TOWNSEND — Earlier this month, Townsend business owner and military veteran Sean Gifford visited Washington, D.C., in recognition of Purple Heart Day.

Gifford talks about being honored at the White House:

Montana Purple Heart recipient honored at the White House

It's a moment in time, captured just before Gifford's life changed forever, and you can see that picture here.

Sean Gifford

"It is kind of a beautiful photo in an ugly way that I just love it," said Gifford. “How close we were to, you know, a different outcome."

Gifford served with the 5th and 19th Special Forces Groups, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was injured in combat.

"When you go to the hospital and you see people who didn't make it out as unscathed as I did, it is kind of like, should I be here and shoul

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