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Birds Mass Communication specialist

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second class Jonathan Chandler was

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recognized with a Purple heart medal

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for wounds received during a roadside .

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IED's encounter while on patrol with

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the second Marine expeditionary force ,

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Second Marine Division forward after

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the explosion to Chandler was first on

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seed to ADa seriously injured marine

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and he continued to assist . After the

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Corman arrived . Vice Chief of

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Information , Rear Admiral victor and

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beck and his senior enlisted advisor ,

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Mass communication specialists . Master

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Chief kevin Elliott along with Petty

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Officer Chandler's family , friends and

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shipmates gathered to recognize his

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actions during a ceremony at Naval

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Operational Support center North Island .

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I got to tell you what to me what it

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meant was I got to meet him . I got to

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talk with him . I got to hear who ,

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about who he is , how he thinks . I got

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to meet his father . Um and I got to

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hear about his pain and suffering that

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he has gone through and he's not

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through it yet and he's we oh ,

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amazing gratitude to him and his

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family for the sacrifice that he has

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endured . EMC Two Chandler's family has

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a long history of public and military

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service . His father was a Navy diver

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and both of his grandfathers served in

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the military and a civilian job .

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Chandler is a Los Angeles Police

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officer , Petty Officer Chandler is

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assigned a Naval Reserve Fleet Combat

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camera group pacific at North Island

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from combat camera group pacific I am

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Petty Officer john Callahan