Pfc. Todd Steffens, of Washington, Okla., receives a Purple Heart medal from Col. Michael Kinnison, officer-in-charger of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team demobilization, for wounds received in action on Aug. 4, 2011 in Afghanistan. Steffens is an Infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry. Steffens has served with the Oklahoma Army National Guard since July was one of more the 2,200 Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers to serve in Afghanistan for the past eight : Maj. Geoff Legler, 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oklahoma Army National Guard

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Pfc. Todd Steffens, of Washington, Okla., receives a Purple Heart medal from Col. Michael Kinnison, officer-in-charger of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team demobilization, for wounds received in action on Aug. 4, 2011 in Afghanistan. Steffens is an Infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry. Steffens has served with the Oklahoma Army National Guard since July was one of more the 2,200 Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers to serve in Afghanistan for the past eight : Maj. Geoff Legler, 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oklahoma Army National Guard Todd Steffens, of Washington, Okla., Purple Heart 001 by Oklahoma National Guard

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