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all those currently serving. those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. steve: dan, regarding sergeant petry s family. while he was recovering, let s face it we don t pay our men and women who wear the uniform enough. is he disabled. he is unable to work for a while. he has got a family, a son austin who wanted to go to college. he couldn t pay for it that s where folds of honor came in. we are so blessed just so sit next to leroy and the medal of honor around his chest and what it represents to this country. to be able to step in and help his austin getting ready to graduate from central washington is it s humbling. it s privileging. there is no doubt about that. we have got over 13,000 recipients now, spouses and children who have had somebody killed or disabled. and this year we ll put over $15 million out the door coming up in august to help these families. but we have millions in unfunded requests. and that s why it s so
lives for our country. it was bothersome to me so i decided to do something about it. abby: it s incredible. a special story you want to tell. tell us about some of the things have you experienced along the way. sure. it s been great because some people have been touched by what i do in a variety of ways. sometimes what i do is i will tell the story and i tell the story. we do the restorations and then tell a story about their life. one particular story that really is touching to me is there was a gentleman, young man, he just turned 18 years old, he was the last surviving sibling of his family. so he had lost three siblings at a very young age. the parents had. and he made the choice to join the military in world war i in 1918. and he was killed by the germans about 9 months into service. so his i always imagined the family in the conversation that they would have had prior to him joining the service. because they had already lost
memorial day sitting with those that have served if i didn t bring that up and mention it of course, it s not about veterans and those of us that are here. it s about those that gave the last full measure. scott, you wrote a fantastic book called mission america about transition. as someone who has transitioned from the special forces to civilian world you realize how difficult that is what does the book mean to you. first of all memorial day is remembering our fallen and trying to live a life worthy of their sacrifice. that s what my wife and i try to treat our boys. this book mission america is to do that. help our warriors and family think about transition not as some daunting task that is on another planet but, think of it as another mission. another mission. mission america. that s what we had to figure out when i transitioned four years ago. it was a tough move to go from a team oriented environment to a society that values individual achievement. this book is about how to tell
open up their hearts and their wallets to help folds of honor.org. sarah davis dad made the ultimate sacrifice jf army ranger. it s memorial day. there is over 1 million veterans who have paid the ultimate price for our freedoms that we enjoy. that s what folds of honor is about. may we never forget. may we never leave a family behind on the field of battle. we sit here today, i promise you, in the most patriotic place in america. flags waving, people drinking budweiser. we are ready to celebrate a great memorial day in honor of that ultimate sacrifice. steve: we will be here all morning. we are coming up in an hour a medal of honor recipient by the name of la roy petrie and his story is unbelievable and because we are on cable we have larry the cable guy who who knew actually turned out to be great auctioneer last night. yep. and his name is dan and leroy coming up, actually grabbed a grenade in afghanistan and lost his hand. an incredible american. we will look forward to