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Gov. Stitt honors police officers, National Guardsman with Oklahoma Purple Heart and Medal of Valor Share Updated: 2:28 PM CDT May 18, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 2:28 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript Sergeant Craig Johnson distinguished himself by making the ultimate sacrifice while serving the Oklahoma outside the city of Tulsa, the state of Oklahoma and our country on June 29 2020. His dedication has not gone unnoticed has been recognized posthumously by the state of Oklahoma. Sergeant Johnson is being awarded the Oklahoma Purple of Heart for his service while serving under competent authority and acting within legal and justified scope as a law enforcement officer. The exceptional distinctive selfless service of Sergeant Craig johnson reflects great credit upon himself. The Tulsa Police department in the state of Oklahoma. Mhm Yeah. Yeah, Thank you. Miss Johnson, would officer arrest Zarqa Sean come forward a
[applause] that maria and henry, we re internally in your debt. sergeant gonzalez will live forever in the hearts of all americans. thank you both for being here. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] as the battle raged on, sergeant major john canley fought his way inside the joan of arc school. there he and his fellow marines went room to room in brutal close quarters combat. john raced into enemy fire over and over again, saving numerous american lives and defeating a large of group of communist fighters after an intense day of fighting, john and his marines liberated the school. john wasn t done yet. despite sustaining serious injuries, very, very serious injuries. he continued to face down the
during the fifth day of combat, john and his company were tasked with liberating the joan of arc school which was a strong hold of the communist s control of the city. as soon as john s company arrived, communist forces unleashed their machine guns with tremendous velocity, tremendous violence at the marines. undeterred, john and his comrad, alfredo gonzalez, charged forward with rocket launchers killing the enemy and driving them from their positions. the enemy didn t know what the hell happened. during this daring maneuver, sergeant gonzalez was shot and killed giving his life or his nation and for his fellow marines. today we are honored to be joined by sergeant gonzalez s
sergeant marilyn gonzalez joined the army national guard after her sister nearly escaped death in the september 11th attacks and her daughter signed up for the same unit. shortly afterwards, they were deployed together to iraq and kuwait. sergeant marilyn and private just finished their tour. they re guests with us this morning. i can t tell which one is mom and which one is daughter. good morning to the two of you. good morning. what was it like serving together, sergeant gonzalez? it was nice because i had a little bit of family there. but it was also nerve racking because i m not only concerned about my battle buddies out there but now my daughter is my battle buddy. i m concerned with her out there. i m still playing mom even though i m overseas. i can t imagine. there s one specific story where you were in the same convoy together and you could hear on the radio your daughter had to get out of her truck to do some work and you were very nervous about the situation. can you