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Recognizing NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY AT ONELEGUPALEX MEDIA 8-7-2026 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett.
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  Speaker 2: All right, well, you know it's the weekend of August seventh,
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  Speaker 2: and I have to say.
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  Speaker 1: That Ry McMahon firstly kicking things off with an incredible,
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  Speaker 1: incredible sacrifice fly and after midnight to secure a Yankees
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  Speaker 1: extra innings win, snapping the Braves eight game win streak.
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  Speaker 2: So major thing in Ben Rice coming through bottom of
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  Speaker 2: the ninth, defensive flashes from Lombard.
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  Speaker 1: Junior again in the tenth, and then Luist go to
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  Speaker 1: see a junior going all the way up to shallow right.
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  Speaker 2: To make the over the shoulder grab. Pretty remarkable.
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  Speaker 1: Willie May is like, as my friend Steve said, happy
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  Speaker 1: birthday weekend.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, with my friend and this.
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  Speaker 1: Podcast group of great guests, we had Sherry, it's her birthday.
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  Speaker 1: But I won't also say August seventh is National Purple
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  Speaker 1: Heart Day.
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  Speaker 2: Now we all know the controversies around.
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  Speaker 1: The purple heart, whether it was John Kerry or I
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  Speaker 1: think Tim Wallas had something with his purple heart, whether
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  Speaker 1: it was stolen valor or not.
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  Speaker 2: But I digress.
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  Speaker 1: I look more into this because of this National Purple
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  Speaker 1: Heart Day. First of all, one point eight million US
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  Speaker 1: soldiers have been honored with a purple Heart, which is
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  Speaker 1: given to members who are wounded or killed in comment
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  Speaker 1: honoring their military service.
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  Speaker 2: And on August seventh, seventeen eighty.
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  Speaker 1: Two, that is by Matt Standards, six years after the
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  Speaker 1: birth of our nation, George Washington created the Purple Heart
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  Speaker 1: as a general and at the time it was the
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  Speaker 1: badge of military merit, and the badge itself, the.
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  Speaker 2: Middle of itself, actually has.
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  Speaker 1: A profile of George Washington has awarded for wounds or
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice caused by enemy actions. In honor of those with
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  Speaker 1: Purple Heart recognition, communities often light their buildings in purple
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  Speaker 1: simonies and share support for military families. There's also a
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  Speaker 1: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in the Newburgh, New York,
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  Speaker 1: which is held at historic Washington's headquarters. So the National
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  Speaker 1: Purple Heart Hall of Honor, and also the USO.
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  Speaker 2: Wrote this today Tomorrow's Purple Heart Day.
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  Speaker 1: Today's Purple Heart Day, when we honor service members wounded
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  Speaker 1: or killed in action while serving our country. We're hoping
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  Speaker 1: to get twenty five thousand people to sign their card
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  Speaker 1: for these heroes, and there's an opportunity to donate to
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  Speaker 1: the USO for a Purple Heart Day.
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  Speaker 2: So I'll drop that link again. Another organization that's not
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  Speaker 2: paying me to highlight them. I just feel called to it.
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  Speaker 1: But imagine one point eight million medals have been awarded
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  Speaker 1: since its inception in seventeen eighty two.
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  Speaker 2: Seventeen eighty two, the.
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  Speaker 1: USO goes on the list nine things you should know
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  Speaker 1: about the Purple Heart I written yesterday, August sixth, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six. The Purple Heart was one of the first
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  Speaker 1: military medals given to all ranks.
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  Speaker 2: It was a military medal by the people and of
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  Speaker 2: the people.
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  Speaker 1: It was one of the first awards of military history
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  Speaker 1: that could be given to lower ranking ranking enlisted soldiers
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  Speaker 1: or non commissioned officers for their outstanding service.
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  Speaker 2: Today, US service members of any rank.
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  Speaker 1: Who have been wounded or killed in enemy actions are
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  Speaker 1: qualified to receive a Purple Heart.
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  Speaker 2: Army General U S.
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  Speaker 1: Army General Douglas MacArthur helped gain the Purple Heart its
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  Speaker 1: recognition by UH giving its name in nineteen thirty two
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  Speaker 1: and modern day look. MacArthur wanted to refresh and renamed
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  Speaker 1: the award in time for the bi centennial of George
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  Speaker 1: Washington's birthday.
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  Speaker 2: Worked with the Washington Commission.
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  Speaker 1: Of Fine Arts, and Elizabeth will a heraldry specialist in
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  Speaker 1: the Army's Office the Quartermaster General, to design the medal,
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  Speaker 1: which features.
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  Speaker 2: George Washington's likeness.
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  Speaker 1: Now they list some famous winners recipients, not winners, recipients.
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  Speaker 2: Of the Purple Heart.
