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thedailyfeed: Yesterday, President Obama honored Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry with the Medal of Honor, declaring, “This is the stuff of which heroes are made.” It was May 26, 2008, in a remote part of Paktia province, when Petry — then a staff sergeant — and other Rangers choppered toward an insurgent compound. As soon as they landed, they came under automatic weapons fire, and Petry was hit in his legs. He fell, but as grenades came flying toward him and his comrades, he picked one up and tried to hurl it back before it exploded. Petry’s right hand was blown off but two of his fellow soldiers were saved. And still Petry kept going, issuing orders to help his unit fight. We’re asking readers of The Daily to leave a message for Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, so open up your app and leave a message (along with your name and hometown) for America’s newest Medal of Honor winner.

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Yesterday, President Obama honored Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry with the Medal of Honor, declaring, “This is the stuff of which heroes are made.”

It was May 26, 2008, in a remote part of Paktia province, when Petry — then a staff sergeant — and other Rangers choppered toward an insurgent compound.

As soon as they landed, they came under automatic weapons fire, and Petry was hit in his legs. He fell, but as grenades came flying toward him and his comrades, he picked one up and tried to hurl it back before it exploded.

Petry’s right hand was blown off but two of his fellow soldiers were saved.

And still Petry kept going, issuing orders to help his unit fight.

We’re asking readers of The Daily to leave a message for Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, so open up your app and leave a message (along with your name and hometown) for America’s newest Medal of Honor winner.