Had the honor of meeting a living Medal Of Honor Recipient

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5:22p, 3/31/15
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This past Sunday, while I was attending the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, I had the honor of being introduced to SFC Leroy Petry. SFC Leroy Petry earned his Medal of Honor on 26May'08 in Paktya Province, Afghanistan. You can read his MOH citation here

http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/petry/citation.html

SFC Petry was really personable, friendly, and easy to talk to. While we were talking, I told him what an honor it was to meet a living Medal Of Honor recipient, and that next Sunday (4APR) marks the 12th anniversary of my best friend SFC Paul R. Smith earning the first MOH for the war in Iraq, and the 10th anniversary of President Bush awarding Paul's MOH posthumously to his son David. He then presented a challenge coin to me with Congressional Medal Of Honor Society and the Army version of the ribbon that matches the medal on one side of the coin, and on the other side of the coin, it has his name, date he earned the medal, his unit, and a depiction of the MOH on it. Without a doubt, this is now my personal favorite challenge coin I ever received.
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9:01p, 3/31/15
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That is really hooah. I am sure it was a huge honor to chat with him.
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9:56p, 3/31/15
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8:55a, 4/1/15
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What a cool story. He is very humble. He was actually promoted to MSG when he retired last year. I had the oppotunity to meet him last year when JBLM hosted a ceremony for Vietnam veterans. I brought one of my Veteran neighbors to the event and and we had the opportunity to talk with MSG Petry for a few minutes after the ceremony. At the end of the conversation he shook our hands with his new and improved hand, thanked us for our serivice, and jumped on his motorcycle and took off. We were taken back a little that he was thanking us... Pretty cool. At the same event there was a MOH recipient from WWII who then later served in Vietnam. Unfortunately he didn't talk a whole lot but he was very excited to be there
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9:29a, 4/1/15
Absolutely fantastic Soldier.
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11:58a, 4/1/15
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12:45p, 4/1/15
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12B

Great story but...
Rule 1!!!

We have standards to maintain here. You can't post such an awesome conversation without providing pics of the coin!
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10:10p, 4/1/15
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Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to attach the pictures!
damn this tbi
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In reply to Aggie12B • 12:29p, 4/2/15
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quote:
Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to attach the pictures!
damn this tbi
1) post them online using a service such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc.

2) right click the photo to get the image location, NOT the web page address

3) use tool on reply page

Need more help, post again. Someone will help
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1:59p, 4/2/15
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While I was stationed in Korea I was allowed to hold the Medal of Honor belonging to William S Sitman while at the 2ID museum on Red Cloud. The head curator (a retired Colonel) I believe was a very cool dude and gave us personal tours of the site while we were doing salute battery there.
Also I believe I had the pleasure of saluting Ronald Rosser while he walked by the parade field at Fort Lewis when we had the 2ID reunion back in 2010 or 2011.
Awe inspiring stories on both of those gentlemen.
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2:10p, 4/2/15
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double post
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Diyala Nick
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1:13a, 4/3/15
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Rock of the Marne! (Paul Smith)
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9:03a, 4/3/15
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12B

If you want, send me the pics and I will get them posted for you!
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In reply to Aggies Revenge • 6:51p, 4/4/15
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Aggies Revenge, I would appreciate the help. what is your email address so I can send you the pictures of the Petry MOH coin?
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10:20a, 4/5/15
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12B

Received
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In reply to Aggies Revenge • 7:25p, 4/5/15
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Aggies Revenge, email sent with the pictures of the Petry MOH society coin. Thanks for the help
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8:53a, 4/6/15
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Ladies and Gents, Aggie 12B proudly presents the challenge coin!



Thanks for working with us so we could get them posted 12B. Definitely a treasure to hold onto!
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10:35p, 4/6/15
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Thanks for the help, Aggies Revenge. I really appreciate it, and I think others will enjoy the pictures.
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10:45p, 4/6/15
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Awesome!!
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7:39a, 4/7/15
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Very cool. Thanks for the pics...great teamwork there!
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9:14p, 5/5/15
Meeting outstanding individuals that have served beyond the call of duty is always a pleasure. My "encounter" was during an informal while I was at my Engineer Officers Basic Course in 1984. There, I was approached by a tall, very slim elderly gentleman that just struck up a conversation. After a few words about the military in general, he identified himself as a Bataan Death March survivor and asked if he was boring me. I immediately replied "no sir". He really kept the conversation light and did not go into any details about his ordeal but I believe by his demeanor that he was no imposter.
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