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Alek Skarlatos wins Oregon 4th Congressional District Republican primary
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U.S. Army veteran Alek Skarlatos won Oregon fourth congressional district’s Republican primary on Thursday by the most votes in the history of the district.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/alek-skarlatos-wins-oregon-fourth-district-gop-primary/
Get rid of the old ossified fart Defazio for crying out loud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/21/alek-skarlatos-wins-oregon-fourth-district-gop-primary/
Get rid of the old ossified fart Defazio for crying out loud.
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Skarlatos wrote a book entitled 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of A Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes about the incident. It was also turned into a movie that portrayed the attack. Skarlatos starred as himself.“
“Applause rang throughout the Pentagon’s central courtyard Thursday afternoon as a massive crowd cheered the trio of childhood friends whose quick actions last month helped thwart catastrophe aboard a Paris-bound high speed train.
Friends since middle school in California, Army Spc. Alek Skarlatos, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone and California State University-Sacramento student Anthony Sadler were honored individually Thursday with top awards for noncombat valor.
Skarlatos and Stone each received the highest award in their service for noncombat heroism, the Soldier’s Medal and the Airman’s Medal, respectively. Sadler was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal of Valor, the DOD’s highest civilian award for valor. Stone, who was stabbed by the heavily armed assailant while subduing him, was also presented the Purple Heart.
Their actions Aug. 21 when they chose to run toward the heavily armed Moroccan national – previously identified by European authorities as having jihadi beliefs – who opened fire on the train with an AK-47 was “an amazing story, right out of a movie,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter said before pinning the awards on the men.“
”The catalyst, Carter said, was Skarlatos, an infantryman with the Oregon Army National Guard, uttering, “Let’s go.”
“The words ‘Let’s go’ are as American as these three young friends,” Carter said. “Time and again, challenge after challenge, at the sound of gunshots and danger, the world has turned to the United States, and its military, for help. And generation after generation, we have answered with a simple ‘Let’s go’ and the resolve necessary to beat back dangers and stand up for the values so many around the world hold dear.”
The ceremony wasn’t even the highlight of the trio’s first trip to Washington, Stone said. Meeting with President Barack Obama earlier Thursday in the Oval Office was “surreal.”
“It’s just been amazing having this kind of welcome and having all these people show up,” said Skarlatos, who is competing on “Dancing With the Stars.” “Having this as a first time in D.C. is kind of tough to beat.”
https://www.stripes.com/paris-train-heroes-honored-at-pentagon-for-valor-1.368718?jwsource=cl