Images: Purple Heart Ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak [Image 2 of 5]
Photo by Sgt. Marc Loi
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Spc. Willis E. Slaughter, a Hoover, Ala., native, receives a congratulatory handshake from Brig. Gen. Jeffery Sinclair, the 82nd Airborne Division's deputy commander for support, after receiving the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Jan. 10. An infantryman with the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, from Fort Hood, Texas, the 27-year-old received the award for injuries sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province July 16 when the vehicle he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device, killing a soldier fellow soldier in the process.
Date Taken:01.10.2012
Date Posted:01.14.2012 06:42
Photo ID:509925
VIRIN:120114-A-SD827-004
Location:SPIN BOLDAK, AF
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