FORT BENNING, Ga. — From the moment his broken body was pulled from an armored vehicle in Iraq — after an enemy grenade, dropped through a hatch, detonated inches away —Army Ranger Joseph Kapacziewski vowed to be back in the fight...Fast-forward five years to the morning of April 19, 2010, to a village in eastern Afghanistan.
With help from his false leg, Sgt. 1st Class Kapacziewski, 28, races down an Afghan road through enemy fire to reach a fellow Ranger who had been shot in the stomach. Along with another soldier, they drag the wounded man 75 yards to safety and administer first aid as insurgents with heavy machine guns try to kill them.
The action earns Kapacziewski an Army commendation medal with a "V" for valor.
The advance of medical technology never ceases to amaze me, and SFC Kapacziewski's story will never fail to inspire me.
You can read the full story here. There's so much more to it than the bit I've highlighted. I encourage you to read on.
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