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Vietnam veteran awarded Bronze Star, Purple Heart

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard examined a Vietnam-era rifle kept as a souvenir by veteran Robert Cox at a ceremony Friday at Schofield Barracks. Gabbard presented Cox, right, with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart earned during his service in Vietnam as a sergeant in the 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment.