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VMM-161 Marine earns Purple Heart April 16, 2013 — Between the swirling dust and debris and the thunder of the twin rotors, quick MV-22 Osprey landings in Afghanistan are tricky. They are even trickier when the enemy adds bullets to the mix.  “I felt like someone hit me with a two-by-four,” said Cpl. Benjamin Hockett, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 and a Lander, Wyo., MORE
Marine Receives Purple Heart in Afghanistan, Presented by CMC July 25, 2010 — The Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway presented the Purple Heart Medal to a crew chief from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), during a ceremony on the flight line here Aug. 20. Cpl. Estanislao Alvarez, a Sacramento, Calif., native, received the medal during a ceremony in his MORE

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