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Stone, who has been undergoing medical treatment in Germany since he and his two childhood friends,  National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and Sacramento college student Anthony Sadler subdued the gunman on a passenger train Aug. 21.(AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>U.S. Air Force personal and their families wait for the arrival of Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone on Sept. 3 at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Rich Pedroncelli\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stone <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">has been <\/span>was undergoing medical treatment in Germany since he, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and Sacramento college student Anthony Sadler, all childhood friends from the Sacramento area, subdued the gunman on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Aug. 21. 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