{"id":5394,"date":"2022-05-30T21:35:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T02:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2022-05-30T21:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T02:35:25","slug":"memorial-day-leroy-a-petry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/memorial-day-leroy-a-petry\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day: Leroy A. Petry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Memorial Day I would like to salute Sgt Leroy A. Petry, Medal of Honor Winner.  Traditionally on Memorial Day, I highlight either a fallen USAF Academy grad, or a fellow flyer.  This year, I want to highlight someone who was not required &#8220;to give that last full measure of devotion&#8221;.  However, he almost did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sgt. Leroy A. Petry is a former US Army Ranger.  On May 26, 2008 for acts of tremendous gallantry, Sgt. Petry earned the Medal of Honor.  You can learn his story on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talesofhonorpodcast.com\/stories\/leroy-a-petry\">podcast<\/a> or this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C9segmoKyY4\">American Legion video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting Leroy A. Petry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife and I were fortunate enough to have the company of Sgt. Petry at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/\">Tri-State Warbird Museum<\/a> Gala in June of 2015.  Thanks to our friend and host, Howard Becker, we were privileged to hear him tell his story, ever so humbly I might add.  Afterwards, we had the honor of meeting him, taking the photo below and I had the privilege of shaking his bionic\/robotic hand.  The hand that earned the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We in America, are fortuante to have a long history of soldiers who were unbelievably brave while securing and maintaining our freedom and the freedom of those overseas.  We have been blessed by God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to thank PBS for highlighting Sgt. Leroy A. Petry during their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/\">Memorial Day Concert<\/a> on the Washington Mall.  It was a fitting tribute.  Thank you Sgt. Petry for your sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-1536x1175.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-2048x1567.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Leroy-Petry-Warbird-Museum-cropped-320x245.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Memorial Day I would like to salute Sgt Leroy A. 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