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Ret. Military Captain William Swenson described what receives a medal for honor, the highest in the country military reward, means to him ‘Story.’
“This medal does not represent me,” Swenson told Fox News Martha Maccallum anchorage. “It represents what the team is willing to do to each other, for the mission and for us as Americans.”
Swenson received assign For his courage on September 8, 2009, when he repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire 60 rebels to save and help his colleagues in East Afghanistan. One of the 3,500 members of the service received honor.
Veteran did not hesitate to attribute “service and sacrifice” from Unsung Heroes with him in Afghanistan to receive the award.
“This award I currently wear is my name on the back, “Swenson started.” But in the end, this award was awarded to me because of the action on the battlefield where I stood along the soldiers, sailors, marines and our Afghan partners who all fought for the shoulders to my shoulders and everything I did and to do more, it was that it was. “
Three soldiers expanded their service with the National Guard Army Connecticut during the re -census ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibuti, November 19, 2021. (SGT staff. Amanda Stock/US Army)
“In fact, this medal represents their loss because [they] He didn’t come back from that battlefield, “Swenson said.
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Swenson -O’s commitment comes as new museum In Arlington, Texas respects all the recipients of the Honor Medal. The retired captain of the army praised the National Medal of the Museum of Honor as more than the place of “historical facts”.
“It’s a storage storage, but really, it’s an institution living courage, “Swenson said.” And in the future it will continue to talk about American exceptionalism. This is not a static screen. This is a museum that will develop.
Us the sea veteran and Fox News Joey Jones associate He gave an exhibition of the Museum for the Sea hero Kyle Carpenter, who threw himself at the Granata in Afghanistan in 2010. While Jones portrayed Carpens’s hardware, which was in his body during his recovery, he made his way Sea as “one of the humble heroes.”
Swenson similarly acknowledged the dark victim of members of the service members.
“We no longer want the recipient of a medal of honor, but it may be one day,” Swenson said. “And this museum will continue to tell that story even after we leave.”
The veteran emphasized his hope that the museum will encourage people to serve their colleagues Americans, as “everyday citizens” as his colleagues had.
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“So we hope that they will come to our museum, they see our stories and see a reflection of what they can do as Americans for their communities,” he concluded.
