and so using a combination of bazookas and anti-tank grenades, frank crippled four of those before rescuing five americans who had been pinned down by fire. so if you don t count his silver star and three purple hearts, frank was then awarded the medal of honor seven months later in the field in france. those of you who knew an old man name frank currey, tall, hard of hearing, rather stooped, curly, white hair, he was that francis s.currey who, on one day in 1944, was the very best of us americans. frank s death was confirmed to us by drew kicks, head of the medal of honor society, happens to be a medal of honor recipient himself from the vietnam war. our friend, frank currey s death, leaves 70 medal of honor living recipients and of that, only two men remain from the second world war. with that, that is our broadcast
and so using a combination of bazookas and anti-tank grenades, frank crippled four of those before rescuing five americans who had been pinned down by fire. so if you don t count his silver star and three purple hearts, frank was then awarded the medal of honor seven months later in the field in france. those of you who knew an old man name frank currey, tall, hard of hearing, rather stooped, curly, white hair, he was that francis s. currey who, on one day in 1944, was the very best of us americans. frank s death was confirmed to us by drew dicks, head of the medal of honor society, happens to be a medal of honor recipient himself from the vietnam war. our friend, frank currey s death, leaves 70 medal of honor living recipients and of that, only two men remain from the second world war. with that, that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you so much for being here with us.
contributed so much to this country so long ago receive the medal of honor at this point in their lives. it s happened before, happened with henry johnson back in 2015. that was a posthumous award for henry johnson. people that are deserving often finally get their rewards and he will be receiving that medal from the president shortly. he will be this 300th marine to receive the medal of honor. neil: john, is it your sense when they get the audience, they have family and friends and a lot of the guys that were pushing hard for the sergeant to get this special moment, but who else goes to these events? there are a lot of people that are invited. a lot of staff that goes as well. the medal of honor society is usually able to muster a good crowd for these events. mostly the people there are ones that have either served with him or are related to him or friends
a few months ago, bush attended a reunion of the medal of honor society in saratoga springs, new york. it is really lifting to get together with fellow veterans and enjoy each other. we re just like brothers. bob, if you could change anything right now, based on all that you ve seen and all that you ve been through. what would you change? i think the discipline amongst the young people, even within my home, i can see this lack of ability to interim rhett and understand hard times. in our house, they didn t have any. i really overprovided. so i didn t teach them properly. i missed the boat there. when you look at how successful your children have been, how well they live now, do you look at each other sometimes and say i hope they can afford all this? right. robert says that occasionally. especially with me.
special human being. and ryan pitts you see the humility and loyalty that defines america s men and women in uniform. of this medal he says it s not mine alone. it belongs to everybody that was there that day because we did it together. so i want to welcome those who were there that day. ryan s brothers in arms and those who welcome are going to be welcoming him into their ranks. the members of the medal of honor society. we are very proud of them and we are honored by the presence of the families of our fallen heroes as well. we welcome ryan s family. many from new hampshire. including his wonderful wife, amy. i have to take a pause because they are actually celebrating ryan and amy their second anniversary today. as ryan put it, it s going to be tough topping this one. [laughter] but let me just give you a piece of advice as somebody who