WEBVTT 00:00.640 --> 00:02.584 on behalf of Michelle and myself , 00:02.584 --> 00:06.010 welcome to the White House , thank you 00:06.010 --> 00:09.440 chaplain carver for that beautiful 00:09.440 --> 00:13.410 invocation of all the privileges 00:13.410 --> 00:15.840 that come with serving as president of 00:15.840 --> 00:18.780 the United States . I have none greater 00:18.790 --> 00:22.440 than serving as commander in chief of 00:22.440 --> 00:24.607 the finest military that the world has 00:24.607 --> 00:27.720 ever known and of all the military 00:27.720 --> 00:29.900 decorations that a president and a 00:29.900 --> 00:33.360 nation can be stopped . There is none 00:33.360 --> 00:35.660 higher than the Medal of Honor . 00:37.240 --> 00:41.140 Now today is particularly special since 00:41.140 --> 00:44.370 the end of the Vietnam war , The Medal 00:44.370 --> 00:47.230 of Honor has been awarded nine times 00:47.240 --> 00:50.360 for conspicuous gallantry in an ongoing 00:50.370 --> 00:53.720 or recent conflict . And sadly our 00:53.720 --> 00:56.270 nation has been unable to present this 00:56.270 --> 00:59.470 decoration to the recipients themselves 00:59.480 --> 01:03.310 because each gave his life his last 01:03.320 --> 01:05.870 full measure of devotion for our 01:05.870 --> 01:08.360 country . Indeed as president , I've 01:08.360 --> 01:10.304 presented the Medal of Honor three 01:10.304 --> 01:13.850 times and each time to the families of 01:13.860 --> 01:17.400 a fallen hero Today therefore 01:17.410 --> 01:20.790 marks the first time in nearly 40 01:20.790 --> 01:24.160 years that the recipient of the Medal 01:24.160 --> 01:27.030 of Honor for an ongoing conflict has 01:27.030 --> 01:29.086 been able to come to the White House 01:29.086 --> 01:31.360 and accept this recognition in person . 01:32.940 --> 01:35.510 It is my privilege to present our 01:35.510 --> 01:37.760 nation's highest military decoration 01:38.440 --> 01:41.450 the Medal of honor to a soldier as 01:41.450 --> 01:45.450 humble as he is heroic . Staff Sergeant 01:45.460 --> 01:47.260 salvatore a giunta . 01:49.540 --> 01:52.130 Now I'm going to go off script here for 01:52.130 --> 01:55.230 a second and just say I really like 01:55.230 --> 01:58.460 this guy . Yeah . Um 02:10.740 --> 02:14.680 Mhm Okay , I think anybody , 02:14.690 --> 02:17.030 you know , we all just get a sense of 02:17.040 --> 02:19.350 people and who they are and when you 02:19.350 --> 02:21.860 meet uh sal and you meet his family , 02:22.340 --> 02:25.310 you are just absolutely convinced that 02:25.310 --> 02:28.660 this is uh what America is all about . 02:29.240 --> 02:32.540 Uh and it just makes you proud And so 02:32.550 --> 02:35.290 uh this is a joyous occasion for me . 02:35.300 --> 02:37.580 Uh something that I have been looking 02:37.580 --> 02:40.310 forward to , the Medal of Honor 02:40.370 --> 02:43.830 reflects the gratitude of an entire 02:43.830 --> 02:47.040 nation . So we are also joined here 02:47.040 --> 02:49.207 today by several members of Congress , 02:49.207 --> 02:51.207 including both senators and several 02:51.207 --> 02:53.490 representatives from Staff Sergeant 02:53.490 --> 02:56.740 ventas , home state of Iowa . We are 02:56.740 --> 02:58.851 also joined by leaders from across my 02:58.851 --> 03:00.907 administration and the Department of 03:00.907 --> 03:03.020 Defense , including the Secretary of 03:03.020 --> 03:06.500 Defense , robert Gates , Chairman of 03:06.500 --> 03:08.500 the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Admiral 03:08.500 --> 03:11.520 Mike mullen . Where's mike there he is 03:11.520 --> 03:14.790 right there . Uh Army secretary john 03:14.790 --> 03:17.660 mccue and Chief of Staff of the army 03:17.670 --> 03:20.550 General George Casey . We are 03:20.560 --> 03:22.660 especially honored to be joined by 03:22.660 --> 03:24.993 Staff Sergeant ventas , fellow soldiers , 03:25.440 --> 03:27.662 his team mates and brothers from battle 03:27.662 --> 03:31.490 company seconds of The 03:31.490 --> 03:35.200 503rd of the 173rd Airborne Brigade 03:35.210 --> 03:37.720 and several members of that rarest of 03:37.720 --> 03:39.720 fraternities that now welcomes them 03:39.720 --> 03:41.840 into its ranks . The Medal of Honor 03:41.840 --> 03:44.007 Society . Please give them a big round 03:44.007 --> 03:43.810 of applause . 