One of your links above led me to the story of S.P.C.- J.R. Salzman a true lumberjack-man who has been featured on t.v. and is one of our brave soldiers in Iraq.
Dec. 21 he was injured by an I.E.D.
He has been undergoing surgery almost daily and is a remarkable young soldier who never gives up and is one of our men of steel now serving in Iraq.
His story is here at the blackfive site and his own, it choked my up bad.
http://www.blackfive.net/
http://www.jrsalzman.com/weblog/