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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (left) presents the Airman's Medal to security policeman Airman 1st Class Christopher T. Wagar on July 3, 1996, in Saudi Arabia. Wagar began evacuating the top two floors of Building 131 at Khobar Towers after spotting the terrorist truck that exploded 3 1/2 minutes later. After the explosion, Wagar continued to evacuate the wounded and assisted with CPR and First Aid. The explosion outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base on June 25, 1996, killed 19 and injured over 260. Wagar, a Graham, Wash., native, is deployed to Saudi Arabia from Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff presents the Airman's Medal to Airman 1st Class Christopher T. Wagar.

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (left) presents the Airman's Medal to security policeman Airman 1st Class Christopher T. Wagar on July 3, 1996, in Saudi Arabia. Wagar began evacuating the top two floors of Building 131 at Khobar Towers after spotting the terrorist truck that exploded 3 1/2 minutes later. After the explosion, Wagar continued to evacuate the wounded and assisted with CPR and First Aid. The explosion outside the northern fence of the Khobar Towers complex near King Abdul Aziz Air Base on June 25, 1996, killed 19 and injured over 260. Wagar, a Graham, Wash., native, is deployed to Saudi Arabia from Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.

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