Amputee study could benefit Iraq veterans

Amputee study could benefit Iraq veterans
Chris Centeno
Issue date: 2/23/09 Section: Campus



Researchers from Ohio State and Indiana University are studying the lives of Vietnam veteran amputees.

Stephen Wilson, a principal investigator in the study, spoke to veterans at the Faculty Club Friday afternoon.

The study, funded by a $2 million grant from the Department of Defense, led to the establishment of the Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research. The goal of the research is to collect as much data from Vietnam veteran amputees as possible, in hopes of better understanding their lives after amputation.

Man crafts walking sticks for wounded soldiers

Man crafts walking sticks for wounded soldiers

By Ann Bailey - Grand Forks Herald
Posted : Monday Jul 7, 2008 6:07:26 EDT

PORTLAND, N.D — On Independence Day, and every other day, soldiers at Walter Reed hospital in Washington know they can lean on Dennis Enger.

The Portland man has dedicated himself to making willow walking sticks for the soldiers who have had a leg amputated. Enger began carving the sticks from willow tree saplings two years ago.

“I had a friend whose grandson lost a leg over in Iraq, so I thought I had to do something,” he said.

A Vietnam-era Army veteran, Enger has a strong kinship with young men who are serving their country. He contacted a fellow member of the North Dakota Vietnam Veterans of America organization to find out how he could distribute the sticks to veterans at Walter Reed. The organization delivered about 50 of Enger’s walking sticks to the hospital in February 2006.

.Va. vet heads for Iraq to help amputees

July 6, 2008
W.Va. vet heads for Iraq to help amputees
Dave Evans lost both legs just below the knees in Vietnam. For 34 years now, he has committed and risked his life to help people like him all over the world.
By Paul J. Nyden
Staff writer

Dave Evans lost both legs just below the knees in Vietnam. For 34 years now, he has committed and risked his life to help people like him all over the world.

Next week, Evans heads to Iraq to help upgrade prosthetic clinics and train Iraqis to replace arms, legs and feet for amputees.

"I don't care what side you are on. I don't care what politics you have," Evans said last week. "I will take care of you if you are an amputee."


The U.S. State Department is financing his work and also will pick up costs to train Iraqis to help the wounded.

Kodiak readies to take Wounded Warriors out fishing

Kodiak readies to take Wounded Warriors out fishing

Analysis by Linda Shogren
Alaska Journal of Commerce

Peter Malley, a former Marine now living in Kodiak, remembers well how poorly fellow American citizens treated him and other veterans returning from Vietnam.
Today, with another unpopular war being waged in Iraq, he hoped there was something he could do for returning soldiers who had risked their lives fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Every day, they faced car bombs and ambushes. Some lost limbs or received other permanent injuries. They are heroes who should be appreciated for all they have sacrificed, not forgotten or ridiculed for a job they were sent to do, Malley said.

Vietnam Vet Helps Other Soldiers With Prosthetics

Vietnam Vet Helps Other Soldiers With Prosthetics
Reporting
Tom Mustin DENVER (CBS4) ― A 75-year-old Vietnam War veteran who lost his leg during heavy fighting in 1968 isn't letting his wounds slow him down. The amputee now works at the Denver VA Medical Center, helping design custom artificial limbs for fellow service members.

Sgt. Stanley Agena was in the Army during Vietnam. Now he serves in the VA Hospital's prosthetics wing.

"When I got hit, my leg was blown off, but it was barely hanging there," Agena said. "So I just ... crawling around helping the others."

Vietnam Veteran Finally Gets Full Benefits

Vietnam Veteran Finally Gets Full Benefits
Updated: 03/01/2008 10:12 AM
By: Steve Ference

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Vietnam veteran Joe Tannenbaum said, "I was drafted. I didn't enlist. I didn't agree with the war."



In 1967, Joe Tannenbaum went to Vietnam and his life would never be the same.