04:02.440 --> 04:04.607 We also welcome the friends and family 04:04.607 --> 04:06.829 who made Staff Sergeant Giunta into the 04:06.829 --> 04:09.200 man that he is including his lovely 04:09.200 --> 04:11.530 wife , jenny and his parents steven and 04:11.530 --> 04:14.570 rosemary as well as the siblings who 04:14.570 --> 04:17.920 are here . Uh it was his mother after 04:17.920 --> 04:20.400 all who apparently taught him as a 04:20.400 --> 04:23.020 young boy in small town Iowa how to 04:23.020 --> 04:24.964 remove the screen from his bedroom 04:24.964 --> 04:28.450 window in case of fire . Uh , what she 04:28.450 --> 04:30.283 didn't know was that by teaching 04:30.283 --> 04:32.228 teaching cell how to jump from his 04:32.228 --> 04:34.450 bedroom and sneaking off in the dead of 04:34.450 --> 04:36.450 night . She was unleashing a future 04:36.450 --> 04:40.050 paratrooper who would one day fight 04:40.540 --> 04:43.000 In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan 04:43.000 --> 04:46.680 7000 miles away During the 04:46.680 --> 04:50.130 first of his tour , his two tours of 04:50.130 --> 04:52.370 duty in Afghanistan Staff Sergeant 04:52.370 --> 04:55.210 Giunta was forced early on to come to 04:55.210 --> 04:58.360 terms with loss of comrades and friends . 04:59.240 --> 05:01.407 His team leader at the time gave him a 05:01.407 --> 05:04.150 piece of advice . You just try , 05:05.140 --> 05:07.196 you just got to try to do everything 05:07.196 --> 05:09.660 you can when it's your time to do it , 05:11.540 --> 05:13.762 you've just got to try to do everything 05:13.762 --> 05:15.929 you can when it's your time to do it . 05:15.929 --> 05:19.260 South Georgia time came on 05:19.940 --> 05:23.790 October 25 , 2007 . He was a 05:23.790 --> 05:26.560 specialist then just 22 years old 05:27.740 --> 05:30.570 Salins platoon were several days into a 05:30.570 --> 05:34.460 mission in the Korengal valley , the 05:34.460 --> 05:37.010 most dangerous valley in north east 05:37.150 --> 05:40.190 Afghanistan . The moon was full 05:41.040 --> 05:44.060 light and cast was enough to travel by 05:44.070 --> 05:45.990 without using their night vision 05:45.990 --> 05:49.060 goggles with heavy gear on their backs 05:49.540 --> 05:52.150 and air support overhead . They made 05:52.150 --> 05:53.983 their way single file down Iraqi 05:53.983 --> 05:57.630 Ridgecrest along terrain so steep that 05:57.630 --> 05:59.519 sliding was sometimes easier than 05:59.519 --> 06:02.120 walking . They hadn't traveled a 06:02.120 --> 06:04.470 quarter mile before . The silence was 06:04.470 --> 06:07.750 shattered . It was an ambush so close 06:08.340 --> 06:10.340 that the cracks of the guns and the 06:10.340 --> 06:12.340 wisdom of bullets were simultaneous 06:13.140 --> 06:15.380 tracer fire hammered the ridge at 06:15.390 --> 06:19.140 hundreds of rounds per minute morse , 06:19.140 --> 06:22.060 l said later than the stars in the sky . 