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hi I'm Doug Wheelock Colonel United

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States Army and commander of expedition

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25 aboard the International Space

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Station welcome aboard on this Veterans

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Day 2010 we wanted to send a huge thank

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you to our veterans of all services

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around the globe we wanted to let you

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know how much we appreciate your

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sacrifice and your years of service for

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both your countrymen your families and

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for people that you never even have a

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chance to meet because of you and

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because of your dedication and love of

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freedom other other people who would

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never have that chance have gotten the

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chain a chance to taste freedom and

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experience what it's like to breathe

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free today we're carrying aboard the

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International Space Station a medal of

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honor that was awarded posthumously to

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sergeant Lester our stone for his

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actions on the battlefield on March

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third 1969 in the jungles of Vietnam

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we're carrying as a tribute to all those

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who have served and all those who love

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freedom and we wanted to say a huge

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thank you to our veterans from outer

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space from the international the crew of

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the International Space Station I'm

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Scott Kelly captain United States Navy

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and I'll be the commander of expedition

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26 once Colonel Wheelock departs here in

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a few weeks we make a lot of sacrifices

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living on board the International Space

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Station for months on end but those

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sacrifices pale in comparison to the

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sacrifices men and women around the

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globe from all of our armed services

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have made in this you know last 10 years

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specifically but even more so during the

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entire history of our country so from

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the International Space Station we'd