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- This morning, we are witness
to history as we continue

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tradition within the
82nd Airborne Division.

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The All American Hall of Fame
commemorates those members

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of this division who have
achieved the highest distinction

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through acts of combat
valor, those leaders who have

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ushered in revolutionary
change within the division,

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and members os the All
American division who have had

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significant impact to American society

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beyond their time in the division.

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Earlier this year,

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brigade command teams
submitted nominations

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to the All American Hall of
Fame selection committee,

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a panel of senior
leaders currently serving

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within the division.

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The selection committee
voted on each member.

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What emerged from that
process is 16 inductees

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into the class of 2019.

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To be eligible for induction into the

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All American Hall of Fame,

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members must have a minimum of two years

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of service within the division,

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must be a minimum of two years removed

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from service within the division,

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and must no longer be eligible

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for service within the division.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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please welcome our host
for today's ceremony,

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All American Six, Major
General James J. Mingus.

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(audience applauding)

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- Well how's everybody doing today?

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- [Audience] Hooah!

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- Welcome to everybody,
our distinguished guests,

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family, friends, and the
troopers that are out there.

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What an amazing day it's
been, an amazing week,

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and this is just gonna be a small part,

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but a significant part,

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of what we're gonna celebrate this week.

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Let's give the chorus
another round of applause.

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(audience applauding)

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We like to brag on the
chorus just a little bit,

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but I gotta tell a funny story.

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They were, I can't remember
if it was coming home

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from one of the NBA
events or the Daytona 500,

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but there were in the airport,

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and it was a typical day in an airport.

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I won't say which one,
but it was backed up.

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The lines were long;
people were frustrated.

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People were getting angry.

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You may have seen this on
YouTube; it went viral,

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but it was just one of those chaotic days

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at a certain gate in the airport.

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Well, the chorus decided to
kinda take it upon themselves,

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and they just started to
sing, and before long,

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the entire demeanor and everything about

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that particular gate completely changed,

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and so my hat's off to the chorus

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for being great ambassadors
for this division.

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(audience applauding)

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Well this is our second year.

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Last year, we inducted 20.

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This year, as illustrated just
a few minutes ago, was 16.

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You met Brian, our new chaplain,

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who's been in the job
about two, three weeks now,

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and about a week ago,

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I sat down with Brian
and said look, for this,

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I hate to say this, but
we do have some folks

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that are getting up there in age,

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so overcast, a little bit
of breeze, about 80 degrees

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would be perfect for this particular day.

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(audience laughing)

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Well Brian, you pulled it off.

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(audience applauding)

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Now here's the kicker though.

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Tomorrow, we got an airborne operation,

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so I said Brian, clear skies, 75 degrees

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and two knots of winds.

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So you gonna pull that one off?

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(audience laughing)
Alright.

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So what is the significance
of a hall of fame?

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The greatest professional athletes

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reach the pinnacle of their
post-professional career

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through induction into the hall of fame.

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From Cooperstown to Canton,
from Toronto to Springfield,

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the busts of the world's greatest
athletes are immortalized.

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Selection into each hall
of fame is subjective,

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determined by a select
group of men and women.

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Criteria ranges from
statistical achievements,

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championships won, longevity.

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Conversely, factors such
as toxic personality

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or accusations of cheating
can prevent players

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with the greatest statistical achievements

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from gaining entrance.

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What if the United States military

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established a hall of fame?

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Who would gain entrance?

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Who would be a part of the
initial class of inductee,

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and what would be the
location of the hall of fame?

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It would no doubt have
names like Washington,

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Grant, Pershing, Marshall,
Eisenhower, Patton,

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York, Ridgeway, Gavin.

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Well guess what?

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Three of 'em, if you walk nextdoor,

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and I encourage you all to do that,

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three of those are in
the 82nd Hall of Fame.

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So this is what the internal piece

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to the 82nd has been,

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and my hat's off to General Kurilla

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who started this last year.

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I think it's a great tradition
we'll keep on for the future,

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but it gives us the
opportunity on any given day

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to walk among heroes.

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It gives us an opportunity
to reflect on the past,

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and it's clearly an
inspiration for the future.

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We are all students of history,

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specifically military history,

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and today, we are making history.

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It's establishing the legacies

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that will forever be enshrined.

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So what does inspire us?

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Victories, losses, and in some cases,

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losses are the greatest inspiration.

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Hard achievements, shared
hardship, same hardships,

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but today, what this is all
about is historical legacies.

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This year's inductees include
World War I, World War II,

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Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama,

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Desert Shield / Desert
Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq,

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and as you'll hear in a few minutes,

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several others that I didn't mention.

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It ranges from PFC to general

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to warrant officer to sergeant major.

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These 82nd icons make up the very DNA

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of the division's lineage,
heroism, and excellence.

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It is also embedded in the very fibers

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that make up today's paratrooper.

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We can all draw an inspiration

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from the accomplishments
of these inductees.

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They were selected based on their service

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within the division,

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their lifelong commitment
to the division's values,

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valorous combat action or contributions

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to their chosen field
outside the division.

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We offer our profound
congratulation to all our inductees.

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We are humbled by your presence.

