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MAHMOUDIYA, Iraq -- Parallel scars running down 1st Sgt. Rick Skidis' calf tell the story of how he nearly lost his leg when a roadside bomb blew through the door of his armored Humvee.
The blast shredded muscle, ligament and tendon, leaving Skidis in a daze as medics and fellow soldiers rushed to help him. Skidis remembers little of that day in November except someone warning him that when he woke, his foot might be gone.See the full content of this document
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Wounds Are a Ticket Home, but Many Soldiers Stay at War
After five months and six surgeries, the foot remains intact but causes Skidis haunting numbness and searing pain caused by nerve damage.
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