Military Families Enjoy Comfort of Homes While Wounded Soldiers Recover

Military Families Enjoy Comfort of Homes While Wounded Soldiers Recover
By Janet Nester - When Tracy Shellhammer's husband called in April to say he had lost part of his left leg during combat in Afghanistan, she didn't believe him. He was always playing practical jokes, and a nurse had to get on the line to convince her.

Washington, D.C. - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - infoZine - After being moved to several hospitals, Staff Sgt. Justin Shellhammer, 26, ended up here, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a premier military hospital known for its quality treatment of amputees. Shellhammer, serving with the 164th Military Police Company, had stepped on a land mine.

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