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\n\nGENERAL PATRICK HENRY BR ADY
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\n\nI cannot emphasize enou gh the role my faith played in any success I have had. \; It was the source of whatever courage I had a constant source of comfort\ , of calm and of the confidence that allowed me to do things that for me w ould have otherwise been impossible. \; For reasons that escape me\, the Good Lord has seen fit to bless my life in so many ways\, not the least of which was saving lives.
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\n\nMajor General Brady spent over 34 years in the Army serving in duty stations all over the world. He was in B erlin before and after the building of the Wall. He served in the Dominica n Republic during that conflict\, in Korea as commander of the troops at t he Joint Security area of the DMZ and for 2 years in Vietnam as a helicopt er ambulance pilot. He has eight years'\; service with America'\;s c itizen soldiers\, our Reserve Components\, and is a former Chief of Army P ublic Affairs. \;
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\n\nWhile in Vietnam he was awarded the Medal of Honor for a series of helicopter rescues which be gan at sunrise and ended after dark. Repeatedly he was warned by competent advisors that the missions were impossible due to weather\, the enemy sit uation and mines. Major Brady convinced them it had been\, and could be do ne. On three different missions and six tasks Major Brady rescued wounded soldiers from areas where other aircraft failed\, on one mission 7 times. On two different occasions his aircraft were hit by automatic weapons fire . On a third\, his aircraft was severely damaged by a mine. Major Brady&rs quo\;s aircraft were so severely damaged that three aircraft were required to complete the missions and at the day&rsquo\;s end the aircraft he flew had over 400 holes in them. In the process two crew members were wounded. That day Major Brady evacuated over 70 patients many who would have died without expeditious medical care. \;
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\n\nI n two tours in Vietnam he flew over 2500 combat missions and rescued over 5000 wounded\, men\, women\, and children\, enemy as well as friendly.&nbs p\; He developed foul weather and tactical techniques for air ambulance re scues never before executed in combat for which he is identified in the En cyclopedia of the Vietnam War and other books as the top helicopter pilot in that war.
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\n\nGen. Brady is one of two livi ng veteran to hold both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service C ross\, our nation'\;s second highest award. He has earned over 85 medal s\, 65 combat related 12 for valor. His other awards include: two Distingu ished Service Medals\; the Defense Superior Service Medal\; the Legion of Merit\; six Distinguished Flying Crosses\; three Bronze Stars\, one for va lor\; the Purple Heart\, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with palm and s ilver star and 53 Air Medals\, one for valor. \;
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\n\nHis civilian awards include the Distinguished Citizen Award fro m the American Legion\, their highest award\, and the Daughters of the Ame rican Revolution'\;s Medal of Honor. \;
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\n\nGeneral Brady is a Master Army Aviator and member of both the Army Av iation and Dust Off Halls of Fame. He is the first and only Army Aviator i n the National Aviation Hall of Fame. He is also the only Army Aviator to receive the Bob Hoover Freedom of Flight Award and was recently inducted i nto the Living Legends of Aviation. \;
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He is widely recognized as the most highly decorated living veteran. \;
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\n\nGeneral Brady is a past President of th e Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He has a bachelor'\;s degree in psychology from Seattle University and an MBA from Notre Dame University. He is a former Commissioner of the Battle Monuments Commission at the tim e it completed the World War II memorial.
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\n\nAlong with his daughter Meghan he published Dead Men Flying which c overs his experiences with the origin and execution of Aero Medical evacua tion in Viet Nam\, called Dust Off\, the greatest battlefield life saver i n history. \;
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\n\nDespite his numerous awa rds\, General Brady is convinced that it is not what you did to earn the m edals\, but what you do as a result. \; Accordingly\, he has dedicated his life to our youth\, the elderly and veterans and started a foundation for this purpose: TheGeneralandNancyLeeBradyFoundation.com
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\n\nIn my faith\, there is a doctrine of grace. \; It teaches that there is a treasure c hest filled with grace\, and that it was filled by the sacrifices of Jesus and the saints. \; It&rsquo\;s available to all of us to help us as w e struggle to do what is right. \; We can all draw from that chest thr ough no particular merits of our own\, but simply because of God&rsquo\;s love for us. \; Our freedom is\, like grace\, a \; tr easure chest. \; It was filled by the sacrifices of our great heroes a nd patriots\, particularly by our military. We all constantly draw from th at chest of freedom\, through
\n\nno \; partic ular merits of our own\, but simply because of their love for us.
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