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For injured veteran, war continues even at home [View all]
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/01/injured-veteran-war-continues-even-home
For injured veteran, war continues even at home
By Elizabeth Simpson
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 26, 2014
HAMPTON
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Active-duty Marine for 13 years. A staff sergeant, chief trainer of military dogs and kennel master. Now a Marine reservist living in Hampton.
It takes awhile to get to the part about the IED, the shrapnel, the flying body parts, the brain injury.
His wife, Elizabeth, urges him on to March 29, 2011.
That day, he called her on the phone after the explosion. She needed to buy new tires for the truck. And that had been stressful for the mother of three, who was also five months pregnant.
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