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.