Funny Car husband-wife tandem Tommy Johnson Jr. and Melanie Troxel will attend the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation banquet Thursday, May 15 at Atlanta as guests of Troxel's car owner Roger Burgess.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, program emcee, will pay respect to 25 Medal of Honor recipients. "I'm looking forward to being in the company of some of our country's real heroes," Johnson said.
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