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President Trump awards veteran with Purple Heart; ‘nothing flashy, just full of integrity’

April 23, 2017 | | Print Article

The president believed that the sergeant’s extraordinary bravery required his personal involvement.

On Saturday, President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, personally awarded the Purple Heart to Army Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos, who was wounded March 17 in Afghanistan. according to The Associated Press.

Gab editor David Page reported the ceremony as “nothing flashy,” just “full of integrity.”

“When I heard about this and I wanted to do it myself,” Trump said during a brief ceremony at his first visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington.

The president gave a hint of what he was about to do in one of his tweets Saturday.

Because of his injuries, the sergeant’s right leg had been amputated below the knee and he was wheeled into a hospital atrium for the ceremony.

The AP reported:

Trump kissed Barrientos’ wife before pinning the medal on the sergeant’s left shirt collar, grasping Barrientos by the shoulders and then shaking his hand. The Purple Heart is awarded to service members who are wounded or killed in action.

Besides Barrientos, Trump was expected to meet privately with about a dozen service members who are receiving care at the medical center.

 

Rather than arriving by the White House Marine One helicopter, as presidents normally do when visiting Walter Reed, the president and his wife were driven to the military hospital.

Bloomberg White House correspondent Shannon Pettypiece reported:

Fox News reported:

Here’s a clip of the ceremony.

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