ONE LOST A LEG, ANOTHER AN EYE WHILE IN IRAQ 3 Army buddies celebrate 'Alive Day'

Arizona Daily Star ^ | 11/25/04

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Staff Sgt. Joshua Olson called it his "Alive Day," the one-year anniversary of the day he lost his leg in Iraq.

He marked the date by traveling from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington back to the Fort Campbell woods where he once instructed men as a squad leader. Instead of camouflage, he wore jeans and a T-shirt, and used crutches to get around on one leg.

He wanted to get back to the comrades ---snip---

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The source is another AP story. At least there are some decent photos of the three there and the story is a pretty darn good one considering it came from the AP.