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U.S. Army Spc. Cocin Laird Pearcy and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talk after Pearcy was presented the Purple Heart medal at Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany July 21, 2007.

PURPLE HEART

U.S. Army Spc. Cocin Laird Pearcy and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talk after Pearcy was presented the Purple Heart medal at Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany July 21, 2007.

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