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PHOTOS: Army Scout Pilots Receive Purple Hearts in Iraq

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Two Army scout pilots serving in Iraq received Purple Hearts for wounds received in action. The pilots, serving with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, were injured when small arms fire hit their aircraft in October.


Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mason McDonald, Emporia, Kan., an Army Kiowa Warrior pilot serving in Iraq, receives a Purple Heart from his brigade commander, Col. Frank Muth, on Camp Taji, Iraq. McDonald and another pilot were injured when small arms fire hit their aircraft in October. He is assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Roland Hale, eCAB, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)



Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mason McDonald (right), of Emporia, Kan., shakes the hand of a fellow Soldier after being presented the Purple Heart on Camp Taji, Iraq. McDonald and another pilot were injured when small arms fire hit their aircraft in October. Both pilots are assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Roland Hale, eCAB, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)



Capt. Brent Pafford, Raton, N.M., an Army Kiowa Warrior pilot serving in Iraq, receives a Purple Heart from his brigade commander, Col. Frank Muth, on Camp Taji, Iraq. Pafford and another pilot were injured when small arms fire hit their aircraft in October. He is assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Roland Hale, eCAB, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)




(From left to right) Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Thomson, Capt. Brent Pafford, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mason McDonald, and Col. Frank Muth stand for a photo on Camp Taji, Iraq, after Pafford and McDonald were presented Purple Hearts for wounds received when their aircraft was hit by small arms fire in October. Pafford and McDonald are assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Enhanced Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Roland Hale, eCAB, 1st Inf. Div. PAO)

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