06:23.140 --> 06:25.270 The Apache gunships above saw it all 06:25.270 --> 06:27.590 but couldn't engage with the enemy so 06:27.590 --> 06:30.420 close to our soldiers . The next 06:30.420 --> 06:32.587 platoon heard the shooting , but we're 06:32.587 --> 06:35.150 too far away to join the fight in time , 06:36.140 --> 06:38.460 and the two lead men were hit by enemy 06:38.460 --> 06:41.480 fire and knocked down instantly when 06:41.480 --> 06:43.647 the third was struck in the helmet and 06:43.647 --> 06:45.480 fell to the ground , sal charged 06:45.480 --> 06:48.010 headlong into the wall of bullets to 06:48.010 --> 06:50.620 pull him to safety behind What little 06:50.620 --> 06:53.890 cover there was as he did , sal was hit 06:53.890 --> 06:56.220 twice , one round slamming into his 06:56.220 --> 06:58.280 body armor , the other shattering a 06:58.280 --> 07:01.780 weapon slung across his back , they 07:01.780 --> 07:03.700 were pinned down And two wounded 07:03.700 --> 07:07.030 Americans still lay up ahead . So sal 07:07.030 --> 07:08.900 and his comrades regrouped and 07:08.900 --> 07:12.240 counterattacked . They threw grenades 07:12.250 --> 07:14.550 using the explosions as cover to run 07:14.550 --> 07:16.510 forward , shooting at the muzzle 07:16.510 --> 07:18.732 flashes still erupting from the trees . 07:19.240 --> 07:21.860 Then they did it again and again , 07:22.640 --> 07:25.060 throwing grenades charging ahead . 07:26.040 --> 07:28.460 Finally they reached one of their men . 07:29.140 --> 07:31.860 He'd been shot twice in the leg , but 07:31.870 --> 07:33.926 he had kept returning fire until his 07:33.926 --> 07:37.530 gun jammed as another soldier tended to 07:37.530 --> 07:40.130 his wounds , sal sprinted ahead at 07:40.130 --> 07:42.780 every step meeting relentless enemy 07:42.780 --> 07:46.250 fire with his own . He crested a hill 07:46.250 --> 07:48.580 alone with no cover but the dust kicked 07:48.580 --> 07:50.802 up by the storm of bullets still biting 07:50.802 --> 07:52.850 into the ground . There he saw a 07:52.850 --> 07:55.670 chilling sight the silhouettes of two 07:55.670 --> 07:57.781 insurgents carrying the other wounded 07:57.781 --> 08:00.350 american away who happened to be one of 08:00.350 --> 08:03.210 Sally's best friends . Sal never broke 08:03.210 --> 08:06.660 strike , he leapt forward . He took aim , 08:07.040 --> 08:09.050 he killed one of the insurgents and 08:09.050 --> 08:12.760 wounded the other who ran off sal found 08:12.760 --> 08:14.950 his friend alive but badly wounded 08:16.140 --> 08:18.800 salad saved him from the enemy . Now he 08:18.800 --> 08:21.520 had to try to save his life even as 08:21.520 --> 08:24.500 bullets impacted all around him , SAl 08:24.500 --> 08:26.444 grabbed his friend by the vest and 08:26.444 --> 08:28.810 dragged him to cover for nearly half an 08:28.810 --> 08:31.260 hour . Sal worked to stop the bleeding 08:31.640 --> 08:34.030 and helped his friend breathe until the 08:34.030 --> 08:36.480 medevac arrived to lift the wounded 08:36.720 --> 08:39.660 from the rich american gunships work to 08:39.660 --> 08:42.200 clear the enemy from the hills and when 08:42.200 --> 08:44.790 the battle over , first platoon picked 08:44.790 --> 08:47.360 up their gear and resume their march 08:47.370 --> 08:50.160 through the valley , they continued 08:50.300 --> 08:54.290 their mission . It had been as intense 08:54.300 --> 08:57.300 and violent firefight as any soldier 08:57.300 --> 08:59.600 will experience . By the time I was 08:59.600 --> 09:01.433 finished , every member of first 09:01.433 --> 09:03.880 platoon had shrapnel or a bullet hole 09:03.890 --> 09:07.410 in their gear . Five were wounded and 09:07.410 --> 09:09.950 to gave their lives . Sally's friend , 09:09.960 --> 09:12.610 Sergeant Joshua , C Brennan and the 09:12.610 --> 09:15.250 platoon medic specialist Hugo the 09:15.260 --> 09:18.940 mendoza . Now the parents of 09:18.940 --> 09:22.910 Joshua and Hugo are here today and 09:22.910 --> 09:25.540 I know that there are no words that 09:25.550 --> 09:27.717 even three years later it can ease the 09:27.717 --> 09:30.350 ache in your hearts or repay the debt 09:30.740 --> 09:33.770 that America owes to you but on behalf 09:33.780 --> 09:35.891 of a grateful nation , let me express 09:35.891 --> 09:38.002 profound thanks to your son's service 09:38.140 --> 09:40.470 and their sacrifice . And could the 09:40.470 --> 09:43.200 parents of Joshua and Hugo please stand 09:43.200 --> 09:45.450 briefly . Mhm . 