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MikeTangas · #12 06-01-2004, 04:14 PM

Thanks Jeff. It really would be neat to learn the rest of the story.

As far as his being wounded in Holland, he took a round to the elbow early in this engagement. Stayed in country over a week and brought back his entire detail. The American doctors wanted to cut the arm above the elbow but two other doctors in the field hospital (one french, one English) convinced the first doctor to leave the arm. Then they shipped him to England where they implanted a sheep knee, or some such joint to replace the mangled elbow. That joint lasted about a year and they replaced it with an early model stainless steel joint. That joint lasted 5 years and was replaced with an updated version made of stainless with nylon bearing surfaces.

After a long 2 year rehab at Fort Sam Houston he went back to Benning to be a DI at jump school. The artifical joint was working out so well he even pulled a couple tours in Korea.