Famous Salute Wounded Solider Healing in Texas

Wounded soldier who gave salute returns to US
Cincinnati.com
Cliff Radel
October 19, 2013

Josh Hargis, now 24 -- as of 10-18-13 -- and an Army Ranger with the rank of corporal, shown earlier in his Army career in his boot camp graduation photo. / Provided

Josh Hargis, the wounded soldier from Cincinnati whose salute from his hospital bed remains an Internet sensation, is back on American soil.

The U.S. Army Ranger arrived in Texas for treatment at the San Antonio Military Medical Center “late Tuesday night,” said his mother, Laura Heitman of Westwood.

Hargis, 24, a 2007 graduate of Dater High School and a University of Cincinnati student for a year before entering the Army, suffered extensive wounds in Afghanistan on Oct. 6. He was caught in a series of blasts from 13 improvised explosive devices. The blasts claimed the lives of four members of Hargis’ 3rd Army Ranger Battalion and wounded 12.

After Cpl. Hargis emerged from surgery that day, his commanding officer presented him with the Purple Heart. The dozens of people in Hargis’ room assumed he was unconscious during the medal presentation. He was not.
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