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LANDSTUHL, Germany ? Four U.S. soldiers injured during a bloody Taliban uprising at a fortress in Afghanistan on Saturday received Purple Heart medals from the commanding general of Army Special Forces at a U.S. military hospital in Germany.
Honoring the four servicemen in a ceremony in a small room at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey C. Lambert said that they "have given their blood fighting in the war against terrorism."

"We'll do everything we can to stamp it out," he pledged. Around 20 observers, including a few family members, were present.

The special forces troops were injured during an uprising last week by Taliban prisoners detained at a fortress outside the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif. While advising Northern Alliance fighters battling the prisoners, the U.S. service were wounded by an errant U.S. missile that struck near them.

A fifth serviceman wounded in the three-day battle has chosen to receive his Purple Heart with family members when he returns to the United States. He was identified only as Staff Sgt. Mike, a combat controller in the Air Force Special Operational Command.

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