fiestles our soldiers overseas. this puts flesh and blood and bones on that word. with today's ceremony that will start any minute now. sergeant petry will become the second living recipient of the medal of honor. may 26, 2008, then staff sergeant petry of the 75th army ranger regiment was the senior comon commissioned officer on the scene during a day time helicopter raid. the mission that way was to clear a set of building of the terrorists believed to be inside. fox news prepared an animated graphic that recounts roughly what happened next. as they cleared the final target building they came under ak-47 fire from two terrorists who pinned them down behind a chicken coop. sergeant daniel hugins.