After combat, six soldiers receive Purple Hearts

After combat, six soldiers receive Purple Hearts

By CARY LEIDER VOGRIN
Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Spc. Travis Williams turned from the driver's hatch toward the screams behind him but couldn't see through the smoke.

Pain seared his shoulder and arm, but the young soldier kept driving - hauling butt away from the ambush as a machine gun spun over his head.

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