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08-29-2005, 03:57 AM
Thomas D. Segel
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August 29, 2005
Marine Sergeant James Wright has been awarded the Bronze Star for valor in combat. He is also in training as a hand-to-hand combat instructor at the Marine Corps Martial Arts Commitment to Excellence Program at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.
This is interesting, but not worthy of any banner headlines. Still, it takes only a quick glance to see there is something different about this young Marine. In place of his two hands, Sergeant Wright wears two steel hooks. His hands were both severed and he received a major leg wound when the lead Humvee in which he was riding was struck by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), while on patrol with the First Reconnaissance Battalion in Iraq.
The blast blew off his helmet and safety glasses. It ruptured his left eardrum. But, these were the least of his injuries.
Source (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/tsegel/2005/ts_08291.shtml)
http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif
August 29, 2005
Marine Sergeant James Wright has been awarded the Bronze Star for valor in combat. He is also in training as a hand-to-hand combat instructor at the Marine Corps Martial Arts Commitment to Excellence Program at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.
This is interesting, but not worthy of any banner headlines. Still, it takes only a quick glance to see there is something different about this young Marine. In place of his two hands, Sergeant Wright wears two steel hooks. His hands were both severed and he received a major leg wound when the lead Humvee in which he was riding was struck by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), while on patrol with the First Reconnaissance Battalion in Iraq.
The blast blew off his helmet and safety glasses. It ruptured his left eardrum. But, these were the least of his injuries.
Source (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/tsegel/2005/ts_08291.shtml)