Posted on 03/31/2003 1:02:07 AM PST by cgk
Wounded U.S. Marine Sgt Jose Torres (C), a native of Lorain, Ohio, looks up as he listens to comforting words from MARCENT Marine Sgt Major Royce Coffee (L) after he received the Purple Heart Medal on board the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in the Gulf, March 30, 2003. Torres is one of nine Marines receiving medical treatment on the Comfort who were awarded Purple Heart medals for battle wounds received during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Wounded U.S. Marine Corporal Michael Mead, 20, a native of Newberry, Michigan wears the Purple Heart Medal on board the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in the Gulf, March 30, 2003. Corporal Mead was among nine Marines receiving medical treatment on the Comfort who were awarded Purple Heart medals for battle wounds received during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Wounded Marine Sgt Jose Torres (L) a native of Lorain, Ohio, speaks from his hospital bed with Marine Corporal Michael Mead (R) a native of Newberry, Michigan, after he received the Purple Heart Medal on board the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in the Gulf, March 30, 2003. Both Torres and Mead were among nine Marines receiving medical treatment on the Comfort who were awarded Purple Heart medals for battle wounds received during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In support of our troops, both fighting & fallen in the name of Freedom.
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