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    Sioux Falls Marines show what it means to never leave a Marine behind by awarding Purple Heart [Image 3 of 4]

    Sioux Falls Marines show what it means to never leave a Marine behind by awarding Purple Heart

    SIOUX FALLS, SD, UNITED STATES

    12.16.2017

    Photo by Sgt. Michelle Reif 

    9th Marine Corps District

    Sergeant Sara McGaffee, a Sioux Falls, S.D., native, poses for a photo with the Marines of Recruiting Sub Station Sioux Falls after being awarded the Purple Heart Medal. On Oct. 20th, 2010, while deployed with Combat Logistics Battalion 3, McGaffee’s vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device while conducting convoy operations in support of Operation Steel Dawn II in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. McGaffee was awarded her Purple Heart, Dec. 16, 2017 in Sioux Falls, S.D., in front of a detail of Marines and her local friends and family.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 12.16.2017
    Date Posted: 12.21.2017 18:26
    Photo ID: 4047277
    VIRIN: 171216-M-DT430-005
    Resolution: 5472x3648
    Size: 8.92 MB
    Location: SIOUX FALLS, SD, US

    Web Views: 66
    Downloads: 5

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