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Soldier who lost leg in Iraq war determined to get back to fight
The Associated Press ^
| 10/16/2004, 10:11 a.m. ET
| ESTES THOMPSON
Posted on 10/16/2004 8:14:19 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — George Perez still feels the sweat between his toes when he exercises. He's still plagued with nagging cramps in his calf muscle. And sometimes, when he gets out of bed at night without thinking, he topples over.
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Thought I'd share this awesome and inspiring story.
To: freeperfromnj
I am actually suprised that AP put this story out....It seems lately they usually squelch such patriotism.
What a brave soldier,,I couldn't possibly thank him enough.
To: freeperfromnj
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posted on
10/16/2004 8:23:01 AM PDT
by
madison46
(Give IRAN nuke fuel?? Your nutz)
To: freeperfromnj
THAT is an American Fighting Man, boys and girls.
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posted on
10/16/2004 8:27:21 AM PDT
by
wrbones
(Where'd I put my tin foil hat....)
To: austinaero
I am actually suprised that AP put this story out.... So was I. More of these stories need to get out there. These soldiers deserve better than Kerry.
To: freeperfromnj
To: freeperfromnj
Contrast this brave patriot with the soldier who let himself be turned into a pathetic tool in that OpTruth 527 ad.
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posted on
10/16/2004 8:55:11 AM PDT
by
Callahan
To: Callahan
I didn't see that one. What states are they airing that 527 in?
To: freeperfromnj
Too bad he's not as brave and heroic as Senator Kerry. /sarcasm
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posted on
10/16/2004 8:58:37 AM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Al Anbar -- not just another bad neighborhood, it's a state of mind)
To: freeperfromnj
With his new carbon-fiber prosthetic leg, Perez intends to show a medical board he can run an eight-minute mile, jump out of airplanes and pass all the other paratrooper tests that will allow him to go with his regiment to Afghanistan sometime next year.Bump for George Perez, an example for us all.
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:02:53 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
(Behind every terrorist, there's a tyrant with a checkbook.)
To: wrbones
THAT is an American Fighting Man, boys and girls.
And to think I was b-tchin' and whinin' about putting up with crutches/cast for
3 months due to one little broken bone in my foot.
MEN like Perez remind me of what a never-served civilian girly-man I am.
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:03:22 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: freeperfromnj
A photograph of Perez's lonely boot transmitted around the world and spread across two pages of Time magazine became a stark reminder that the war in Iraq was far from over.I hate Time Magazine. To them, a photo of an empty boot is more important than a photo of the hero to whom it belongs, a hero who is alive, unvanquished, even thriving.
To hell with Time Magazine. Another bump for George.
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:06:53 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
(Behind every terrorist, there's a tyrant with a checkbook.)
To: freeperfromnj
Thanks for posting this amazing story of another of our dedicated patriotic warriors. Hate to think of where we'd be without them.
mc
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:07:11 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(Not thinking good so not thinking often.)
To: freeperfromnj
God Bless Georege Perez and all the rest who have returned to active duty in this condition. These are some GREAT AMERICANS!
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:11:32 AM PDT
by
JOE43270
(JOE43270 My vote goes for President Bush because he is a great leader and a good man.)
To: freeperfromnj
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:15:06 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
(Behind every terrorist, there's a tyrant with a checkbook.)
To: freeperfromnj
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:15:19 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
(Behind every terrorist, there's a tyrant with a checkbook.)
To: wrbones
THAT is an American Fighting Man, boys and girls.Indeed, and unlike Kerry who received 3 Purple hearts for 3 superfliscious bandaid type scratches and got out of Vietnam after just 4 month there this soldier can't wait to get back to be with his fellow soldiers in Iraq
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:19:36 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
(Stick a fork in Kerry, he is done)
To: freeperfromnj
FREEPERFROMNJ:
THANK YOU for posting this.
Born in 1941, I grew knowing heroes who came back from the Pacific and Europe with things like this. Their attitude was simply: This is the way things are now.
They did not whine or ask for any leeway.
Looks like The Greatest Generation, Version II, is here!
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posted on
10/16/2004 9:43:38 AM PDT
by
Ramonan
(Honor does not go out of style.)
To: freeperfromnj
Thank you Mr. Perez. And to think you didn't make Senator Kerry's List of Heroes? Well, you made mine.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:41:08 AM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Houston, the Eagle is soaring and my day is made!)
To: freeperfromnj
Another George Perez bump.
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posted on
10/16/2004 1:09:08 PM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
(Behind every terrorist, there's a tyrant with a checkbook.)
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