Hawke said he has seen a lot of combat and lost many friends. “I try to take a lesson from their death in how to live my life,” he said.<\/p>\n
Every morning when he wakes up, he said he remembers each of those fallen friends during his morning prayers. “I pray for the strength to live each day well and worthy of their sacrifice.”<\/p>\n
While he said he had prepared a lengthy speech remembering many of those friends, he said the main point he had to share was this: “Live well, and remember to laugh, because that’s what makes life worth living.”<\/p>\n
He said he talked with his wife, who is British, about why Americans have a special holiday honoring soldiers who have fallen in combat. “For those who paid the ultimate price there’s no greater sacrifice and nothing we can honor more than their memory,” he said. “One of the best ways that we can keep the memory alive of our fallen loved ones is we have to remember how they died. We have to remember that pain, because that makes us appreciate the sacrifice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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