try and find three missing marines and one navy corpsman and when he did reach them they had been shot and they were stripped of their gear but he still managed underfire in the kill zone to carry each of them out so that they could be taken home, given a proper burial, and it is a bittersweet ending for corporal meyer who lives in austin, texas and was given a call by president obama on monday to be told that he would receive this honor. shepard: and reluctant hero. absolutely, the marine corps times interviewed him in november and he like so many others showed remarkable humility of the recipients. take a listen. i feel we are the furthest from a hero, and i went in there to do a job and the way i view it, i let those goes down, but the war would be for them and for the corps, for the marines and for marines who did not recognized because there were
home, given a proper burial, and it is a bittersweet ending for corporal meyer who lives in austin, texas and was given a call by president obama on monday to be told that he would receive this honor. shepard: and reluctant hero. absolutely, the marine corps times interviewed him in november and he like so many others showed remarkable humility of the recipients. take a listen. i feel we are the furthest from a hero, and i went in there to do a job and the way i view it, i let those goes down, but the war would be for them and for the corps, for the marines and for marines who did not recognized because there were not enough witnesses that is what it is for. he got out of the mains less than a year after the incident and says he is considering rejoining the marineses and has been a contractor ever since but he still shows some of the signs of the stress and sadness caused