Corporal Kenneth Conner, a motor transport operator with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion stands at the position of attention in front of Brig. Gen. James Lukeman, the commanding general, 2nd Marine Division, while the citation for Conner’s Purple Heart Medal is read. Conner received the award for wounds received from a roadside bomb that destroyed his truck, while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.