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To soldiers who fallen. And this is a tribute from Tony Dolan. And if you don't know Tony Dolan, he was one of the youngest Pulitzer Prize winners in American history. for his investigation of official corruption. an organized crime in Connecticut in Hartford.
He's a legend there to this day. Death threats against him. put a whole lot of guys in prison. He was the chief speechwriter for Ronald Reagan for eight years. responsible for some of the greatest rhetoric of the 20th century.
most notably the Evil Empire speech. in the ash heap of history speech. Tony's tribute originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal. and is titled They Will Be Remembered. for all those who served.
and he graciously recorded it for us. Let's take a listen. I heard the thump as I was saying over the phone to John Gibson at the National Security Council. that it couldn't be an accident. Since now a second plane had hit the World Trade Center.
Putting down the phone, I walked over to the window and looked out on Route 110. which runs in front of the Pentagon, construction workers Yeah. Yeah. fear, even terror. We're running across this major highway like it was a country road.
They had seen the smoke pouring out from Yeah. Flight 77 had hit the building. John, I'll have to call you back, I said. Yeah. the phone.
I think we just got hit. Move it to the right, said the soldier when another soldier bent over to adjust the pedal of his wheelchair. When he saw who was helping him, a three-star general, he gulped a Sorry, sir, for not Same sir. I'm the one who should be calling you, sir, replied the general. As he wheeled the young veteran to the side of the assembly point for the other wounded.
The soldiers were there for the first of many tours of the Pentagon organized for the wounded and their families. For many, this was their first time. time outside the rooms and hallways of Water Reed Hospital. since their injuries.
So they had trouble. trouble handling what came next. As they came around a corner, the hallway erupted with thousands of cheering, flag-waving Department of Defense employees. Many of those in the parade of crutches. wheelchairs.
including family members. were overcome as they moved along. Later, one wife, sounding almost angry, through her uncontrollable Told the Pentagon organizer. You should have warned us. You should have warned us.
Sir, could I ask you a question? I knew what was coming. As the wounded toured the press briefing room, it was always the same question for the older guy in the suit. whom they thought might have some effort. No matter how many limbs were missing or how many missions were How serious the head wound.
They asked me. Sir, is there any way you could help? me get back. by unit. Guests of honor at a Washington think tank.
Dinner the two enlisted men in wheelchairs and the sergeant with a cab. At the edge of the huge Huge crowded ballroom. The event planners were with clipboards and bugs in their ear just rushed by. When I saw them from a distance, I maneuvered through the crowd. crowd and went up to them.
They looked up at me. as I summon words that have inspired me. at our fighting forces down the years. Gentlemen, would you like to follow me to the bar? Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir. was the enthusiastic response. parted magically on our way to two beaches. years in a gin. Later, the same crowd oozed.
an odd one. they heard of the soldiers. Battlefield Exploit. After the dinner when the van arrived for the trip, back to Walter Reed. I would see how good they were.
were at helping fold up their wheelchairs, put them in the back. And then hop. along towards their seats with a hand against the Side of the All the while thanking me for the drinks. Hard to hear and hard to watch. The hero is grateful hopper.
like the wife at the Pentagon Parade. My reaction was a Motional. And I thought somebody should have warned me. Yes, as his name tag showed, the newly applied. pointed aid to joint Chief's Chairman Peter Pace.
was the son of another well-known gentleman Yeah. In answer to my questions, he added, Nida was also a West Point graduate. and he listed the several stateside locations where he had been stationed. With General Pace and Secretary. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld just ahead of us as we headed towards the press briefing room.
I thought that this young officer was going to have trouble gaining the respect of fellow officers who had. scene combat. We turned the corner though. And then he said, I was in Iraq too, sir. And as I saw his empty uniforms leave, he added, but I got hurt there.
People fled the funeral service for Navy SEAL Jonas P. Kelso. as the building shook. Reassurance during a An earthquake though is a church full of Navy SEALs. The squadron commander right on giving his eulogy.
And Kelso's fam. Comrades didn't budge. Victoria Jennings. Kelso, herself a former Marine with a touring in Iraq added to the intrepidity of by speaking nearly unfalteringly. of her hero husband.
And his belief in America's mission. Outside, retired Colonel Oliver North. A Vietnam veteran. Marine Commandant P. X.
Killy. A Vietnam veteran. both of them friends of Victoria's father, Jerry J. Jennings, an administration official. and a Vietnam veteran.
Aren't these kids amazing? General Kelly readily agreed. It's the reason why he explained when he was recovering from an operation. Yeah. He felt compassionate.
off the deck with the Admirals, and onto the casualties floor. The casualties. I think of them sometimes, those I knew, the wounded. The ones who only wanted to get back. To their unit or left limbs on.
Yeah. The ones whom generals wanted to call or commandants wanted the honor of being on their hospital floor. I think too sometimes of the families of the fallen. The ones whose composers I think it's a very good thing. But impossible.
And so I sometimes wonder where they are and how life played out for them. If I were to see them again, I know that even if they asked, I would be reluctant to... offer any thoughts on their sacrifice and its meaning. Or that of those. They loved.
But if they asked again, if they pressed the question I know I would answer and I know what I would tell them. that I have lived a while. and seen the verdicts of history and know They are not always quickly rendered. But that about them. The jury's finding is already.
Already in that, what they did was. right and true, making others safe. protecting the weak, the innocent. giving others what they would never have had. The gift of the future.
The gift of tomorrow. And I would say in doing all this they had made themselves a part. In fact, the best part of history's great story, the American story. And so I would tell them they will be remembered. And that was Tony Dolan, and for all of you who served, who've lost loved ones.
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