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Female Soldier From Middleboro Awarded Purple Heart

MARLBORO (CBS) – A Middleboro servicewoman received a huge honor on Saturday.

Deidra Neeley became the first female ever in Massachusetts to receive a Purple Heart.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Doug Cope reports

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Neeley was a combat medic when she was wounded in on August 27, 2009 in Afghanistan.

"It's an honor. Of all the firsts I could have done, I definitely wasn't choosing to get injured," said Neeley.

Both Neeley and her husband remain on active duty and work at Walter Reed Hospital Washington, DC.

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