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Gunnery Sgt. Louis M. Nokes is awarded the Purple Heart at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Dec. 5, 2022. In 2005, then Sgt. Nokes' Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting a convoy operation in Ramadi, Iraq. Nokes' was knocked unconscious and was pulled from the burning MTVR receiving a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Nokes began the process to receive his Purple Heart retroactively after MARADMIN 245/11 was published updating the Marine Corps' criteria on the Purple Heart award including TBIs. The Purple Heart Medal is the United States' oldest military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded in the service of this country. Nokes is a native of Carrollton, Mississippi and attended high school at Carroll Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay)

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Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett was presented with a Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

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Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (left), is presented with the Purple Heart by Col. Justin J. Anderson, battalion Inspector Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (center) and Sgt. Maj. Israel Rivera, battalion sergeant major of 2nd Bn., 23rd Marines, 4th MarDiv (right) in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

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Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (right), is presented with the Purple Heart by Col. Justin J. Anderson, battalion Inspector Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (center) and Sgt. Maj. Israel Rivera, battalion sergeant major of 2nd Bn., 23rd Marines, 4th MarDiv (left) in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (right), is presented with the Purple Heart by Col. Justin J. Anderson, battalion Inspector Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (center) and Sgt. Maj. Israel Rivera, battalion sergeant major of 2nd Bn., 23rd Marines, 4th MarDiv (left) in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Col. Justin J. Anderson, battalion Inspector Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (center) speaks to the Marines, family and friends of Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett after he is presented with the Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Col. Justin J. Anderson, battalion Inspector Instructor for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division (center) speaks to the Marines, family and friends of Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett after he is presented with the Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (right) is congratulated by his mother, Betty Roy (left), after he was presented with a Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (right) is congratulated by his mother, Betty Roy (left), after he was presented with a Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

Marine veteran Matthew R. Follett (center) poses for a photo with Marine guests and Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, after he was presented with a Purple Heart in Pasadena, Calif. on October 19, 2018. SSgt Follett received the award for injuries sustained while serving as an active duty counter intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on January 7, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Schwoch

On September 21, 2016, Marines from the Inspector-Instructor Staff of Indianapolis had the honor and privilege of presenting the Purple Heart Medal to WWII veteran, Pfc. Junior E. Howell, for wounds sustained during the Battle of Peleliu on Sept. 21, 1944. Howell is one of the last living WWII veterans to receive the Purple Heart. More than 100 friends and family members were in attendance to watch him receive the medal 72 years to the day after he was wounded in combat. (Photos courtesy of 4th Marine Division.)

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On September 21, 2016, Marines from the Inspector-Instructor Staff of Indianapolis had the honor and privilege of presenting the Purple Heart Medal to WWII veteran, Pfc. Junior E. Howell, for wounds sustained during the Battle of Peleliu on Sept. 21, 1944. Howell is one of the last living WWII veterans to receive the Purple Heart. More than 100 friends and family members were in attendance to watch him receive the medal 72 years to the day after he was wounded in combat. (Photos courtesy of 4th Marine Division.)

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On September 21, 2016, Marines from the Inspector-Instructor Staff of Indianapolis had the honor and privilege of presenting the Purple Heart Medal to WWII veteran, Pfc. Junior E. Howell, for wounds sustained during the Battle of Peleliu on Sept. 21, 1944. Howell is one of the last living WWII veterans to receive the Purple Heart. More than 100 friends and family members were in attendance to watch him receive the medal 72 years to the day after he was wounded in combat. (Photos courtesy of 4th Marine Division.)

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The Marines of Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve, present the colors during a Purple Heart ceremony held in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire Wells at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20, 2016. The Marines were honored for giving their lives to protect others when they were attacked by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt. John Lee, II / Released)

Photo by MSgt. John Lee, II

Marines, family and friends attend a Purple Heart ceremony in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire Wells at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20, 2016. The Marines were honored for giving their lives to protect others when they were attacked by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt. John Lee, II / Released)

Photo by MSgt. John Lee, II

The families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire Wells, are presented the Purple Heart honoring the Marines' sacrifice, at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20, 2016. The Marines were honored for giving their lives to protect others when they were attacked by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt. John Lee, II / Released)

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Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, addresses the families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire Wells at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 20, 2016. The Marines were honored for giving their lives to protect others when they were attacked by a gunman at the Naval Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt. John Lee, II / Released)

Photo by MSgt. John Lee, II