Hegseth says National Guard members shot in DC ambush by Afghan national will receive Purple Heart
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Two West Virginia National Guard members will receive the Purple Heart after being shot, including one fatally, in Washington, D.C., Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday.
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"And we had a terrible thing happen a number of months ago," Hegseth said. "Andrew Wolfe, Sarah Beckstrom, one lost, one recovered, thank God, in miraculous ways. Both soon to be Purple Heart recipients because they were attacked by a radical."
The remarks mark the first public confirmation from Hegseth that the service members will receive the Purple Heart, one of the nation’s oldest military decorations, awarded to those killed or wounded by enemy action.
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