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Corporal William T . Perkins Jr . was a

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Marine combat cameraman who served in

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the Vietnam War . On

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October 12th , 1967 during a battle in

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Vietnam , Corporal Perkins was embedded

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with a squad of infantry Marines . When

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enemy grenade landed in the middle of

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his squad in order to protect and save

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the lives of his teammates , he jumped

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on the grenade and smothered the

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grenade with his own body . Uh , he was

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killed , but he saved the lives of his

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teammates , and for that action he was

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awarded the the Medal of Honor . He's

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the only combat cameraman in US

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military history to be awarded the

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Medal of Honor , and for that reason we

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honor him here at the first combat

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camera squadron with the uh the Perkins

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challenge . The Perkins Challenge

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consists of a 3 mile ruck . Over the

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course of that ruck there are 4

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challenge stations at each of those

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stations they're little either teamwork

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puzzles or , uh , physical fitness

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challenges . All right , let's go .

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Last one last one .

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There you go .

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And this is about fostering teamwork ,

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building community , and , and honoring

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the memory of Corporal William T .

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Perkins . Altogether , uh , I

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think the events ultimately

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accomplished those goals .