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Navy Corpsman receives Purple Heart over a decade after being wounded with Marines in Afghanistan by   Lt. Col. Matthew T. Ritchie decorates Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Hardebeck with the Purple Heart Medal at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 1, 2021. Hardebeck was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Connor Hancock/U.S. Marines) A Navy corpsman injured during a firefight in Afghanistan’s Helmand province in 2010 downplayed his wounds to stay with his unit in the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines. For years, Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Hardebeck didn’t believe his injuries merited a Purple Heart. But on Thursday, 11 years after the fact, the medal was pinned on his chest at a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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