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English: Sgt. Peter A. Penree, Jr., a 23-year-old Marine with the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, was reunited with his uncle, Army Maj. John W. Penree, last week at Al Asad, Iraq. Penree, Jr., a 23-year-old Marine infantryman from Frankfort, N.Y., was wounded recently when a suicide bomber drove a truck laden with explosives into a U.S. military outpost just south of this sprawling U.S. military air base. He�s spent the better part of two weeks recovering at a military medical facility here. When his uncle found out about the injuries, he decided to expedite his plans to travel the hundred or so miles from Balad to Al Anbar Province to visit his wounded nephew. �Initially, I received a report�that he was injured, but I didn�t know the severity of the injuries, I just knew it was a large blast,� said Maj. Penree, a 49-year-old from Hartwick, N.Y. �Later on I was told that he was OK, and that the injuries were not life threatening.� For wounded U.S. servicemembers like Penree, who has both spent days recuperating in a medical facility miles away from their fellow Marines and units, the sight of a family member often provides extra comfort to other relatives back home, according to Navy Chief Petty Officer Terry D. Green, the senior enlisted advisor at the Marines� regimental aid station here. �It helps the healing process and it helps the family back home know they�re alive and well,� said Green.