Marine from Oklahoma becomes first above-the-knee amputee fighting in Iraq

Marine from Oklahoma becomes first above-the-knee amputee fighting in Iraq

Posted: April 28, 2008 01:02 PM EDT

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY - A Marine from Oklahoma has become the first person with an above-the-knee amputation to return to combat in Iraq.

Master Sergeant William Gibson needed his left leg amputated above the knee after he was shot by a sniper while pulling an Iraqi soldier out of harm's way in Ramadi, Iraq, in May 2006.