Injured Iraq war vets don't lookfor pity (12/1/04)

Injured Iraq war vets don't lookfor pity
At Walter Reed, profiles of courage and determination

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By Brian Williams
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 7:33 p.m. ET Dec. 1, 2004


WASHINGTON - Sgt. Carla Best is the face of determination. "Look, I'm standing on my leg!" she says.

These are her first steps since her leg was shredded by a roadside bomb in Baghdad more than one month ago.

This is Ward 57 at Walter Reed Medical Center, where amputees get treated and where some of the best doctors in the world put some of America's bravest soldiers back together.

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