Juan Velez kisses a portrait of his daughter, PFC Francheska Velez before the Fort Hood Purple Heart and Defense of Freedom Medal Ceremony, Friday, April 10, 2015. The U.S. Army awarded Purple Hearts and the Defense of Freedom Medal to soldiers and civilians who were wounded or killed in the Nov. 5, 2009 massacre that left 13, dozen of them soldiers, dead and 31 injured. The attacker, Maj. Nidal Hasan, was convicted on August 2013. Photo: JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News / © 2015 San Antonio Express-News
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