Casualties of war: Meet Tammy Duckworth (Video)

Casualties of war: Meet Tammy Duckworth

By Anna Song
and KATU Web Staff
Washington, D.C. - A Blackhawk pilot who is one of a growing number of seriously injured soldiers is out to prove that while her body may be broken, her spirit is not.

At the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the majority of the soldiers are men, which makes Tammy Duckworth stand out.

"I don't think of myself as a female soldier, I think of myself as just a soldier," she says.

Duckworth, a double amputee, is one of the few female combat pilots in the military and the first female soldier to arrive at Walter Reed.

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