RECENTLY WOUNDED VETS SAIL TOWARD NEW RECOGNITION OF CAPABILITIES
October 02, 2008
October 02, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
Army Staff Sgt. Michael Fradera had never even been on a sailboat before an improvised explosive device in Baghdad blasted away both of his legs during the early days of the troop surge in Iraq.But yesterday, the former 1st Infantry Division soldier, now medically retired from the Army, was the king of San Diego Harbor at the helm of a 43-foot racing s . . .
Army Staff Sgt. Michael Fradera had never even been on a sailboat before an improvised explosive device in Baghdad blasted away both of his legs during the early days of the troop surge in Iraq.But yesterday, the former 1st Infantry Division soldier, now medically retired from the Army, was the king of San Diego Harbor at the helm of a 43-foot racing s . . .