10:17.140 --> 10:19.700 Now I already mentioned , I like this 10:19.700 --> 10:23.170 guy sale And as I found out myself when 10:23.170 --> 10:25.970 I first spoke with him on the phone and 10:25.970 --> 10:27.914 when we met him in the Oval office 10:27.914 --> 10:30.360 today , uh , he is a low key guy , 10:31.440 --> 10:34.580 humble guy and he doesn't seek the 10:34.580 --> 10:37.710 limelight and he'll tell you that he 10:37.710 --> 10:40.230 didn't do anything special . That he 10:40.230 --> 10:43.470 was just doing his job , that any of 10:43.470 --> 10:45.581 his brothers in the unit would do the 10:45.581 --> 10:48.930 same thing . In fact , he just lived up 10:48.930 --> 10:51.097 to what his team leader instructed him 10:51.097 --> 10:54.380 to do . Years before you do everything 10:54.390 --> 10:58.070 you can Staff Sergeant johnson , uh , 10:58.080 --> 11:00.870 repeatedly and without hesitation , you 11:00.870 --> 11:03.550 charged forward through extreme enemy 11:03.550 --> 11:06.860 fire . Embodying the warrior ethos that 11:06.860 --> 11:09.050 says , I will never leave a fallen 11:09.050 --> 11:12.500 comrade . Your actions disrupted a 11:12.510 --> 11:14.454 devastating ambush before it could 11:14.454 --> 11:16.540 claim more lives . Your courage 11:16.540 --> 11:18.760 prevented the capture of an american 11:18.760 --> 11:20.930 soldier and brought that soldier back 11:20.930 --> 11:23.760 to his family . You may believe that 11:23.760 --> 11:26.210 you don't deserve this honor , but it 11:26.210 --> 11:28.260 was your fellow fellow soldiers who 11:28.260 --> 11:30.870 recommended you for it . In fact , your 11:30.870 --> 11:32.814 commander specifically said in his 11:32.814 --> 11:35.200 recommendation that you lived up to the 11:35.200 --> 11:37.320 standards of the most decorated 11:37.320 --> 11:39.610 american soldier of World War Two audie 11:39.610 --> 11:41.910 Murphy who famously repelled an 11:41.920 --> 11:45.510 overwhelming enemy attack by himself . 11:45.560 --> 11:47.930 For one simple reason , they were 11:47.930 --> 11:51.460 killing my friends . That's why 11:51.470 --> 11:55.160 Salvatori gente risked his life for his 11:55.160 --> 11:58.560 fellow soldiers because they would risk 11:59.140 --> 12:02.700 their lives for him . That's what 12:02.710 --> 12:05.190 fueled his bravery . Not just the 12:05.200 --> 12:08.780 urgent impulse to have their backs but 12:08.790 --> 12:10.901 the absolute confidence that they had 12:10.901 --> 12:13.860 history . one of them , Saleh said 12:14.940 --> 12:18.850 uh of these young men he was with , 12:19.640 --> 12:23.120 he said they are just as much of me as 12:23.120 --> 12:25.860 I am . They are just as much 12:27.140 --> 12:30.440 of me as I am . So I would ask sales 12:30.440 --> 12:33.660 team , all of battle company who were 12:33.660 --> 12:35.771 with him that day to please stand and 12:35.771 --> 12:37.104 be recognized as well . 12:47.340 --> 12:49.110 Yeah . Mhm . Thank you . 12:52.640 --> 12:53.750 Yeah . Mhm . 12:58.540 --> 13:02.140 All right . Yeah . 13:02.540 --> 13:05.350 Mhm . Mhm . Connection . 13:07.840 --> 13:10.010 Yeah . Yeah . 13:12.740 --> 13:15.018 Gentlemen , thank you for your service . 13:15.540 --> 13:17.762 We're all in your debt and I'm proud to 13:17.762 --> 13:19.880 be your commander in chief . No . You 13:19.880 --> 13:23.750 see these are the soldiers 13:23.760 --> 13:26.660 of our armed forces , highly trained 13:27.540 --> 13:30.870 battle hardened . Each with specialized 13:30.870 --> 13:33.000 roles and responsibilities . But all 13:33.000 --> 13:35.170 with one thing in common they 13:35.170 --> 13:38.840 volunteered in an era when it's never 13:38.840 --> 13:41.110 been more tempting to chase personal 13:41.110 --> 13:43.800 ambition or narrow self interest . 