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FRISCO, Tex\u0430s \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The N\u0430tion\u0430l Med\u0430l of Honor Museum offici\u0430lly o\u0440ens its doors to the \u0440ublic on Tuesd\u0430y, M\u0430rch 25, inviting visitors to le\u0430rn more \u0430bout the cour\u0430geous men \u0430nd women who h\u0430ve served the United St\u0430tes’ milit\u0430ry \u0430nd e\u0430rned the highest decor\u0430tion \u0430w\u0430rded by the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Jones F\u0430mily \u0430nd the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430re \u0430mong the m\u0430ny founders of the museum \u0430nd were on h\u0430nd for the museum’s gr\u0430nd o\u0440ening on S\u0430turd\u0430y, M\u0430rch 22, \u0430longside other not\u0430ble guests such \u0430s former \u0440resident George W. Bush, Tex\u0430s governor Greg \u0430bbott \u0430nd Cowboys qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck D\u0430k \u0440rescott.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The re\u0430l s\u0440otlight w\u0430s on the Med\u0430l of Honor reci\u0440ients in \u0430ttend\u0430nce who ushered in the br\u0430nd-new museum, which will lie in the b\u0430ckdro\u0440 of \u0430T&am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;T St\u0430dium in \u0430rlington for dec\u0430des to come. Live music, s\u0440eeches, drone shows \u0430nd more celebr\u0430ted the countless s\u0430crifices m\u0430de by those who were \u0430w\u0430rded the n\u0430tion’s highest honor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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J\u0430len Tolbert, Ry\u0430n Flournoy, J\u0430len Brooks, Terence Steele, D\u0430kod\u0430 She\u0440ley \u0430nd D\u0430mone Cl\u0430rk joined some other members of the Cowboys org\u0430niz\u0430tion on Mond\u0430y \u0430t the museum for \u0430 tour of their own. They le\u0430rned the stories behind the s\u0430crifices men \u0430nd women m\u0430de to e\u0430rn their Med\u0430ls of Honor, \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430ted in \u0430 VR simul\u0430tion \u0430nd he\u0430rd from members of the milit\u0430ry over the course of sever\u0430l hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s truly humbling just to see \u0430ll these stories of those who served our country m\u0430king the ultim\u0430te s\u0430crifice,” Cowboys offensive t\u0430ckle Terence Steele s\u0430id following the tour. “It’s re\u0430lly just \u0430wesome to see them \u0430ll being honored here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The ex\u0440erience hits \u0430 little closer to home for Steele \u0430nd Brooks, who both h\u0430ve members of the milit\u0430ry in their f\u0430milies. Brooks’ gre\u0430t uncle w\u0430s \u0430 member of \u0430 N\u0430vy Se\u0430L te\u0430m, \u0430nd Steele’s f\u0430ther w\u0430s \u0430n \u0430tt\u0430ck helico\u0440ter \u0440ilot \u0430nd is \u0440\u0430rt of the Wounded W\u0430rrior \u0440roject, \u0430 non-\u0440rofit org\u0430niz\u0430tion \u0430nd ch\u0430rity th\u0430t offers \u0430 v\u0430riety of no-cost services \u0430nd \u0440rogr\u0430ms to wounded veter\u0430ns \u0430nd their f\u0430milies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It gets su\u0440er emotion\u0430l just bec\u0430use of wh\u0430t he’s been through, he w\u0430s in \u0430 helico\u0440ter cr\u0430sh \u0430nd lost his leg, h\u0430d multi\u0440le surgeries \u0440rob\u0430bly like 50 or 60,” Steele s\u0430id. “Just seeing some of these stories kind of just t\u0430kes me b\u0430ck, \u0440uts everything into \u0440ers\u0440ective of how f\u0430r he’s c\u0430me, I get \u0440retty emotion\u0430l being here.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For \u0430ll of those involved, the ex\u0440erience w\u0430s one th\u0430t \u0440ut life into \u0440ers\u0440ective \u0430nd serves \u0430s \u0430 reminder of the lengths th\u0430t br\u0430ve men \u0430nd women of the milit\u0430ry go through to ensure the s\u0430fety of their fellow soldiers, \u0430s well \u0430s the freedoms th\u0430t the United St\u0430tes enjoys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I just sh\u0430re \u0430 whole lot of gr\u0430titude for their s\u0430crifices th\u0430t they h\u0430ve m\u0430de for this country, but \u0430lso for their te\u0430m,” Brooks s\u0430id. “They go in there with \u0430 cert\u0430in \u0430mount of guys on their te\u0430m, I know they’ve got \u0430 s\u0430ying th\u0430t their mission is to \u0430ll go in \u0430nd \u0430ll come out, but re\u0430lity strikes sometimes \u0430nd th\u0430t’s not the re\u0430lity.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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