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  Speaker 1: Charles Bronson, James Garner, Rod Serling, Kurt Vonnegut, Oliver Stone,
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  Speaker 1: Warren Spahn, Hat Tillman, Rocky Buyer, and there have been
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  Speaker 1: even animals like Stubby the Dog, Sergeant Dubby the Dog,
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  Speaker 1: and Sergeant Reckless to the Horse who have won the
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  Speaker 1: Purple Heart. But there's a little sports for it. Warren's
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  Speaker 1: fawn and Pat Tillman winning the Purple Heart or receiving
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  Speaker 1: it for their uh service to our country. The first
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  Speaker 1: woman to receive a Purple Heart was the Army lieutenant
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  Speaker 1: and Annie G.
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  Speaker 2: Fox became the first woman to receive a Purple Heart.
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  Speaker 1: For her aerobic actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl
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  Speaker 1: Harbor in nineteen forty one. Annie, who was serving as
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  Speaker 1: the chief nurse in a Hickham Field, Hawaii, remained camp
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  Speaker 1: calm throughout the attack on Pearl Harbor and her hospital
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  Speaker 1: and successfully directed hospital's staff to tend to the wounded
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  Speaker 1: as they came in from the harbor.
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  Speaker 2: M Now here's an interesting fact. John F.
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  Speaker 1: Kennedy Junior, the only president with a purple heart. Kennedy,
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  Speaker 1: as we know, served in the US Navy during World
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  Speaker 1: War Two. Injured his back when a Japanese destroyer collided
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  Speaker 1: with his patrolled torpedo, and of course he never was
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  Speaker 1: the same, but in that moment, he did not let
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  Speaker 1: the injury stop him from towing a badly burned crew
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  Speaker 1: member to safety.
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  Speaker 2: Kennedy swam for three miles with the man's life.
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  Speaker 1: Jackets strapped clinch between his teeth, dragging his fellow service
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  Speaker 1: minmber behind him in the water before reaching an island
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  Speaker 1: and bringing the man to safety. He was in the
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  Speaker 1: Navy Reserve. He was U S Navy Reserved Lieutenant John F. Kennedy,
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  Speaker 1: and of course went on to become president. Kennedy was
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  Speaker 1: also a rewarded the Navy and Marine Corps Metal Model
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  Speaker 1: A Medal for his actions.
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  Speaker 2: You can find out more about this.
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  Speaker 1: But how does the USO support people Heart Purple's Art recipients.
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  Speaker 1: The USO is committed to strengthening the well being of
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  Speaker 1: the people serving in the American military and their families.
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  Speaker 1: We all know the USO through Bob Hope and his
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  Speaker 1: efforts during war time to you know, brighten the troops
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  Speaker 1: day by going and performing acts and all that three re.
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  Speaker 2: Seven of their military journey.
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  Speaker 1: We are by their side, including one service members are
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  Speaker 1: killed or injured in action. When wounded service members and
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  Speaker 1: Purple Heart recipients need a place to turn to, they
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  Speaker 1: have USO Warrior and Family Centers and for Beauvoir j Virginia, Landstill, Germany, BETHSA, Maryland,
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  Speaker 1: San Antonio, Texas built to support wounded service members and
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  Speaker 1: their family members will visit them between medical and appointments
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  Speaker 1: at nearby medical centers. So they are doing a great
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  Speaker 1: work for our service men and women. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I said this every time, and.
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  Speaker 2: I say this every time.
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  Speaker 1: Just because fourth of July is complete now or well
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  Speaker 1: into year two fifty one, you know, as we just
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  Speaker 1: celebrated year two fifty, the two hundred fifty the year.
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  Speaker 2: And then we're heading into year to fifty one. It's
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  Speaker 2: never a time not to honor our troops and especially.
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  Speaker 1: Those who made the ultimate sacrifice and earned the Purple
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  Speaker 1: Heart received it as a recognition of their services to
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  Speaker 1: our great nation. Gee, I want a Calivern National Purple
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  Speaker 1: Heart Day on this podcast before it gets too far
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  Speaker 1: into the weekend, and honor what the USO is doing
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  Speaker 1: for our military.
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  Speaker 2: Families, because.
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  Speaker 1: Not to get political, but in time when the VA
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  Speaker 1: does struggle to keep up with all our military thank god,
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  Speaker 1: those like the USO are by our members side, our
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  Speaker 1: military members side, as they write, no matter where our
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  Speaker 1: service members are in their military journey, their service and
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice deserves to be honored.
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  Speaker 2: And thanks to the support of generous supporters, the.
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  Speaker 1: USO continues in our promise to be by the side
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  Speaker 1: of our military community throughout every step of that military journey.
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  Speaker 2: So all those Purple Heart winners, all.
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  Speaker 1: One point eight million, and to the famous ones and
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  Speaker 1: they're not famous ones, and the hard work and every
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  Speaker 1: day Purple Art recipients and the everyday soldier that may
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  Speaker 1: come back from the battlefield and continue to work through
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  Speaker 1: their struggles and and and those who have.
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  Speaker 2: Died in the line of service to keep our nation great.
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  Speaker 1: To hundred and fifty plus years later, we should always
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  Speaker 1: remember them and honor them.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm thankful the USO just does just that.
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  Speaker 1: And that's my message at One Lago alex Media