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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Mazzella, bottom right, receives the Purple Heart Medal during a Warriors in Transition Purple Heart Ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 26, 2010, for injuries sustained during a rocket attack while conducting medical operations for Afghan civilians near Kunar Valley, Afghanistan.

PURPLE HEART WARRIOR

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Mazzella, bottom right, receives the Purple Heart Medal during a Warriors in Transition Purple Heart Ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 26, 2010, for injuries sustained during a rocket attack while conducting medical operations for Afghan civilians near Kunar Valley, Afghanistan.

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