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I want to thank you... .
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for sharing that with us, Dawayne.
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I want to thank you all
for having real courage.
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My uncle charlie was...
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a war hero, in World War ll.
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He went to Jima,
where they raised the flag.
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He took out four machine gun nests of Japanese
soldiers...who had pinned sown his buddies.
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Did it with one grenade, his rifle,
bayonet, and bare hands.
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Shit.
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President Truman gave him
the Medal of Honor.
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And when he came home,
there was a parade.
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The town fathers came to
my parents house adn said:
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Charlie, what are you going
to do now?
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Charlie said he didn't know.
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The mayor said,
Maybe you'd like a scholarship.
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The banker said maybe Charlie
didn't want to go back to school.
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Maybe he'd like a management
job with the bank.
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and the owner said,
Don't be cooped up in a school.
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Come manage my crew.
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And you know what?
Charlie turned them all down.
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What did he do?
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Nothing.
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He just laid on the couch
and smoked Luckies.
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Couldn't git him off it.
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Was he messed up in the head
from the war?
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No.
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It was just that he couldn't read.
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He couldn't read and was too
embarrassed to tell anyone.