Col. Joseph Martin, commander, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, shakes the hand of Pvt. Ricardo Samundio, Company D. 299th Brigade Support Battalion, operationally attached to the 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd HBCT, 1st Inf. Div. after presenting Samundio with the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge Dec. 2. Samundio received the Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge after being wounded Dec. 1 in an attack outside Joint Security Station Ghazaliyah I. Flickr - The Army - Dagger Soldiers earn Purple Heart

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