A LOCAL MAN HAS RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART. PRIVATE CLAYTON SWANSON, WHO GRADUATED FROM SAN BENITO HIGH SCHOOL IN 2008, RECEIVED THE AWARD RECENTLY IN AFGHANISTAN. THAT AFTER HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION JUST WEEKS AFTER ARRIVING AT HIS BASE IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN. SWANSON IS A MEMBER OF THE SCREAMING EAGLES, 101ST AIRBORNE.