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Thanks again for being here today.

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Congratulations, let's begin.

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God bless; airborne all the way.

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(audience applauding)

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- Ladies and gentlemen, we will
now recognize our inductees.

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Inductees or designated representatives,

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as your name is called,

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please make your way to the front

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and take a seat from left to right.

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Command Sergeant Major Joseph R. Allen.

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A 13-year All American
and career paratrooper,

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he distinguished himself
as command sergeant major

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of the 82nd Airborne
Division support command

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from 1999 to 2002.

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Upholding the unit's
readiness during Operations

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Allied Force and Joint
Guardian while transitioning

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its efforts to the post 9/11 period,

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Global War on Terror.

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From 2006 to 2010, he would
be the first sustainer

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to hold the position of
command sergeant major

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of the XVIII Airborne Corps.

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Command Sergeant Major Allen.

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(audience applauding)

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General Lloyd J. Austin.

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General Lloyd Austin
commanded the 2nd Battalion,

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505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division

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in combat during Operation
Safe Haven, Panama.

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He went on the serve as
the operations officer

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for the 82nd Airborne Division,

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served as commanding general
for the XVIII Airborne Corps

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through Operation Iraqi Freedom

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and commander of U.S. forces
in Iraq for Operation New Dawn.

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General Austin.

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(audience applauding)

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Major Moffatt T. Burriss.

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Major Moffatt Burris led India Company,

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504th Parachute Infantry
Regiment in combat

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during the famed Waal
River crossing in 1944.

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He's a silver star recipient

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and author of the book Strike Hold

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chronicling his unit's
actions during World War II

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with the 82nd Airborne Division.

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He later served as a state representative

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for South Carolina from 1977 to 1992.

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Major Burriss, represented
by Mr. Francis Burriss.

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(audience applauding)

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Chisolm.

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert
Chisolm was awarded

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the Legion of Merit, the only
one presented to an enlisted

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or non-commissioned officer by the

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508th Parachute Infantry
Regiment during World War II.

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He took part of Operation
Market Garden in Holland

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with the 508th Parachute
Infantry Regiment.

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He jumped into Normandy
with the 3rd Battalion,

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508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

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Lieutenant Colonel Chisolm.

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(audience applauding)

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Lieutenant General George A. Crocker.

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Lieutenant General
George Crocker commanded

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the 1st Battalion, 505th
Parachute Infantry Regiment

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and deployed to Grenada as part

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of Operation Urgent Fury in 1983.

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He commanded the division's 1st Brigade,

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deploying to the Honduras in response

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to a Nicaraguan incursion

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and later served as the
division's operations officer

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and chief of staff where
he supervised the planning

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and execution of Operation Just Cause.

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Lieutenant General
Crocker concluded his time

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in the 82nd Airborne
Division as the division's

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38th commander from 1995 to 1996.

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He's a silver star medal recipient
and completed his service

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as the commanding general for I Corps.

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Lieutenant General Crocker.

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(audience applauding)

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Sergeant First Class Gordon "Duke" Dewey.

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Sergeant First Class
Gordon "Duke" Dewey served

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with distinction, discipline,
and professionalism

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during the division's
short-notice deployments

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to support Operation
Power Pack and as a part

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of Task Force Detroit.

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Then Staff Sergeant Dewey also
deployed with recon platoon,

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1st Battalion, 505th
Parachute Infantry Regiment

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to Vietnam where he organized and trained

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the Golden Brigade's long-range
reconnaissance patrol team

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and was the chief planner
for Operation Mott,

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a combat operation where
the brigade wiped out

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the 22nd North Vietnamese Army Regiment.

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After his service in the division,

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he assisted in founding the Headquarters,

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Joint Casualty Resolution
Command where he trained

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and instructed search and recovery teams

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to search for missing
Americans in Vietnam.

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Sergeant First Class Dewey.

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(audience applauding)

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Private First Class Robert T. Dodson.

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Private First Class Robert
Dodson served with distinction

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in Charlie Battery, 456th
Parachute Field Artillery Battery

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in Sicily in 1943.

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His heroic actions on
Biazza Ridge helped stop

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a key German counterattack
against the Sicily beach head.

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For his heroism as an
airborne artilleryman,

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he received the silver star medal.

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Private First Class Dodson
rests in Paris, Arkansas

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after later dying from wounds in combat.

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Private First Class Dodson.

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(audience applauding)

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Command Sergeant Major Steven R. England.

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Command Sergeant Major
Steven England served

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as a sergeant major in
the 82nd Airborne Division

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from 1991 to 2000.

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Assigned as operations sergeant major,

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4325 Parachute Infantry Regiment

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during Operation Desert Storm.

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He then went to assume responsibility

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as command sergeant major of the

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3505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,

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then the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.

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He became the 82nd Airborne
Division command sergeant major

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as the XVIII Airborne Corps
command sergeant major,

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earning the distinguished service medal.

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Command Sergeant Major England.

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(audience applauding)

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Chaplain Brigadier General
Augustus R. Gearhard.

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Chaplain Gearhard was commissioned

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as an Army chaplain in 1918 and assigned

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to the American Expeditionary
Forces in France.

