For his courageous actions during an ambush in Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta has become the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. 'Today' anchor Matt Lauer sits down with Sgt. Giunta to discuss the emotions that come with receiving the nation's highest military decoration. "It's been awesome and exciting and fun and crazy and nerve-racking and emotional and great," Giunta explains, "but it's also reminded us a lot of all the things that people have given for the United States."
"This isn't for me," Giunta insists. "I'm the one wearing it, but this is for so many people that didn't come back from Iraq or Afghanistan... and all the unsung heroes out there that their story never got documented as well as mine." Sgt. Giunta says that America's men and women in uniform do amazing things every day: "I'm just one of them, no one special."
"This isn't for me," Giunta insists. "I'm the one wearing it, but this is for so many people that didn't come back from Iraq or Afghanistan... and all the unsung heroes out there that their story never got documented as well as mine." Sgt. Giunta says that America's men and women in uniform do amazing things every day: "I'm just one of them, no one special."
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Posted Nov 19th, 2010 6:04PM
Sal said
God bless you, Son and thank you once more for all you done, and like you try to say "and to all the unsong heros of now, past and will be that never return to hug their loves one" thank you all, for you service and now in a better place to be honor.