Marines receive Purple Hearts at base in Iraq where they were wounded

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  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford listens to award orders being read as he prepares to present Purple Hearts to U.S. Marines Cpl. Adam J. Seanor, a native of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Cpl. William Crisostomosfelipe, a native of Orange, California, Lance Cpl. Eli Cisco, a native of Mingo, West Virginia and Lance Cpl. Javier A. Suarezmontalvo, a native of Orange, Florida, during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. The Marines, all field artillery cannon crewmen assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were awarded Purple Hearts at the very site they were wounded. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • The Purple Heart was established by Gen. George Washington at Newburgh, New York, Aug. 7, 1782, during the Revolutionary War. It was reestablished by the President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and is now awarded in the name of the president to U.S. service members who are wounded or killed in combat. These four medals were presented to U.S. Marines Cpl. Adam J. Seanor, a native of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Cpl. William Crisostomosfelipe, a native of Orange, California, Lance Cpl. Eli Cisco, a native of Mingo, West Virginia and Lance Cpl. Javier A. Suarezmontalvo, a native of Orange, Florida, during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. The Marines, all field artillery cannon crewmen assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were awarded their Purple Hearts at the very site they were wounded. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents U.S. Marine Cpl. William Crisostomosfelipe, a native of Orange, California, with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. Crisostomosfelipe, a field artillery cannon crewman assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was awarded his Purple Hearts at the very site he was wounded March 19. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam J. Seanor, a native of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. Seanor, a field artillery cannon crewman assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was awarded his Purple Heart at the very site he was wounded March 19. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eli Cisco, a native of Mingo, West Virginia, with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. Cisco, a field artillery cannon crewman assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was awarded his Purple Heart at the very site he was wounded March 19. “I don’t know anybody else that’s actually received a Purple Heart at the point of injury,” said Dunford. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Javier A. Suarezmontalvo, a native of Orange, Florida, during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. Suarezmontalvo, a field artillery cannon crewman assigned to Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was awarded his Purple Heart at the very site he was wounded March 19. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford visits with U.S. Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016, after presenting four Marines with the Purple Heart. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)
  • U.S. Marine Cpl. William Crisostomosfelipe, 22, a field artillery cannon crewman with Battery E, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Orange, California, receives the Purple Heart during a ceremony at Kara Soar Base, Makhmur, Iraq, April 22, 2016. Crisostomosfelipe, along with three other Marines, was awarded his Purple Heart by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford at the very site he was wounded. “I don’t know anybody else that’s actually received a Purple Heart at the point of injury,” said Dunford. “When you go back home it’ll be hard to explain, hard to tell people exactly the impact you are having, but I hope you recognize that’s the absolute truth, and you are making a difference out here and, we recognize and appreciate what you’re doing.” (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter J. Berardi)