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He received the
distinguished service cross

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for his ministry while serving

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in the 328th Infantry Regiment.

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After World War I, he served for 17 years

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in the U.S. Army Reserve at which point,

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he transitioned to the
U.S. Army Air Force,

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serving as the fifth Air Force chaplain

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in the South Pacific
Theater during World War II.

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He received the silver star
medal for his ministry.

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In August, 1950, after transitioning

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to the U.S. Air Force Reserve,

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he was appointed the Air Force
deputy chief of chaplains.

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Chaplain Gearhard represented
by Mr. Nick Gearhard.

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(audience applauding)

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Captain Kimberly Hampton.

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Kimberly Hampton embodied
the All American spirit,

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serving as the Delta Troop commander

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for 117th Cavalry Squadron
from 2002 to 2004.

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An OH-58D Kiowa pilot in command,

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Kimberly was the Army's
first female combat pilot

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killed in action and the first female

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in the 82nd Airborne Division to die

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from hostile fire in the
Global War on Terrorism.

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Kimberly was awarded the purple
heart, bronze star medal,

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and air medal for her actions.

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Captain Hampton represented
by Mr. Dell Hampton.

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(audience applauding)

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Lieutenant General James H. Johnson, Jr.

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Lieutenant General James
Johnson, Jr. served

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in the 82nd Airborne Division
as a leader at every level.

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He was a platoon leader
and company commander

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in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,

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commanded the 2nd Battalion,

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504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,

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commanded the 3rd Brigade for three years

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and served as the division chief of staff.

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As the deputy commanding
general for operations,

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then Brigadier General Johnson
commanded the Army component

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of Operation Golden
Pheasant in the Honduras.

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As the division commander,

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he was the first jumper
during the invasion of Panama

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in Operation Just Cause.

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He also commanded the division

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during Operation Desert
Shield and Desert Storm

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in the Persian Gulf,
becoming the first commander

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to lead the division into combat
in two separate conflicts.

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He commanded the division for 32 months,

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the longest command tour since 1948.

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Lieutenant General Johnson.

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(audience applauding)

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Brigadier General Dennis Kerr.

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Brigadier General Dennis
Kerr served in the division

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for eight years.

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He is credited with developing the model

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for a combat aviation brigade,

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activating the 82nd
Combat Aviation Brigade,

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and serving as its first commander

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from April, 1987 to August, 1989.

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He later served as
assistant division commander

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from January, 1990 to December, 1991,

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ensuring the division's
successful deployment

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to Saudi Arabia in
support of Desert Storm.

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He would go on to command
the U.S. Army Safety Center,

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developing the risk management
process which is used

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across all military services to this day.

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Brigadier General Kerr.

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(audience applauding)

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General Carl W. Steiner.

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General Carl Steiner joined
the 82nd Airborne Division

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in 1972 where he commanded
the 2nd Battalion,

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325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.

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He would continue his outstanding
service to the division

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as the assistant chief of staff, G3.

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He is also a recipient of
the Freedom Foundation Award

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and the Distinguished Alumnus Award

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from Tennessee Technological University.

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Steiner has also been active teaching

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the joint warfare fighting course

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at the Joint Forces Staff
College in Norfolk, Virginia

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and works as the senior advisor

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for new joint warfighting experiments.

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General Steiner.

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(audience applauding)

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Major General Reuben H. Tucker.

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Major General Reuben Tucker commanded

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the 504th Parachute
Infantry Regiment in combat

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from 1942 to 1945 in Sicily to Germany,

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commanded the 504th during
the famed Waal River crossing,

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capturing the Nijmegan Bridge.

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A distinguished service cross

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and silver star medal recipient,

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served as commanding general at Fort Dix

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and later served as the Commandant
of Cadets at The Citadel.

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Major General Tucker represented by

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Brigadier General retired Chris Tucker.

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(audience applauding)

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Chief Warrant Officer Johnathan A. Ward.

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Chief Warrant Officer
Johnathan Ward distinguished

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himself with the spearhead
of airborne operations

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as an original member of
the parachute test platoon

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and was the Army's first
parachute rigger warrant officer.

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He served with the 504th
Parachute Infantry Regiment

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throughout World War II in Sicily, Italy,

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Nijmegan, the Netherlands,
and occupation duty in Berlin.

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He continued his service
after his time in the Army

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on the parachute testing board.

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Chief Warrant Officer Ward.

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(audience applauding)

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Lieutenant General John R. Vines.

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Lieutenant General John
Vines served as commander,

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4th Battalion, 325th
Airborne Infantry Regiment

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during its combat parachute assault

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in Operation Just Cause and later deployed

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with the first ground combat unit

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in Operation Desert Shield.

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He would later serve as the
assistant division commander

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for operations, 82nd Airborne Division,

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and the commander, 82nd Airborne Division

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from August, 2000 until October, 2002

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and commander of the U.S.
Army's XVIII Airborne Corps

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and Multinational Corps, Iraq.

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Lieutenant General Vines.

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(audience applauding)

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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please join us in
congratulating the 2019 class

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of the All American Hall of Fame.

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(audience applauding)