Amputee soldier fights to stay part of Army elite (10/17/04)

Amputee soldier fights to stay part of Army elite


Published Sunday, October 17, 2004
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - George Perez still feels the sweat between his toes when he exercises. He’s still plagued with nagging cramps in his calf muscle. And sometimes, when he gets out of bed at night without thinking, he topples over.

Perez, 21, lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq more than a year ago, but despite the phantom pains that haunt him, he says he is determined to prove to the Army that he is no less of a man - and no less of a soldier.

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