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Extra: Staff Sgt. Giunta and The President

November 14, 2010 5:00 PM

Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, tells Lara Logan what it was like getting a phone call from the commander in chief, President Barack Obama.

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by countrygents November 19, 2010 4:59 PM EST
Congratulations Staff Sergeant Giunta !!!!!!! you make this country proud.
I am always glad to hear good press about any military unit or soldier.
I really was pleased to hear that you were a " Sky Soldier " 173rd Airborne. I had the pleasure? of serving in that outfit over 30 + years ago
GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE IN THE MILITARY !!!!!!
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by pnhorne November 16, 2010 2:58 AM EST
They had better put you on the short list for E-7, LOL!!!!
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by 100547 November 15, 2010 11:21 PM EST
I'm saying the best "60 Minutes" segment I've seen, and I know it's been on since the dawn of time. Lara and producers did a bang-up job with graphics and all, turning it into something that could have been run-of-the-mill soldier does good blahblah. She let it build up to the climax of his almost saintly humility. I had tears in my eyes, and I'm a hardbitten newsman of decades and decades. Never know what you're going to get on a routine interview. Or did you know going in, Lara, that he was that self-effacing and this could be special? Wow keep it up, and the fishnets, too. If a segment could win an Emmy, this is the one.
3Rivers
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by goodlovej November 15, 2010 5:45 PM EST
I am most impressed with the humbleness of Sgt. Giunta and his perseverance and skilled thinking during such turmoil. Thank you for your story and impressively inspiring to all.

Jennifer Goodlove
Hiawatha, Iowa
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by hanko22 November 14, 2010 10:08 PM EST
What a gracious and cool young man. Bravo, we need many more like him in this world.
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