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- My name is Orest Koznarskyy,

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I moved to America when
I was six years old,

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I was born in Lviv, Ukraine and at age 19

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I enlisted in the US Navy.

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- [Mother] As a mother I'm very proud

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that my son choose to serve
for the American military.

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He was born here but then he moved

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with me when he was very little.

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I'm a lawyer by my profession.

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I became US citizen, but
obviously I love this country.

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We have many Ukrainian-American
organizations

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in the United States and we help Ukraine

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with a lot of humanitarian projects.

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- [Orest] I just got told
out of the blue one day

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"Hey, you're going to Ukraine."

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I never thought that I could
have the opportunity to be here

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with my brothers and sisters
and just do my best to help.

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