USMC Amputee becomes first to earn wings

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USMC Amputee becomes first to earn wings

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A Marine who lost his leg in Afghanistan to a landmine just became the first service member to complete airborne school. Now that's some pretty inspiring determination. Via the Ft. Benning Bayonet.
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And pisspalepony can't summon up the sack to get off profile....what a puss. :roll:
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Sgt. Chandler can suck it up and continue the mission.....Palepussy can't.
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That guy is pretty hooah in my book (the marine...not PHR).
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I bet he ran right along everyone else during training. He sounds like a man possessed with a strong fortitude. God bless those who fight to take care of themselves!
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Sgt. Chandler must have balls big enough to carry in a wheel barrow. Every time my feet hurt, I'll think of him.
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In batt I had the honor of serving with Bill Dunham. He had recently started skydiving for extracaricular activities before the invasion of Panama.

When he came to visit us, he came sport'n his prosthesis and photos of the skydive he made with his one leg.

He lost his leg because he caught a round in the knee, destroying it. They had to amputate from above the knee.

He told us that this latest jump was the scariest of his life. I could tell he was telling the truth because of how huge his eyes were in the photos right before his comeback jump.

HOOAH MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH RANGER LUNA!~

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Spartan wrote:A Marine who lost his leg in Afghanistan to a landmine just became the first service member to complete airborne school. Now that's some pretty inspiring determination. Via the Ft. Benning Bayonet.
i heard about him, he graduated a short while before my class, he was the talk of the 507th for a long time, along with that really old major who went thru with the class after me
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