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    Trauma center named after fallen Currahee medic opens

    PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    03.01.2011

    Photo by Spc. Christina Sinders 

    Combined Joint Task Force 101

    U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Red Currahee’s 4th Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stand with the sign dedicating the new trauma center to a Task Force Currahee medic at Forward Operating Base Sharana March 1. The Spc. Jordan Byrd Trauma Center is named for the medic who died in Paktika province Oct. 13, 2010 while administering life-saving medical treatment to a wounded soldier while shielding him with his own body from direct fire from insurgents.

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    Date Taken: 03.01.2011
    Date Posted: 03.02.2011 05:02
    Photo ID: 372575
    VIRIN: 110301-A-4745S-003
    Resolution: 1500x996
    Size: 274.15 KB
    Location: PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AF

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