Gen. Petraeus awards Purple Hearts to TF Duke soldiers, discusses future

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, awards the Purple Heart to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Michael Roszko, platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khowst province, Afghanistan, June 2. Roszko, an infantryman and native of Bronx, N.Y., was one of 16 TF Duke soldiers awarded the Purple Heart from Petraeus at the ceremony. Petraeus also met later in the day with Khowst Provincial Governor Abdul Jabaar Naeemi for a luncheon and conversations about events and challenges facing the Afghan and coalition partnership.