*Paratrooper Who Lost Leg in War Re-Enlists (10/16/04)

Paratrooper Who Lost Leg in War Re-Enlists
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By ESTES THOMPSON
Associated Press Writer
930 Words
16 October 2004
22:03 GMT
Associated Press Newswires
English
(c) 2004. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - George Perez 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.

"I'm not ready to get out yet," he says. "I'm not going to let this little injury stop me from what I want to do."