IT'S GORGEOUS. SO, THIS IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. OH, IT'S A PERFECT SPOT. [MUSIC]
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[MUSIC] I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FOR THE DEDICATION OF FRISCO'S PURPLE HEART MONUMENT. IN 2017, FRISCO WAS DESIGNATED A PURPLE HEART CITY BY THE NATIONAL MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART. COULD WE PLEASE, IF YOU'RE ABLE, HAVE OUR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS STAND TODAY. ALONGSIDE OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, VETERANS, AND FELLOW FRISCO NEIGHBORS, WE DEDICATE THIS PURPLE HEART MONUMENT. WE REMEMBER THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS, SONS AND DAUGHTERS, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHO ANSWERED THE CALL. ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS. MANY RETURNED FOREVER CHANGED. SOME NEVER RETURNED AT ALL. THEIR BRAVERY, LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND DEVOTION TO FAMILY ARE PART OF WHO WE ARE AS FRISCO. WHEN PLACING THE MONUMENT, WE ENSURED IT POINTS TO TRUE NORTH, NOT MAGNETIC NORTH BECAUSE IN THE MILITARY, IF YOU KNOW WHERE NORTH IS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND YOUR WAY HOME. WE HOPE THIS MONUMENT WILL BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES FIND COMFORT, WHERE OUR CHILDREN LEARN ABOUT SACRIFICE, AND WHERE WE PAUSE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO STOOD IN HARM'S WAY FOR ALL OF US. TO THE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS HERE TODAY AND TO THOSE WE REMEMBER WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US, WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. TO OUR VETERANS, YOUR SERVICE HAS GUARANTEED OUR LIBERTY AND OUR FREEDOM. TO THE FAMILIES WHO CARRY THE WOUNDS WE DO NOT ALWAYS SEE. YOUR SACRIFICES MATTER TO ALL OF US.[MUSIC] WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH A PURPLE HEART, WHICH
FOR ME, I WAS PRESENTED A PURPLE HEART AT AT BAGRAM HOSPITAL. I DO NOT REMEMBER IT. THEY JUST CAME IN
AND PINNED IT ON MY ON MY CHEST AND THEN I WENT INTO SURGERY. I REMEMBER GOING HOME A COUPLE
MONTHS LATER, BEING AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL, BEING PROMOTED OFFICIALLY, AND THEN BEING
PRESENTED AGAIN THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL. AND I REMEMBER THINKING, MY GOSH, THIS IS
WHAT YOU'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES ABOUT. EVEN THOUGH I LOST A PIECE OF MY BODY, ALL I COULD
THINK ABOUT WAS MY FOUR FRIENDS THAT DIDN'T COME HOME. THEN I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND I STARTED
THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT TRULY MEANS. AND IT'S ABOUT SERVICE AND IT'S THE BEAUTY OF SERVICE.
IT IS THE COMMITMENT OF SERVICE. IT'S THIS UNDERSTANDING THAT HOW WOULD I EVER IN A WORLD
THINK ABOUT PUTTING MYSELF IN THAT POSITION AND THEN TAKING A DEEP BREATH AGAIN AND REALIZING I'D
DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. WHY? BECAUSE IT MATTERED. AND SO TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REMEMBER, TO APPRECIATE, BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY TO HONOR THOSE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT ON THAT UNIFORM, WHO RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND, AND WHO PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COUNTRY, THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD,
REMAINS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.