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SrA Henry Purple Heart

Lieutenant General David Goldfein, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, introduces Senior Airman Jorge Henry, a joint terminal attack controller deployed to the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, before presenting him with a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a nine-hour battle in Afghanistan August 12, 2011. Henry, deployed from the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron, Schoefield Barracks, Hawaii, sustained a gunshot wound to the hand early in the battle and continued to call in close air support throughout the firefight. He received a Purple Heart and an Air Force Combat Action Medal, August 25, 2011, while recuperating in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn)

PHOTO BY: Master Sergeant Gary J. Rihn
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