Master Chief Petty Officer Richard D. Lamoureux of Florida going to White House

White House announces attendees at dinner honoring Iraq veterans
By CHRIS CARROLL
Published: February 24, 2012

WASHINGTON – The White House has announced the 78 servicemembers invited to a dinner next Wednesday honoring veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

Troops were selected by a committee of the Defense Department’s senior enlisted members, said Assistant Secretary of Defense Douglas Wilson, the Pentagon’s public affairs chief.

“This is the beginning of a thank you.” Wilson said. “We wanted to make sure the entire country was represented.

“So all states and territories, all ranks, all services, all backgrounds – the point of it was that in the East Room that night, that that room would look like the America that served on the battlefield in Iraq.”

Florida: Master Chief Petty Officer Richard D. Lamoureux; Navy
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