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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Max Rohn, left, who earned the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Iraq in May 2009, talks with Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey during a reception before the the start of the Washington Capitals hockey team's 8th Annual Military Appreciation Night, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2011.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Max Rohn, left, who earned the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Iraq in May 2009, talks with Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey during a reception before the the start of the Washington Capitals hockey team's 8th Annual Military Appreciation Night, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2011.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Max Rohn, left, who earned the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in Iraq in May 2009, talks with Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey during a reception before the the start of the Washington Capitals hockey team's 8th Annual Military Appreciation Night, at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., March 3, 2011.

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