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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Brigadier Gen. Steven Kwast, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander, presents the Purple Heart to Tech. Sgt. Richard Gibbons, an Explosives Ordnance Disposal member attached to the 755th Air Expeditionary Group, here, Sept. 19, 2009. Sergeant Gibbons wounded in combat on Sept. 18, 2009. When asked how he felt about receiving the Purple Heart Sgt. Gibbons said "It's not a medal anyone really wants to receive, it means you have been wounded." Sergeant Gibbons is deployed from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., and hails from Denver, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)
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