Soldier who lost leg in Iraq war determined to get back into action (10/17/04)

Soldier who lost leg in Iraq war determined to get back into action

Estes Thompson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- 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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