A Soldier's New Battle

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

Sometimes I'm like, 'Man, why did this have to happen to me?' But then I'm like, 'Well, I'm alive, you know? I AM ALIVE !'' Anderson says. He is among over 500 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have undergone amputations. Over 20,000 U.S. troops have been injured in the war in Iraq alone.

Rick Loomis, "A Soldier's New Battle," in POYi Archive, Item #46017, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/46017 (accessed November 23, 2024).