Stryker soldier who lost arm in Iraq finds his life plans derailed ( 11/11/04)

Stryker soldier who lost arm in Iraq finds his life plans derailed
Onalaska Family Struggles With Injury

CHRISTIAN HILL, THE OLYMPIAN
ONALASKA -- Sgt. Trevor Phillips sacrificed more than his right hand on a May 11 combat patrol in Iraq.
Phillips, 26, a vehicle commander for the Army's first Stryker brigade, lost a clear future for himself and his family.

Phillips planned to join his wife, Christa, and their two young daughters in this Lewis County town after his tour, leave the Army and join the Coast Guard.

Those goals ended when he crested a hill in Mosul and an improvised explosive device detonated 4 feet from him while he was manning a machine gun from his vehicle's roof hatch.

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