Puerto Rican Veteran Honored With Purple Heart
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spc. Arael Lopez-Lopez stands with his family after receiving a Purple Heart at a ceremony in Mount Vernon, Virginia. The soldier was wounded in August 2012. (Lopez-Lopez Family)
Secretary of the Army, John McHugh, opens the ceremony that kicked off a week-long celebration of the Army's 238th birthday. (U.S. Army)
Sgt. Sean Karpf and Specialist Cory A. Doane, two soldiers who also received Purple Hearts, sing the Army Song alongside Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III. (U.S. Army)
Spc. Arael Lopez-Lopez stands next to Secretary of the Army John McHugh as he receives his Purple Heart from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III. (U.S. Army)
Spc. Arael Lopez-Lopez' daughter, Yoselin, pins the Purple Heart to her father's chest from her mother Jennifer's arms. (Lopez-Lopez Family)
Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III decorate George Washington's tomb with a wreath, honoring the nation's first Commander-in-Chief. (U.S. Army)