4.08.2005
SFC Smith Inducted Into Hall Of Heroes
From DOD News DefenseLINK
5 Apr 2005
Pentagon Ceremony to Add SFC Smith to the Hall of Heroes
Yesterday the nation watched as the president presented Birgit, Jessica and David with our country's highest award for valor: the Medal of Honor -- which was earned two years ago to the day by their soldier, Sergeant First Class Paul Smith. Today, we assemble in another special place, where we will memorialize Sergeant First Class Smith by placing him in a formation with ranks filled by our nation's most courageous here in the Hall of Heroes.
From Secretary Rumsfeld's remarks:
Birgit Smith, her son David and daughter Jessica attend the unveiling
of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith's headstone at Arlington National
Cemetery, Va., April 5, 2005. Smith received the Medal of Honor
posthumously for his actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was
honored with ceremonies at the White House, April 4 and the Pentagon,
April 5, 2005.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Reeba Critser
5 Apr 2005
Pentagon Ceremony to Add SFC Smith to the Hall of Heroes
Yesterday the nation watched as the president presented Birgit, Jessica and David with our country's highest award for valor: the Medal of Honor -- which was earned two years ago to the day by their soldier, Sergeant First Class Paul Smith. Today, we assemble in another special place, where we will memorialize Sergeant First Class Smith by placing him in a formation with ranks filled by our nation's most courageous here in the Hall of Heroes.
From Secretary Rumsfeld's remarks:
But this much we do know. From our earliest days, America has had the great good fortune to be blessed by volunteers, who have stepped forward to defend the American people and to defend our free way of life. They're soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines. They're paramedics and nurses, firefighters and policemen. And they're family members, who often struggle with quiet dignity while those loved ones serve so far away.
Birgit Smith, her son David and daughter Jessica attend the unveiling
of Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith's headstone at Arlington National
Cemetery, Va., April 5, 2005. Smith received the Medal of Honor
posthumously for his actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was
honored with ceremonies at the White House, April 4 and the Pentagon,
April 5, 2005.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Reeba Critser
... The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
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