U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe's sister remembers the feeling of learning her brother would finally be receiving the Medal of Honor, which she described as like winning the lottery.
Cashe was deployed to Iraq in October 2005 when the Bradley fighting vehicle he and his fellow soldiers were riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device, resulting in the vehicle being engulfed in flames. Despite suffering severe burns as his fuel-soaked uniform caught on fire, Cashe returned to the vehicle multiple times to pull his fellow soldiers from the carnage.
"I think I led the campaign for the last 16 years," White said."I've been a spokesperson for it, written letters and called people and just did everything I could, jumped through whatever hoops, to get his award upgraded." President Biden presents the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn C. Cashe for his actions in Iraq on Oct. 17, 2005, as his widow, Tamara Cashe, accepts the posthumous recognition during an event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Washington.
"He went everywhere and did everything," White said of Cashe's military career."He jumped out of planes… anything that the Army could allow him to do, he did. He chose infantry because he was an outdoorsy person, and he really loved it."
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