Quotes of the Day
Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004
Lance Corporal Wesley Ross, 20
As his parents watch, the Marine from Florence, S.C., receives a Purple Heart from the Commander in Chief
Corporal William Hatcher, 22
The Marine from Fayetteville, N.C., shakes Bush's hand after the President awards him a medal for wounds sustained in Fallujah
Lance Corporal Jeffrey Hudgens, 19
After the Marine from Tahlequah, Okla., injured by a homemade bomb, gets his medal, his folks get a hug from the President
Lance Corporal Jacob Knospler, 23
A Marine from Stroudsburg, Pa., he was shot while clearing a building in Fallujah
Lance Corporal Sean Phillips, 21
Injured by an explosive device in Ramadi, the Marine from Montgomery, Ala., chats with his mother and the President
| Source: After his recent annual physical at Bethesda's National Naval Medical Center, the President visited injured troops. TIME photographer CHRISTOPHER MORRIS was there