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Arlington, Texas – 16 March 2025
1. Various of veteran interacting with museum exhibit
2. SOUNDBITE (English)Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War :
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“This is a spectacular idea. This is the only way we’re going to be able to influence the future and how people think, not necessarily about valor. We’re not only about valor, but about the values that that are really, really important for the Republic.”
3. Various of veteran showing Medal of Honor
4. SOUNDBITE (English)Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War :
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“You really do wear the award for all the people who can’t wear the award. You get selected to represent all those people who can’t wear it."
5. Various of veteran interacting with digital exhibit
6. UPSOUND (English) Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War:
“Where did you grow up?”
“Because I’ve lived in so many places, I really can’t consider one particular place my hometown.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English)Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War :
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"I mean, the technology is absolutely startling, and I think it’s going to be know it’s going to be one of the enduring memories of when people will have come through the museum. It’s one of the things they’re going to talk. One of the many things they’re going to talk about when they go home.”
8. Various of museum that shows different Medal of Honor recipients
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Cassidy, National Medal of Honor Museum CEO:
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“It really kind of gained momentum when the World War Two era Medal of Honor recipients were getting a little older, and they all had their memorabilia and they were looking for what do we do with our stuff?”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Cassidy, National Medal of Honor Museum CEO:
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“And they’re all wanting to know, well, I’ve got all my my equipment, my gear, my notes, my letters from when I was in World War II. What do I do with it now? So that was the genesis of having a museum dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Cassidy, National Medal of Honor Museum CEO:
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“Everybody needs courage in some form or fashion. And so that’s our aim to inspire people through the stories of men of honor, actions, to bring a little courage into your own life.”
12. Various of wall that explains what the Medal of Honor is, with one on display
13. Wide of museum that showcases different Medal of Honor recipients and memorabilia
14. Display in museum of notes and memorabilia from veteran
15. Various of museum with an army helicopter on display
16. UPSOUND (English) Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War:
“ I was commanding an OCS company down at (Fort) Benning.”
17. Various of veteran showing his army photo that’s on display
18. SOUNDBITE (English)Retired Col. Jack Jacobs, Medal of Honor Recipient, U.S. Army – Vietnam War :
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Everything in American life not only can be, but always is, they are all accomplished by ordinary people who come to the conclusion that something has to be done and they’re going to do it. That’s what happens in combat, but it also happens in everyday life. And I think it’s really important that we influence the next generations of people to think that they can do anything if they really work on it.
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