Talk with Medal of Honor Recipient Leroy Petry
Venue: Burruss Auditorium, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Time: 3:30 - 4:45 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets presents a Talk with Medal of Honor Recipient Leroy Petry on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in Burruss Auditorium on the campus of Virginia Tech.

Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Leroy Petry (retired) will speak as part of the Cutchins Leadership Lecture Series.

On May 26, 2008, he was serving as a weapons squad leader with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked. Wounded in both legs, he led his Rangers to cover.

A grenade explosion wounded two Rangers with shrapnel, and a second then landed a few feet away. Petry picked up the grenade in an effort to throw it away from the men.

Petry lost his right hand and was fitted with a prosthetic. After he recovered from the injuries, he returned to the 75th Ranger Regiment Army to serve as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Command Care Coalition, which helps wounded soldiers and their families.

Now retired from the Army, Petry is enrolled in college with goals to earn a degree in business management and own his own business. In addition, he serves on many boards that work to improve the lives of veterans and our military.

For more information, visit: https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/petry/.

The talk is free and open to the public. Public seating is available behind the cadets in the back half of the auditorium.

For more information, visit: https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2018/11/corps-petry.html or https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/event/2899513 or https://www.calendar.vt.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1541450563634.

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