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THEY -- THROUGH SUNDAY.
KRISTEN CAROSA JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE SPEEDWAY.
AUDREY, HIS NAME IS
RON
WHITE.
HE ARRIVED ON THURSDAY AND
STARTED WRITING THESE NAMES ON
FRIDAY.
HE TRAVELED ALL THE WAY FROM
TEXAS, AND HE BROUGHT A 13-PANEL
DISPLAY WITH HIM.
THIS IS THE 15TH TIME HE HAS
WRITTEN THE ONE 300 NAMES OF THE
FALLEN U.S. MILITARY IN
AFGHANISTAN ON THE DISPLAY.
ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT HE TAKES
THE TIME TO DO THIS, HE HAS ALL
OF THE NAMES MEMORIZED.
HE MEMORIZED THE RANK, THE FIRST
NAME, AND THE LAST NAME OF EACH
ONE.
HE SAID IT TOOK HIM 10 MONTHS TO
DO IT.
CHIME HE WRITES THE DISPLAY, IT
TAKES HIM 10 HOURS TO WRITE THE
NAMES OUT.
THIS IS A TRAVELING DISPLAY THAT
IS PART OF A 50-CITY TOUR.
WHITE SAYS HIS MISSION IS TO SAY
THAT THESE SOLDIERS ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN.
HE WILL FINISH THE DISPLAY ON
SUNDAY.
THE LAST THING HE WILL WRITE IS
BRANDON GUERRA BRAND, A MARINE
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO WAS
KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.
HE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD.
THIS IS JUST A WAY TO KEEP
OUR HEROES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
PEOPLE WALK UP TO THE WALL AND
SAY, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
THAT MONEY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
SCOPE OF THE SACRIFICE.
I WILL KEEP DOING IT AS LONG AS
MY BRAIN IS HEALTHY AND AS LONG
AS FINANCIALLY I CAN AFFORD IT.
WHITE DOES
THIS ALL ON HIS
OWN.