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MARINE AMPUTEE REJOINS BATTALION; RETURNS TO COMBAT AFTER NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
October 25, 2008
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:

By Sgt. Ray Lewis
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines

There was blood in the water. It was a grim addition to the Iraqi sewage canal usually littered with dead sheep and festering fish.

That's where the Marines of Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division found their comrade after the attack.

Just seconds . . .

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