyed in place or to move into an area
where adjacent forces could engage them. This regard uarding his
own wounds and physical exhaustion, Private first Class Adelsberger rejoined
his platoon and demanded to take the point for a
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final assault on the same machine gun position. Once an
assault Amphibian vehicle created a breach in the wall adjacent
to the enemy's position, Private first Class Adelsburger was the
first Marine to re enter the courtyard, where he eliminated
a remaining insurgent at close range. When the fighting finally ceased,
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a significant number of insurgents from fortified positions had been eradicated.
Through his actions, Private first Class Adelsburger destroyed the last
strong point in the Jolan district of Alpha Ujah and
saved the lives of his fellow Marines By his outstanding
display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of
heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty. Private first
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Class Adelsburger reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the
highest editions of the Marine Corps and the United States
Naval Service, and he was killed in combat thirty days later.
The La Times actually wrote this on him. On the
tenth of November in two thousand and four and thirty
minutes of close combat, Marine Pfc. Christopher Adolsberger, a soft spoken,
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religious young man who loved poetry and art, attacked an
enemy stronghold in Fallujah, Iraq, and killed at least eleven insurgents.
He killed them with his sixteen and with his grenade launcher.
He killed them at such close range he could hear
the blood gurgling in their mouths and noses. He killed
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insurgency were heavily armed and probably high on drugs, and
who had just killed his close friend, Lance Corporal Eric Hodges.
He protected two wounded squad members from attack and saved
innumerable marines. When it was over, Adolsberger's face had been
bloodied by shrapnel and he had bullet holes in his
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sleeve in the collar of his uniform. He refused to
be evacuated until Hodge's body was recovered. It was a
tremendous bit of fighting, said Colonel Patrick Malay, the battalion commander.
He was a quiet kid, but he was remarkable for
his bravery. Adelsburger is among a handful of marines who'd
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been nominated for the Medal of Honor, so on and
so forth. Only after his death did family members learn
of his bravery. By the way he died, he stormed
into another building. Case you're wondering. Thirty days later he
had gone into another building with his marines, and he
was shot in the heart. Only after his death did
family members hear learn of his bravery. At first, they
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were shocked. This was the same person who had once
cringed at the thought of shooting birds on a hunting trip.
Then they recognized the details of the firefight, the determined
youth they knew and loved. Quote that was Chris. Whatever
he did, he always went in with the idea that
nobody was going to beat him. Nobody, said Dennis Adelsberger
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fifty three, his uncle. That mentality is what wins wars.
That I will win, that nobody will defeat me. I
will win. And it's amazing when you read their stories
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and talk to their families or watch documentaries if that's
your thing or whatever it is, it's amazing how consistent
it is that the man who does these deeds is
a competitive man. For him, he wants to win and
he feels like he's losing, and especially if you hurt
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one of his friends, he will die to hurt you back.
The stories, I mean, they're just they're amazing. And global
war on Terror, because it's still so fresh and so
raw for so many people, will not be talked about
appropriately in my opinion, for some time. I mean, I
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realize some people are, but it's just one of those things.
People who live through Vietnam will know this. The subject
itself kind of gets uncomfortable for people because of the
circumstances around it. In my own life, I'll tell you
most people don't talk to me about it. They don't
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talk to me about Iraq. It's not a subject that
comes up. It's kind of one of those things that
most people avoid, either out of respect or out of
discomfort or something like that. But the men and women
who died in the Gwant are every bit as heroic.
They gave every bit as much of themselves as somebody
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who died on the beaches of beaches in Normandy. They
all died just the same right beside their friends, doing
what they believe is right and trying to win. And
it's it's the least we can do to pay them
some respect, pay them some respect. Doug Collins said this,
This is very well when.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
You think about those who gave that ultimate sacrifice, when
you think about the families who are home. I remember
being when I was in a rack and I was
having to work and we would lose folks in the
hospital and send them home. What I was thinking about
was the families who were now without. So today, on
this Memorial Day, not only do we remember those who
gave that last full measure devotion, but remember today as
you go about your life, that there are some who
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are still looking at an empty chair. They're looking at
a visit or someone that they would pick up the
phone and talk to that they no longer can. It's
about those who gave that sacrifice that we remember today,
because our country is built on the shoulders of those
who gave for us.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Sure is We'll do a couple more of these and
then we'll check out it here next.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Jesse Kelly basin.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
It is the Jesse Kelly Show, final segment of The
Jesse Kelly Show on a Memorial Day. We will be
back tomorrow for a regular show. Let's get to a
couple more citations before we sign off and check out
a here. This one Distinguished Service Cross is for a Stephen,
a booker from Apollo, Pennsylvania. How about that the President
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of the United States of America, authorized by Act of
Congress July ninth, nineteen eighteen, takes pride in presenting the
Distinguished Service Cross posthumously to Staff Sergeant Stephen A. Booker,
United States Army for extraordinary heroism while engage in action
against an enemy of the United States while serving as
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a tank commander with Company A, first Battalion, sixty fourth
Armored Regiment, second Brigade Combat Team, third Infantry Division, Mechanized
on the fifth of April two thousand and three, in Iraq.
