A week after a suicide bomber targeted a crowded mess tent in northern Iraq, four soldiers injured in the attack received Purple Hearts at Brooke Army Medical Center today. [...]
The four are being treated for burns, shrapnel wounds and other injuries. All are members of the 25th Infantry Division Stryker Brigade, based at Fort Lewis, Wash.
They are Spc. Donald Bergren, 27, of Watertown, Wis.; Spc. Donald Larson, 24, of Vancouver, Wash.; Pfc. Amanda Mohon, 19, of Willow Creek, Calif.; and Sgt. Christian Steele, 27, of Gary, Ind.
