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- [Interviewer] All right, so
toughest question up front.

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Who are you and from are you from?

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- (laughs) I am a Fire
Controlman Agent Second Class

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Steve Peterson and I'm
from Corpus Christi, Texas.

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- [Interviewer] Hoorah.

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How do you spell your first name?

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- Steve. S-T-E-V-E.

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- [Interviewer] Okay and how does it feel

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to be here for the 75th
anniversary of D-Day?

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- Feels very exciting,
feels like a big honor.

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I know we got called into
this on the last minute

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three days ago but I
feel like they couldn't

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have picked a better ship by coincidence.

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The Roosevelt has always
been know for "flexicuting"

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and leading a big example for the Navy.

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- [Interviewer] Do you know about the tie

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of Roosevelt and D-Day?

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- Yes, President Franklin
Roosevelt, one of the ship's

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namesake was the President
during World War 2

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and by extension D-Day.

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- [Interviewer] So it's fitting.

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So this was an unexpected
port visit for you.

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Can you talk about that?

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- Yes like I said, we got
the call four days ago.

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We were supposed to be on
our way home this time,

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but like I said we
"flexicute" like we always do,

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and it couldn't have picked
a better ship by coincidence

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to do this mission.

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- [Interviewer] So, is
there anything you'd like

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to say to people back home?

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- Yes, to my mother, father, and siblings,

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I'd just like to say hello.

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I love you and miss you guys, thank you

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for all your support.