saena enlisted in the united states marine corps.two tours of duty in vietnam in 1964 and in a second tour and earned a purple heart on march 22 1966. was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. tomorrow dr. saena's friends and family membersring together at the new mexico veterans memorial in albuquerque to recognize his service to the nation and i am honoredo role in retrieving the medals that dr. saena earned as a marine and that he will receive at that gathering. you see, back in the 1970's dr. saena's house was broken into and his service medals were mentioned earlier, dr. saena earned the purple heart medal which was one of the nation's oldest and mosse heart is awarded to u.s. servicemembers who have been wounded or killed as a result of enemy action. dr. following awards -- the combat action ribbon the marine corps good combat medal, defense service medal, the armed forces expeditionary medal, vietnam service medal, rif badge, pistol expert badge, and he also earned a gallantry cross medal from the republic of to help