Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Purple Heart

I apologize for kind of slacking on my blog duties.  I know you all are anxiously awaiting an update from me, since my life is so interesting.  haha

Anyway.

For those of you who don't know, my husband, Eric, was shot in both his legs while he was deployed in Afghanistan on Easter Sunday.  What a great Easter that was.  NOT. 


Long story short, he earned the Purple Heart.  It's awarded to American soldiers who are wounded in combat.  It took them 6 whole months to finally give it to him.


Eric didn't want a big to-do when he was awarded the Purple Heart, so only his Company, and Yours Truly were invited.  A Lt. Colonel presented the award to him.


Thanks Eric for blinking during that picture!


For those of you who have never seen a Purple Heart, its the award on the left.  The other two awards were presented to other soldiers, but Eric has also received them.  The one in the middle is called an Army Commendation Medal.  You pretty much get it for deploying.  The award on the right is called an Army Achievement Medal.  Eric's Company earned it because they won the Itschner Award, naming them the best Engineer Company in the entire US Army.  It was pretty exciting!

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