COMING HOME WOUNDED SOLDIERS RETURN TO INDIFFERENCE (10/14/04)

COMING HOME WOUNDED SOLDIERS RETURN TO INDIFFERENCE
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14 October 2004
ABC News: Primetime Thursday
English
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CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, ABC NEWS

(OC) Good evening, I'm Cynthia McFadden. Our lead story tonight is something every American has to watch. It will sadden you, anger you, and leave you wondering how it could have happened. Here's chief investigative correspondent, Brian Ross, with how support for our troops stops at the hospital door.

STAFF SERGEANT RYAN KELLY, US MILITARY

I love being a soldier. I don't regret what happened. If I had to go back to Iraq, you know, and do this all over again knowing that there was that chance of losing my leg, I'd do it. Because, it's what the nation asked me to do.

STAFF SERGEANT PETER DAMON, US MILITARY

I woke up in a combat support hospital. And kind of looked down and saw that my arms were gone. And remember thinking, "what am I going to do now?"