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From YouTube: Medal of Honor Recognition Day
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Join in as recently appointed Mayor Kim Janey, Governor Baker, elected officials, service members, and their families gather to recognize and honor the sacrifices of Medal of Honor recipients.
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A
Good
morning
my
name
is
tom,
lyons,
I'm
chairman
of
the
medal
of
honor
host
committee
and
on
behalf
of
the
boston
medal
of
honor
host
committee.
I
want
to
welcome
you
to
medal
of
honor
park
as
we
recognize
today.
National
medal
of
honor
day
created
in
1861
by
president
abraham
lincoln,
the
medal
of
honor
is
our
nation's
highest
and
rarest
decoration.
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Over
300
men
have
received
a
medal
of
honor
in
massachusetts.
We're
honored
today
to
have
one
of
those
melody
recipients:
thomas
kelly,
captain
united
states
navy
vietnam,
also
not
able
to
attend.
Today
from
methuen
massachusetts,
ryan
pitts
staff
sergeant
received
his
medal
for
actions
in
afghanistan.
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The
medal
of
honor
society
convention,
we
will
be
back
in
boston
september,
7th
through
the
11th
for
the
fourth
time,
which
is
unprecedented
during
the
visit
they
will
visit.
The
state
house,
schools
in
and
around
boston
visit,
va
hospitals,
the
chelsea
soldiers
home
the
the
new
england
center
and
home
for
veterans.
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B
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B
B
On
that
day,
with
tommy
lyons,
bonnie
bonham
who's,
the
president
at
society,
dusty
in
a
gang
looking
over
at
logan
airport,
not
a
thing
was
moving
over
there,
not
a
thing
except
f-16s.
Flying
overhead
had
to
postpone
the
convention,
of
course,
but
rescheduled
for
six
weeks
later
and
held
the
very
first
convention
in
boston
after
9
11.
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Feel
about
boston
and
its
warm
hospitality,
a
city
known
since
the
american
revolution
for
his
resilience,
optimism
and
patriotism,
the
very
same
values
of
the
medal
of
honor,
and
I
thank
you
for
being
here
today
and
ask
that
you
keep
in
your
hearts
the
message
that
you
too
can
make
a
difference.
Thank.
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We
set
up
all
the
logistics
we
get
everything
arranged
and
then
we
take
pictures
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
which
is
what
usually
would
happen,
and
so
I'm
standing
next
to
this
guy
and
and
he
says
how
about
that
helicopter
ride.
And
I
said
well
we'll
we'll
talk
about
that.
One
later
and
he's
looking
up
at
me
and
he
goes.
You
know
you're
pretty
tall
and
I
said
yeah
yeah.
I
hear
that
a
lot
and
he
said
I
used
to
fly
with
a
guy
who
was
about
your
height.
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I
said,
really,
that's
that's
great
and
he
said
yeah.
His
name
was,
we
called
him
too
tall,
and
I
said
that's
really
interesting,
because
there's
a
guy
named
ed
freeman,
whose
nickname
was
too
tall,
who
received
the
medal
of
honor
for
his
work
as
a
helicopter
pilot,
rescuing
wounded
soldiers
in
the
aya
drang
valley,
which
was
one
of
the
most
brutal
battles
in
the
vietnam
war,
and
in
fact
the
really
interesting
thing
was
they
wanted
to
give
the
medal
of
honor
to
his
commanding
officers.
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A
guy
named
bruce
crandall,
but
crandall
said
no
that
they
should
give
it
instead
to
his
wing
man,
ed
freeman
and
then
after
they
gave
it
to
freeman.
They
came
back
and
said
bruce.
You
really
ought
to
be
willing
to
accept
this.
You,
you
were
every
bit
as
important
in
this
as
ed
was,
and
the
guy
looks
up
at
me.
He
goes
yeah.
I
know
bruce
crandall,
that's
what
I
said
when
I
came
in.
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I
mean
bruce
crandall's,
like
royalty,
and
the
number
of
people
that
he
and
ed
freeman
saved.
That
day
is
just
beyond
comparing
the
freedom.
Excuse
me,
the
courage
that
they
showed
is
just
beyond
compare,
and
I
and
yet
there
he
was
just
a
guy
in
a
suit,
no
errors
about
him
at
all,
and
until
I
actually
pointed
out
who
bruce
crandall
was
he
didn't
say
anything
about
it
at
all
and
we
did
get
those
guys.
Some
helicopter
rides
when
they
came
and
if
they
would
like
helicopter
rides
when
they
come
back.
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I
think
it
was
a
seminal
moment
in
a
sentimental
event
for
a
lot
of
people
in
military
service
and
and
both
these
times,
hudner
and
and
tom
kelly
spent
their
entire
lives
after
their
time
in
service
and
after
their
recognition,
paying
it
forward.
Time
and
time
again,
they
were
back
to
back
veterans
affairs,
secretaries
here
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
and
and
tom.
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In
this
great
thing,
we
call
democracy
and
there's
all
kinds
of
stuff
that
goes
on
day
in
and
day
out,
associated
with
these
roles
in
public
life,
and
some
of
them
are
difficult,
and
some
of
them
are
nice
and
fun
and
charming.
