we are extremely proud of sergeant dakota meyer. >> they are often called the bravest of the brave. as the first living united states marine to receive the honor in 41 years, sergeant meyer is only the third living recipients of the vietnam war. >> on behalf of the guys that died, on behalf of the guys that have passed before, on behalf of the marines and those that are there fighting every day. >> today, sergeant meyer has dedicated his time to benefit the children of fallen marines. he is also issued the dakota meyer scholarship challenge to match his efforts with the goal of raising an additional $1 million. he also wrote "into the fire: a firsthand account of the most extraordinary battle in the afghan war." leading authorities would like to thank the union league of chicago for its generous support of today's program. humble, courageous, and determined, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome sergeant dakota meyer. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> i have a question, do you think that i can go out and show that video where dakota meyer gets the died untrendy job done and it will

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>> yeah. >> jon: more with dakota meyer, "into the fire." it's on the bookshelves now.ota meyer. [cheering and applause] >> stephen: tonight, questions about the libya crisis. could it have been prevented with bayonets and horses? [ laughter ] plus, a gop senate candidate puts his foot in his mouth. i hope it wasn't in an airport bathroom. and i hope it was a foot. [ laughter ] and my guest anthony everitt is an expert on ancient roman culture. or so he claims-- anyone who could contradict him is dead! [ laughter ] only seven days until halloween! but i tell my kids it's ten. i get some great deals on costumes. [ laughter ] this is the colbert report! ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause]

. >> up next, dakota meyer talked about a battle in afghanistan and his efforts to rescue u.s. and afghan soldiers rescued by taliban force is. for his actions mr. meyer became the first living marine to win a medal of honor since the vietnam war. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> i would like to welcome everybody. this is my more official welcome. we are honored to have you here today. i am chairman of the in the league club author's group. and to have all of you here today. we have a couple tables from our american legion post here. so everybody knows who you are. and the american legion post. .. >> so whether it was books or dvds or cds or even ipods, batteries, some of the things that they'd let us know that they needed, and we collected a few boxes and sent them to the troops. each year it's gotten bigger and bigger and bigger, and i think last year we sent over 300 boxes to the troops, and we collected a lot of money which, of course, if you come to the event and you haven't brought a set of batteries, you don't need to feel bad because we have, like,

we are extraordinarily proud of search and dakota meyer. >> medal of honor recipients are often called the bravest of the brave. as the first living united states marine seen to date, reena to receive the honor in 40 years, sergeant meyer is only the third recipient since the vietnam war. >> i accepted on behalf the guys that died, on behalf of the guys that have passed before and on behalf of the marines and the men and women that are fighting every day. schenectady sergeant meyer has dedicated his time to raising awareness for benefiting fallen marines and issued the dakota meyer scholarship challenge to america to match his efforts with the goal of raising an additional $1 million for the cause. he also wrote "and the fire a firsthand account of the most extraordinary battle in the afghan war." leading authorities would like to speak for the coast of the union league club of chicago for his generous support for today's program. humble, courageous and determined. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome sergeant dakota meyer. [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank y

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