God's grace, and the compassion and decency of the American people is expressed through the men and women like Corpsman Brossard.

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The former Navy corpsman happens to live just a few blocks away.

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Wounded Warrior basketball is an important opportunity for injured troops as they return home, according to HM1 Jason Young, a Navy Corpsman who helped organize the game.

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Felix de Weldon's 1954 bronze depicts five Marines and a Navy Corpsman raising the flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi as Allied forces struggled to capture the Japanese-held island.

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"We have people who are EMS folks, whose primary mission is to take care of the wounded, to be almost in a position of military corpsman or medic, " he said.

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" And in Creole, Corpsman Brossard responded, "Etazini.

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That sculpture, designed by Felix de Weldon, was patterned after a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press image of the Feb. 23, 1945, flag-raising by Marines and a Navy Corpsman on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi.

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Corpsman Fonseca was awarded the Navy Cross.

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The systems would allow a medic or corpsman treating a wounded warrior to record vital signs and other important information as well as request an emergency evacuation using precise GPS coordinates, starting with the first moments of life-saving care and making the information available using the existing tactical radio networks.

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