Wounded Marine Sgt Jose Torres (C), a native of Lorain, OH, looks up as he listens to comforting words from MARCENT Marine Sgt Major Royce Coffee (L) after he received the Purple Heart Medal on board the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort in the
Gulf on March 30, 2003. Torres is one of nine Marines receiving medical treatment on the Comfort who were awarded Purple Heart medals for battle wounds received during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
— Reuters
