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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates awards the Purple Heart to Army Sgt. Legrand Strickland for wounds received in combat while deployed to Afghanistan at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas, June 30, 2010.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates awards the Purple Heart to Army Sgt. Legrand Strickland for wounds received in combat while deployed to Afghanistan at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas, June 30, 2010.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates awards the Purple Heart to Army Sgt. Legrand Strickland for wounds received in combat while deployed to Afghanistan at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas, June 30, 2010.

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