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 08:18 |
| Photo ID: | 509925 |
| VIRIN: | 120114-A-SD827-004 |
| Resolution: | 3216x2136 |
| Size: | 2.87 MB |
| Location: | SPIN BOLDAK, AF |
| Web Views: | 379 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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