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    Minnesota soldier receives Purple Heart

    BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES

    12.08.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Trisha Betz 

    Minnesota National Guard

    Friends, family and brothers-in-arms attended retired Sgt. Jesse Lund as he is honored at his last unit of assignment, Alpha Company, 134th Brigade Support Battalion, 1/34th Infantry Division's armory in Brooklyn Park, Minn., Dec. 8 with a Purple Heart for his combat injuries he sustained over six years ago. He was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from September 2005 to July 2007 and was stationed in Scania, Iraq. On June 29, 2006, while conducting convoy operations near Balad, Iraq, Lund's vehicle hit an improvised explosive device resulting in his combat injuries and the loss of brother-in-arms Sgt. Kyle Miller.

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    Date Taken: 12.08.2012
    Date Posted: 12.14.2012 16:15
    Photo ID: 801451
    VIRIN: 121208-A-NN234-037
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 5.56 MB
    Location: BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA, US
    Hometown: NEW ULM, MINNESOTA, US

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