Families of Iowa soldiers worry and wait for news

Families of Iowa soldiers worry and wait for news
By LYNN OKAMOTO
Register Staff Writer
08/10/2003

The news of a Des Moines soldier having his legs amputated after an explosion in Baghdad sounded all too familiar Saturday to the family of a Cedar Rapids soldier.

Spc. Randy Chasten, 31, of Cedar Rapids was injured July 24 when his Humvee drove over a land mine in Iraq. He broke his jaw and his teeth were knocked out. His legs later became infected from the shrapnel.


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