FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) -- A Fort Carson medic will receive a valor medal for treating injured soldiers and firing at the enemy even though she was wounded herself in a 2009 battle in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Helen Ruhl of Vero Beach, Fla., will receive the Bronze Star with Valor Device on Wednesday.
Ruhl was medically evacuated to the U.S. after the Sept. 24 battle in eastern Afghanistan. She spent several months recovering at Brooke Army Medical Hospital at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
She's a member of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and was on her first deployment.
Brig. Gen. James Pasquarette, the 4th Infantry Division's deputy commanding general for support, will present the medal.
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Note / Additional information from Fort Carson:
Ruhl has also been awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star and Combat Medic Badge. She joined the Army in June 2007 and was deployed to Afghanistan June 2009 through November 2009.
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