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Back from the brink A Fort Lewis soldier suffers devastating injuries from a bomb in Afghanistan. Heroic care on the field of battle and in the hospitals save his life and point him toward a new life.
WASHINGTON – No one knows how long the bomb lay under the packed earth of southern Afghanistan. How many times had the soldiers stepped over it? Each member of Lt. Dan Berschinski’s platoon had, at least twice. Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com
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