After conducting our first ceremony in 2002 a young girl came up to me and stated that her father was crying and sitting in his car. She asked “would you please come and help him so that we can go home?....”

As I approached him, I noticed he had on an old Vietnam Era fatigue shirt on he was crying. Hey Bro, “what’s up” I said to him. He related that this is the first time that he had be honored for his military service and that he was suffering from major PTSD. He stated I am crying tears of joy, I feel that years of depression have been lifted from my shoulders.

I prayed for him then he and his daughter went home laughing.

A mother told us “My son is presently fighting the War in Iraq, I will wear this medal until his return and then I will honor him with it. Please pray for him”.

He did return home safely from his combat zone.

A lady Veteran approached us after a ceremony and stated “ I was in the Army but I am not a Veteran because I did not see combat” We explained to her that if she served honorably, we consider her a Veteran and in front of her family we honored her with the medal.

Later we found out she was also eligible for some VA benefits which she is now collecting.

We heard these words from a Vietnam combat Veteran. “ All of my combat decorations were mailed to my home, this ceremony is the first time that I have been honored. Thank you for doing what the Army forgot to do”.

Many times the military could not find the time to honor our Heroes.

At a small church in Los Angeles, we honored five Veterans. One of them related to me that when he was discharged after his tour of duty in Vietnam, he burned his uniforms and tucked his military experience away deep in his mind. The ceremony brought out, that he was once a proud Soldier and that he will once again walk with pride and honor.

Honoring our Veterans has a way of bringing out the good.

During a medal presentation in Oregon, a World War Two tribal Veteran elder told us the following: “as a young boy I was told about this medal, now it’s here". With tears in his eyes he thanked us for honoring him.

The “Warriors Medal of Valor” was designed in 2002.

On a remote Island in Alaska we honored a Vietnam Veteran with the medal he stated “I have been hiding out in the forest for the past 40 years fighting the demons of War, tomorrow I will return home and visit my mom. I hope she still remembers me; it’s been 40 years since I have seen her or any member of my family".

Many Vietnam Veterans are still fighting the demons of war and live in the forest away from family, friends and from the general society because they have not been able to handle the stresses.

In Washington D.C. we presented the medal to two Veterans who claimed to be atheist, they were part of a group protesting the “Ten Commandments Monument”. After we honored them with this medal they told their group that they did not belong there and then all of them left.

I earned two Silver Stars and a Purple Heart for my combat in Vietnam, the government mailed them to my home. Receiving the Warriors Medal of Valor was the first time that I have been honored in person for my combat experiences, Thank you.

I was called a baby killer and other names upon arrival from the war zone of Vietnam. For 35 years I have suffered with the effects of all this, when you honored me with the medal I felt all 35 years of hurt melt away, now I can go on with my life.

Tall Eagle you honored my brother with the Warriors Medal of Valor, he recently died of cancer, before he left us he wanted his medal placed around his neck. Now my mother wears the medal in honor of her son.

On the small Island of Metlakatla, Alaska, in the village leaders office we honored and active duty soldier on leave from the battle zone of Iraq. His response was, I received two Bronze Stars in Iraq; I value the Warriors Medal of Valor more then those other medals because it comes from my people.