deployment, back with his ranger brothers on another mission to keep our country safe. this is the stuff of which heroes are made. this is the strength, the devotion that makes our troops the pride of every american. please join me in saluting one of those heroes, leroy petry. [ applause ] >> he was awarded the medal of honor above and beyond the call of duty. he brought along 100 friends and relatives to the white house for the ceremony. on the pros thet sis that's his new right hand he has a plaque bolted onto that lists the names from his regiment that died in iraq and afghanistan. it's the highest military honor. the medal has been awarded only nine times for america's longest