MEDIA ADVISORY - May 4 Purple Heart Presentation Published April 28, 2010 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AFB, MISS. -- NEWS MEDIA WHO WOULD LIKE TO COVER THIS EVENT ARE ASKED TO CALL STEVE PIVNICK, 81ST MEDICAL GROUP PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 376-3018, BY NOON MAY 3 WITH THE NAME(S) OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE(S) Master Sgt. Kenneth Gestring, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, will be honored May 4 as he is presented the Purple Heart for wounds he suffered while deployed to Afghanistan. Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Kory Cornum, 81st Medical Group commander, will pin the award on Sergeant Gestring during a 4 p.m. ceremony in the hospital's Don Wylie auditorium as family, friends and coworkers look on.