{"id":36236,"date":"2013-06-14T07:37:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36236"},"modified":"2013-06-14T07:37:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:37:09","slug":"happy-238th-birthday-us-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36236","title":{"rendered":"Happy 238th Birthday, US Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This year’s ceremonies for celebrating the 238th birthday of the US Army began by placing a wreath at the tomb of George Washington. our first commander, now General of the Armies, promoted to his sixth star on this date in 1976. From the Army News Service<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Following the playing of Taps, McHugh, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler, and Ann Bookout, the 20th regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, gathered in the estate auditorium to present Purple Hearts to wounded Soldiers Sgt. Sean P. Karpf, Spc. Arael Lopez and Pfc. Cory A. Doane.<\/p>\n

Bookout opened the ceremony remarking that there was no better place for the Army to open its 238th birthday than at the home of the country’s first commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n

“Not only was George Washington first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was the first military official to recognize Soldiers who served and sacrificed for what we now call the Purple Heart,” she said.<\/p>\n

Unlike European armies at the time which only awarded medals to officers, Washington was the first to acknowledge that courage and commitment were qualities which should be recognized and celebrated regardless of rank, Bookout noted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The three Purple Heart recipients were wounded in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012. Sgt. Sean P. Karpf, C Company, 1st Battalion., 508th Regiment, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division was wounded in Kandahar, Afghanistan on June 15, 2012 while on a mission to train Afghanistan forces. Sgt. Cory A. Doane, C Co., 2nd Bn., 87th Infantry, 3rd Brig., 10th Mountain Division was injured on July 3, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan while conducting combat operations. Spec. Aerial Lopez, B Battery, 4th Bn., 319th Airborne Field Artillery based out of Bamberg, Germany was injured in Wardak Province, Afghanistan on Aug. 8, 2012.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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