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  • Wounded Troops Enjoy Dinner, Camaraderie at Local Dinners

    11/15/2008 7:04:28 PM PST · by SandRat · 10 replies · 802+ views
    WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2008 – As ghostlike Capitol Hill workers scurried through a cold, misty fog early yesterday evening, a nearby group of wounded warriors cosseted in a warm room broke bread and shared stories about far-away lands and future hopes. Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Maschek, right, and his wife, Angela, enjoy a wounded warrior dinner held at the Capitol Hill Club Nov. 14, 2008. Maschek, a 10th Mountain Division infantryman from Twin Falls , Idaho, was shot 11 times causing two broken legs during a February 2008 firefight near Kirkuk in northern Iraq . “It’s really nice,” Maschek...