Cincinnati native's struggling gesture during Purple Heart ceremony stirs up emotions, buzz
“The salute seen around the world” has the Internet buzzing, a patriotic clamor for a photo of a wounded 24-year-old soldier from Cincinnati raising his right hand.
The guy saluting is U.S. Army Ranger Cpl. Josh Hargis, battered by shrapnel Oct. 6 in Afghanistan.
Hargis’ wife, Taylor Hargis, knows what the Internet calls the photo.
She just sees it as “a moment of pride.”
Cpl. Hargis, a 2007 graduate of Westwood’s Dater High School, was wounded after an Afghan woman in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province detonated a suicide vest bomb, which set off 13 other explosive devices. The blasts killed four members of Hargis’ 3rd Army Ranger Battalion and wounded 12 other American soldiers.
Hargis went to a nearby military hospital. His numerous wounds required him to be hooked up to a breathing tube and other medical plumbing. His right hand was heavily bandaged.
That hand, his saluting hand, rested under red, white and blue blankets when his commanding officer came into his room. The officer wanted to present Hargis with the Purple Heart for the wounds he suffered earlier that day.
Via: Cincinnati.com
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