13:45.240 --> 13:48.120 They chose the opposite . They felt a 13:48.120 --> 13:51.850 tug , they answered a call . They said 13:51.850 --> 13:54.660 I'll go and for the better part of a 13:54.660 --> 13:56.771 decade . They have endured tour after 13:56.771 --> 13:59.590 tour in distant and difficult places . 13:59.670 --> 14:01.880 They have protected us from danger . 14:02.110 --> 14:04.277 They have given others the opportunity 14:04.277 --> 14:06.860 to earn a better and more secure life . 14:08.140 --> 14:10.251 They are the courageous men and women 14:10.251 --> 14:12.660 serving in Afghanistan even as we speak , 14:13.740 --> 14:16.050 they keep clear focus on their mission 14:16.640 --> 14:18.751 to deny safe haven for terrorists who 14:18.751 --> 14:20.862 would attack our country to break the 14:20.862 --> 14:23.400 back of the Taliban insurgency , to 14:23.400 --> 14:25.580 build the afghans capacity to defend 14:25.580 --> 14:29.260 themselves . They possess the steely 14:29.320 --> 14:31.860 resolve to see their mission through . 14:32.740 --> 14:34.920 They're made of the same strong stuff 14:34.930 --> 14:36.930 as the troops in this room and I am 14:36.930 --> 14:38.930 absolutely confident that they will 14:38.930 --> 14:40.930 continue to succeed in the missions 14:40.930 --> 14:42.986 that we give them in Afghanistan and 14:42.986 --> 14:45.600 beyond . After all , our brave 14:45.610 --> 14:47.950 servicemen and women and their families 14:48.440 --> 14:50.662 have done everything they've been asked 14:50.662 --> 14:53.850 to do . They have been everything that 14:53.850 --> 14:57.850 we've asked them to be . If I'm a hero 14:58.540 --> 15:02.290 sal has said then every man who stands 15:02.290 --> 15:05.140 around me , every woman in the military , 15:05.150 --> 15:08.260 every person who defends this country . 15:08.640 --> 15:12.370 Yes and he's right . This 15:12.370 --> 15:14.670 medal today is a testament to his 15:14.770 --> 15:17.160 uncommon valor , but also to the 15:17.160 --> 15:19.271 parents and the community that raised 15:19.271 --> 15:22.360 him , the military that trained him 15:23.640 --> 15:25.862 and all the men and women who served by 15:25.862 --> 15:29.610 his side . All of them deserve our 15:29.610 --> 15:32.670 enduring thanks and gratitude . They 15:32.680 --> 15:34.600 represent a small fraction of the 15:34.600 --> 15:37.690 american population , but they and the 15:37.690 --> 15:39.746 families who await their safe return 15:39.746 --> 15:42.950 carry far more than their fair share of 15:42.950 --> 15:45.780 our burden . They fight halfway around 15:45.780 --> 15:49.420 the globe , but they do it in hopes 15:49.420 --> 15:51.642 that our Children and our grandchildren 15:51.642 --> 15:55.170 won't have to . They are the very best 15:55.170 --> 15:58.080 part of us . They're our friends , our 15:58.080 --> 16:00.500 family , our neighbors , our classmates , 16:00.510 --> 16:03.760 our co workers there are why our banner 16:03.760 --> 16:06.640 still waves our founding principles 16:06.650 --> 16:09.670 still shine And our country , the 16:09.670 --> 16:12.590 United States of America still stands 16:12.940 --> 16:15.260 as a force for good all over the world . 16:16.340 --> 16:20.140 So please join me in welcoming 16:20.150 --> 16:24.000 staff Sergeant salvatore A giunta for 16:24.000 --> 16:25.667 the reading of the citation . 