Getting amputees back on their feet Navy's one-stop, state-of-the-art

Getting amputees back on their feet Navy's one-stop, state-of-the-art rehabilitation center in California helps war injured realize goals
Eilene Zimmerman, Special to The Chronicle
Wednesday, November 8, 2006

(11-08) 04:00 PST San Diego -- Nathaniel Leoncio, a petty officer third class with the U.S. Navy, was on patrol with the Marines in the Iraqi city of Ramadi a year ago when a roadside bomb exploded and changed his life. Leoncio had a host of severe wounds, including abdominal injuries that necessitated his wearing a colostomy bag for months.
But most traumatic was the loss of his right leg, at mid-thigh.

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Nathaniel Leoncio