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This is an update to the previous article.
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Sheila Hotchkin; San Antonio Express-News
A week after a suicide bomber targeted a crowded mess tent in northern Iraq, four soldiers wounded in the attack received Purple Hearts at Brooke Army Medical Center on Wednesday.
The soldiers sat in wheelchairs onstage in the medical center auditorium as U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison pinned the medals on T-shirts and shook bandaged hands.
"One of the young men actually had surgery this morning," she said. "But he wanted to get that Purple Heart."
Purple Hearts were awarded to 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.
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. [...]
The Purple Heart is the world's oldest military decoration still in use, and the first for the common American soldier, according to the Military Order of the Purple Heart. [...]
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