But
the
bottom
line
is
without
people
like
this,
we
would
not
have
the
chance
to
do
what
we
do
and
I
think
it's
critically
important
that
we
all
remember
it
and
and
paul
monte.
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I
know
you'll
find
paul
monty
he'll
be
down
at
the
national
cemetery
on
the
cape,
along
with
many
other
people,
planting
flags
on
that
memorial
day
on
every
single
grave
in
that
cemetery.
Something
he's
been
doing
for
years
as
a
way
to
sort
of
honor,
his
son
and
and
those
who
and
those
who've
been
lost
in
fighting
for
the
freedom
and
the
democracy
of
this
country.
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Much
appreciated-
and
I
have
to
say
to
you
mayor
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge-
is
only
one
other
mayor
who's
ever
gone
to
any
of
these
events,
and
that
was
your
predecessor
and
I'm
thrilled
to
see
you
here,
making
a
statement
about
how
important
these
types
of
people
and
these
organizations
are
to
the
nature
of
who
we
are
in
massachusetts.
Thank
you.
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Trying
to
save
the
life
of
jesse
brown.
Hollywood
is
making
a
movie
of
it
as
we
speak.
I
spoke
to
tom
hudner
jr,
who
was
done
in
savannah
georgia,
where
part
of
it's
being
filmed
so
it
it's
great
to
know
that
the
story
of
tom
huddle
and
jessie
brown
is
being
made
into
a
movie.
As
I
said
to
tom
junior,
I
hope
they
don't
they
don't
screw
it
up,
because
it
is.
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C
Good
morning
is
it
still
morning
good
morning
and
thank
you
chairman
tom
lyons,
for
your
leadership
and
having
me
today.
I
want
to
thank
and
acknowledge
elected
officials
here
today
representing
city
state
and
federal
government,
governor
baker.
Thank
you
so
much
congressman
lynch.
Thank
you.
Where
did
he
go?
Thank
you.
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Senator
nick
collins
also
folks,
representing
south
boston,
senator
michael
rush,
senator
david
beal,
and
certainly
my
dear
dear
friend,
counselor
flynn.
Thank
you
so
much
not
only
for
being
here,
for
your
leadership
and
for
your
service.
I
also
want
to
thank
and
acknowledge
commissioner,
rob
santiago.
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The
city
of
boston
shares
a
special
connection
with
the
veteran
community
and
september
2021,
and
you've
already
heard
this.
Our
city
will
host
the
congressional
medal
of
honor
society's
convention.
For
the
fourth
time
medal
of
honor
park
is
part
of
our
city's
special
connection
with
veterans.
This
is
one
of
the
most
important
parks
in
our
city.
It's
become
a
special
place
for
comfort
and
remembrance
here
in
south
boston.
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A
I
want
to
take
a
minute
just
to
recognize
and
thank
certainly
this
south
boston
delegation
who
have
supported
all
that
we
have
done
here
at
this
memorial
and
the
world
war
ii
memorial
and
the
korean
war
memorial
that
we
have
here
in
south
boston.
They
have
always
been
with
us
every
september.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
delegation
once
again
for
being
here.
I
also
want
to
thank
there's
many
members
of
the
host
committee
that
are
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
them
for
taking
time
out
of
their
their
schedules.
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A
It's
my
pleasure
now
to
introduce
a
good
friend
the
congressman
who
has
represented
this
community
at
as
a
state,
rep
state
senator
and
has
been
a
congressman
for
as
long
as
I
was.
I
can
remember
anyway,
which
isn't
long
congressman
because
I'm
getting
old
and
I
have
memory
loss.
But,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
our
congressman
stevie
lynch.
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F
I
want
to
say
thank
you,
there's
a
reason
that
that
the
medal
of
honor
society
is
coming
back
for
their
fourth
time
and
it
is
really
the
relationship
it
is
the
the
warm
embrace
of
the
south
boston
community
and
the
city
of
boston
and
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts
governor.
You
you've
been
absolutely
tremendous
on
this
and
have
really
I
I
think,
sent
that
message
that
that
we
honor
in
the
commonwealth.
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We
honor
military
service
and
we
respect
it,
and-
and
we
will
do
everything
we
can
to
to
make
sure
that
those
medal
of
honor
recipients
and
their
families
who
arrive
here
will
will
know
the
depth
of
of
our
respect
and
and
our
appreciation
of
them.
And,
madam
mayor,
you
notice
the
governor.
I
we
didn't
use
the
term
acting
mayor
because,
when
you
think
about
it,
we're
all
acting
right.
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F
They
have
remembered
their
brothers
in
arms
and
and
their
sisters
in
arms
and
their
service,
and
that
relationship
as
well
is
one
of
the
reasons
that
the
medal
of
honor
society
is
is
coming
back
and
again,
we'll
have
the
the
honor
of
of
hosting
them
at
their
convention.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
personnel
in
the
military
who
are
here
today
all
those
veterans
who
have
served.
You
will
do
us
a
great
honor
by
allowing
us
to
to
host
this
this
convention.