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Spc. Matthew Moss (left) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, Florida National Guard adjutant general, after receiving a Purple Heart during a ceremony at Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 30. Moss was wounded during an explosion in Baghdad in November. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Southerland, USA

Spc. Matthew Moss (left) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, Florida National Guard adjutant general, after receiving a Purple Heart during a ceremony at Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 30. Moss was wounded during an explosion in Baghdad in November. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Southerland, USA

Spc. Matthew Moss (left) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, Florida National Guard adjutant general, after receiving a Purple Heart during a ceremony at Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 30. Moss was wounded during an explosion in Baghdad in November. Photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Southerland, USA

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