16:39.240 --> 16:41.351 The President of the United States of 16:41.351 --> 16:44.020 America authorized by Act of Congress , 16:44.030 --> 16:47.860 March 3rd 18 63 has awarded in the name 16:47.860 --> 16:50.310 of Congress the Medal of Honor to then 16:50.310 --> 16:52.980 Specialist salvatore A Giunta . United 16:52.980 --> 16:56.250 States Army Specialist Salvatori Ajanta 16:56.260 --> 16:58.800 distinguished himself conspicuously by 16:58.800 --> 17:01.070 gallantry and intrepidity at the risk 17:01.070 --> 17:03.181 of his life above and beyond the call 17:03.181 --> 17:05.980 of duty in action with an armed enemy 17:05.990 --> 17:08.510 in the Korengal Valley Afghanistan on 17:08.510 --> 17:12.430 October 25 , 2007 while conducting a 17:12.430 --> 17:14.597 patrol . This team leader with Company 17:14.597 --> 17:16.840 B second Battalion Airborne 503rd 17:16.850 --> 17:18.980 Infantry Regiment . Specialist Giunta 17:18.980 --> 17:21.036 and his team were navigating through 17:21.036 --> 17:23.147 harsh terrain when they were ambushed 17:23.147 --> 17:25.202 by a well armed and well coordinated 17:25.202 --> 17:27.420 insurgent force . While under heavy 17:27.420 --> 17:29.330 enemy fire , Specialist Giunta 17:29.340 --> 17:31.507 immediately sprinted towards cover and 17:31.507 --> 17:33.980 engage the enemy seeing that his squad 17:33.980 --> 17:36.202 leader had fallen and believing that he 17:36.202 --> 17:38.258 had been injured . Specialist Giunta 17:38.258 --> 17:40.480 exposed himself to withering enemy fire 17:40.480 --> 17:42.424 and raced towards his squad leader 17:42.424 --> 17:44.480 helped him to cover and administered 17:44.480 --> 17:47.270 medical aid while administering first 17:47.270 --> 17:49.214 aid enemy fire struck . Specialist 17:49.214 --> 17:50.992 Giunta , his body armor and his 17:50.992 --> 17:53.480 secondary weapon without regard to the 17:53.480 --> 17:55.540 ongoing fire . Specialist june to 17:55.550 --> 17:57.670 engage the enemy before prepping and 17:57.670 --> 18:00.100 throwing grenades using the explosions 18:00.100 --> 18:01.989 for cover in order to conceal his 18:01.989 --> 18:04.290 position , attempting to reach 18:04.300 --> 18:06.467 additional wounded fellow soldiers who 18:06.467 --> 18:08.244 were separated from the squad . 18:08.244 --> 18:09.967 Specialist Giunta and his team 18:09.967 --> 18:11.967 encountered a barrage of enemy fire 18:11.967 --> 18:14.022 that forced them to the ground . The 18:14.022 --> 18:15.800 team continued forward and upon 18:15.800 --> 18:17.578 reaching the wounded soldiers , 18:17.578 --> 18:19.800 Specialist Giunta realized that another 18:19.800 --> 18:21.856 soldier was still separated from the 18:21.856 --> 18:23.689 element . Specialist Giunta then 18:23.689 --> 18:25.967 advanced forward on his own initiative . 18:25.967 --> 18:28.022 As he crested the top of a hill , he 18:28.022 --> 18:30.133 observed two insurgents carrying away 18:30.133 --> 18:32.189 an american soldier . He immediately 18:32.189 --> 18:34.450 engaged the enemy , Killing one and 18:34.450 --> 18:36.900 wounding the other . Upon reaching the 18:36.900 --> 18:39.011 wounded soldier , he began to provide 18:39.011 --> 18:41.180 medical aid as his squad caught up and 18:41.180 --> 18:44.000 provided security . Specialist Giunta 18:44.000 --> 18:46.480 is unwavering courage , selflessness 18:46.540 --> 18:48.540 and decisive leadership while under 18:48.540 --> 18:51.040 extreme enemy fire were integral to his 18:51.040 --> 18:53.096 platoon's ability to defeat an enemy 18:53.096 --> 18:55.270 ambush and recover a fellow american 18:55.270 --> 18:58.050 soldier from the enemy . Specialist 18:58.050 --> 19:00.510 Salvator Adjuntas , extraordinary 19:00.510 --> 19:03.010 heroism and selflessness above and 19:03.010 --> 19:05.177 beyond the call of duty are in keeping 19:05.177 --> 19:07.399 with the highest traditions of military 19:07.399 --> 19:09.510 service and reflect great credit upon 19:09.510 --> 19:11.677 himself . Company B second Battalion , 19:11.677 --> 19:15.120 Airborne 503rd Infantry Regiment and 19:15.130 --> 19:18.170 the United States Army . Yeah . 20:11.040 --> 20:11.460 Mhm , 20:15.240 --> 20:16.450 mm hmm . Okay . 20:20.910 --> 20:23.940 Yeah . Yeah . Yeah . 20:25.240 --> 20:26.350 Yeah . Okay . 20:32.140 --> 20:32.970 Mhm . Yeah .