AM Show Hr 1 | Memorial Day: Faces, Not Numbers
The Michael Berry Show
KTRH
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:07.6 | It's that time. |
| 0:11.5 | Lock and load. |
| 0:14.8 | The Michael Vary Show is on the air. |
| 0:27.1 | Yeah. is on the air. Today is Memorial Day. |
| 0:30.6 | The day that we as a nation |
| 0:32.7 | honor the men and women |
| 0:34.5 | who have died serving this country. |
| 0:38.9 | Today's show will be a little different. |
| 0:42.0 | You can probably tell by my tone. |
| 0:45.0 | Today we're going to play some of the best Memorial Day speeches that we could find, and we have scoured. |
| 0:53.6 | This moving speech was given by a veteran of the Iraq War, Sergeant Raymond Hubbard, back in 2008. |
| 1:04.0 | Hearing how he connected with his father, a Vietnam veteran, I hope this gives you a new perspective on the brotherhood of combat soldiers. |
| 1:15.6 | To be honest, when George Balman, my fellow patriot bestowed this honor upon me, |
| 1:21.6 | it took all my will to not back down. |
| 1:25.6 | honoring the following something so very personal that I didn't think I could share my own grief. |
| 1:31.9 | But if I was the first person asked, then it was my duty to not let this burden fall on someone else's already heavy heart. |
| 1:39.7 | There have been 1.6 million U.S. soldiers that have served in the combat theater in the Middle East since |
| 1:45.8 | 2001. That is 0.5% of the current U.S. population. If you compare that to the 2% of the populace |
| 1:55.3 | that served in Vietnam, or the 12% that fought in World War II, this seems to be a minor incident. |
| 2:01.6 | As of March 17, 2008, there have been over 4,000 United States fatalities from Operation Iraqi Freedom, |
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