Soldiers from the "Widowmakers," 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) listen to Army Lt. Gen. William Wallace, the commander of V Corps, talk about their mission. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, wait to be presented Purple Hearts by Lt. Gen. William Wallace, the commander of V Corps. Wallace awarded 26 Purple Hearts in the ceremony. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Staff Sgt. Travis May, from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), receives a Purple Heart from Lt. Gen. William Wallace, commander of the Army's V Corps Friday. May was injured by a grenade during an attack in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, on April 13. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) get a chance to clean up with some trucked-in water in Baghdad. The bathing troops are, from left, Spc. Andrew Winter, 20, from Arlington, Wash., Sgt. Eric Venegaz-Martinez, 24, from Tulare, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Art Delagarza, 28, from Freer, Texas. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Leaders and staff from the 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are briefed in Baghdad on their coming mission in Baghdad, on April 19. Brigade Commander Col. Joseph Anderson center talks to ADC Plans Brig. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, left, seated, and Maj. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the division's commander. Rob Curtis / Military Times staff