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Vice President Richard B. Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Air Force Master Sgt. Henry G. Christle Jr., July 10 during a rally for the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004, while serving as a special operations weather team forecaster and observer Special Operations Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. White House photo by David Bohrer

Vice President Richard B. Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Air Force Master Sgt. Henry G. Christle Jr., July 10 during a rally for the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004, while serving as a special operations weather team forecaster and observer Special Operations Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. White House photo by David Bohrer

Vice President Richard B. Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Air Force Master Sgt. Henry G. Christle Jr., July 10 during a rally for the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004, while serving as a special operations weather team forecaster and observer Special Operations Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. White House photo by David Bohrer

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