MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Lance Cpl. Ryan Cahill, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, right, poses for a photo with Brig. Gen. Joseph Mcmenamin, 2nd Marine Division (Rear) commander, shortly after receiving his Purple Heart Medal here Nov. 30. Cahill, a 19-year-old Baton Rouge, La. native, suffered shrapnel and other wounds in September after an improvised explosive device detonated near the vehicle he had been driving, causing it to tumble into a nearby canal. Cahill and his teammates had been conducting an IED sweep in Karmah, a city outside Fallujah. Photo by: Cpl. Mike Escobar
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A Baton Rouge, La. native was presented the Purple Heart Medal here Nov. 30 for injuries he suffered while deployed to Iraq in September. Lance Cpl. Ryan Cahill, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and several members of his unit had been searching for improvised explosive devices in Karmah, a city outside Fallujah, at the time he was injured.
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