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“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”
3:13

“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”

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“I would listen and then pray for their strength.”
2:54

“I would listen and then pray for their strength.”

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“In the United States Army, it is against the law to impersonate a non-commissioned officer.”
3:24

“In the United States Army, it is against the law to impersonate a non-commissioned officer.”

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“I felt a lot of pressure… I wanted every vote to count.”
2:55

“I felt a lot of pressure… I wanted every vote to count.”

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“These folks have made the ultimate sacrifice and the least we can do is take care of them.”
3:19

“These folks have made the ultimate sacrifice and the least we can do is take care of them.”

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“You're one of the few people that I know that truly understand how hard our job is.”
3:20

“You're one of the few people that I know that truly understand how hard our job is.”

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“It opened up for me like a gift. And I’m like, ‘I’m in this lab killing cancer.’”

“It opened up for me like a gift. And I’m like, ‘I’m in this lab killing cancer.’”

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“We express more to each other how much we love each other and how much we need each other”

“We express more to each other how much we love each other and how much we need each other”

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“You could save them, but you could end up killing me.”
3:06

“You could save them, but you could end up killing me.”

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“Eventually you started sleeping in the basement.”
2:37

“Eventually you started sleeping in the basement.”

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"Every day I wake up and just wonder, 'Is this the day that COVID-19 is gonna come home with me?'"
2:34

"Every day I wake up and just wonder, 'Is this the day that COVID-19 is gonna come home with me?'"

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“When everybody is running away from the danger, we run towards it”
2:43

“When everybody is running away from the danger, we run towards it”

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“Everyday that we step foot on that bus, we come home with the possibility of not infecting ourselves only, but our loved ones.”
2:13

“Everyday that we step foot on that bus, we come home with the possibility of not infecting ourselves only, but our loved ones.”

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"The bravest of us right now is absolutely terrified."
3:05

"The bravest of us right now is absolutely terrified."

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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"
2:52

"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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“It takes a special person to be a nurse.”
2:27

“It takes a special person to be a nurse.”

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“Back then, the mail was sanctified. I loved the job.”
2:15

“Back then, the mail was sanctified. I loved the job.”

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“I always said, ‘Three strikes may be an out in baseball. But life is not baseball.’”
3:03

“I always said, ‘Three strikes may be an out in baseball. But life is not baseball.’”

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
3:16

“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."
3:32

"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."

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