On this date, Staff Sergeant Booker's platoon led a task
force in a movement to contact along Highway eight towards
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Bagdad International Airport. Two kilometers after the line of departure,
the platoon came under heavy small arms and rocket propelled
grenade fire from an enemy element. He immediately communicated the
situation to his chain of command, encouraged his crew, and
returned fire with his tank mounted machine gun. When both
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his and his crew's machine gun malfunctioned, Staff Sergeant Booker,
with total disregard for his personal safety, exposed himself by
lying in a prone position on top of the tank's
turret and accurately engaged enemy forces with his personal weapon.
While exposed, he effectively protected his platoon's flank and delivered
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accurate information to his command during a critical and vulnerable
point of the battle. Staff Sergeant Booker's fearless attitude and
excitement over the communications network inspired his tune to continue
the attack and assured them and leadership they would defeat
the enemy and reach their objectives safely. As he remained exposed,
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SAFF Sergeant Booker identified an enemy troop carrier which was
attempting to bypass his tank, but within seconds engaged the
enemy vehicle and destroyed it. Prior to the enemy troops
dismounting along the eight kilometer route, he remained exposed and
continued to engage the enemy with accurate rifle fire until
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he was mortally wounded. Staff Sergeant Booker's actions are in
keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect
great credit upon himself the third Infantry Division in the
United States Army. We'll do another one, final one. This
is Air Force Cross is from Afghanistan for Adjason D.
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Cunningham at a Camarillo, California. The President of the United
States of America, authorized by Title ten second eight seven
four to two USC, awards the Air Force Cross to
Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham for extraordinary heroism and military
operations against an opposing force while serving as a pair
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of rescuemen near the village of Marzak and the Paktia
Province of Afghanistan on the fourth of March two thousand
and two. By the way, this guy's a one, the
one of the special operators. He's Air Force PJ like
bk is, so he's a stud On that proud day.
Airman Cunningham was the primary Air Force combat search and
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rescue medic assigned to a quick reaction force tasked to
recover two American servicemen evading capture in austere terrain occupied
by massed al Qaeda and Taliban forces. Shortly before landing,
his MH forty seven E helicopter received accurate rocket propelled
grenade and small arms fire, severely disabling the aircraft and
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causing it to crash land. The assault force formed a
hasty defense and immediately suffered three fatalities and five critical casualties.
Despite effective enemy fire and at great risk to his
own life, Airman Cunningham remained in the burning fuselage of
the aircraft in order to treat the wounded as he
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moved his patients to a more secure location, mortar rounds
began impacting within fifty feet of his position. Disregarding this
extreme danger, he continued the movement and exposed himself to
an enemy fire. On several separate occasions. When the second
casualty collection point was also compromised, in a display of
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uncommon valor and gallantry, Airman Cunningham braved an intense small
arms and rocket propelled grenade attack while repositioning the critically
wounded to a third collection point. Even after he was
mortally wounded and quickly deteriorating, he continued to direct patient
movement and transferred care to another medic. In the end,
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his distinct efforts led to the successful delivery of ten
gravely wounded Americans to life saving medical treatment. Through his
extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, aggressiveness in the face of the enemy,
and in dedication of his service to his country, Senior
Airman Cunningham reflected the highest credit upon himself in the
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United States Air Force. And there is, by the way,
an effort out there in case you're wondering to get
that upgraded to a medal of honor, and certainly sounds
more than worthy of that. Right. So we're going to
play taps here in just the second, and that's going
to wrap up our show for tonight on this Memorial Day.
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I know that there's nothing in the world a dumb
radio host could ever say to properly honor the sacrifice.
Give up the rest of your life with your wife,
your kids, your parents, your friends, giving up being a granddad,
giving up baseball games, giving There's nothing in the world
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we can say to properly convey our honor and respect.
But remember the fallen. Write their names on your heart,
talk to your kids about the things they did. Your
children will enjoy these stories, and your children will learn
from the people you and I look up to. Okay,
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So let's honor the fallen, and God bless each and
every person who is hurting today. All right, Doe Doude,
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that's all.
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