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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Harry Bounds, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron explosives ordnance disposal flight chief, receives a memento from retired Col. Joseph Marm, Medal of Honor and Purple Heart recipient, during a ceremony in Goldsboro, N.C., Aug. 6, 2013. "July 31, 2010, my team was tasked to respond to a reported improvised explosive device (IED) in the northern part of Kandahar, Afghanistan," Bounds said. "With a Quick Reaction Force made up of the Canadian Army and the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Company, we responded to the scene. While attempting to disarm a secondary IED that was also found at the site, it detonated, sending me flying. I was thrown approximately 20 feet, back up against a wall, knocked unconscious and sustained multiple lacerations to my left hand. Thankfully, I was wearing an EOD 9 bomb suit and using a remote tool set, so I was fairly protected from the worst of the blast. [After we evacuated], my hand was patched up and I was put to bed. Two weeks later, I pestered the doctors enough to return me to full duty and finished out the tour." "Upon returning to the United States, it was determined that damage was done to my neck, which required fusion surgery, and to both of my ears, requiring me to wear hearing aids. [The explosion also caused me to sustain] a traumatic brain injury, which has various effects on me and was later diagnosed as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubrey White/Released)
| Date Taken: | 08.06.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2013 10:22 |
| Photo ID: | 993393 |
| VIRIN: | 130806-F-YC840-007 |
| Resolution: | 3384x2544 |
| Size: | 3.34 MB |
| Location: | SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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