David tangled with Walter Reed's image machine when he wanted to attend a ceremony for a fellow amputee, a Mexican national who was being granted U.S. citizenship by President Bush. A case worker quizzed him about what he would wear. It was summer, so David said shorts. The case manager said the media would be there and shorts were not advisable because the amputees would be seated in the front row. (Washington Post)
Perks and stardom do not come to every amputee. Sgt. David Thomas, a gunner with the Tennessee National Guard, spent his first three months at Walter Reed with no decent clothes; medics in Samarra had cut off his uniform. Heavily drugged, missing one leg and suffering from traumatic brain injury, David, 42, was finally told by a physical therapist to go to the Red Cross office, where he was given a T-shirt and sweat pants. He was awarded a Purple Heart but had no underwear.
While the war is tragic and there have been loses your numbers are way, way, off. Also not taken into consideration are the much larger number of US civilian casualties to come as a result of misguided politics and politicians.
lol america!
HackebeilHarry 4 years ago
I feel very sad for the families,children and friends who have lost a loved one in this war.I wish you courage and hope to carry on.
guitar49 4 years ago
If our media focused more on this particular aspect of war our troops would've been home long ago. Keep it up.
WOMCProductions 4 years ago
Impeach bush ! he is the worst Prsident in HIstory ! he was sooo in on 911 ! bushwacked the country ! scum of the earth = the bush family.
princessjaybunni 4 years ago
David tangled with Walter Reed's image machine when he wanted to attend a ceremony for a fellow amputee, a Mexican national who was being granted U.S. citizenship by President Bush. A case worker quizzed him about what he would wear. It was summer, so David said shorts. The case manager said the media would be there and shorts were not advisable because the amputees would be seated in the front row. (Washington Post)
Oilwellian 5 years ago
good job oilwellian for finally cutting the bs and finally showing the truth
yosup60 5 years ago
Perks and stardom do not come to every amputee. Sgt. David Thomas, a gunner with the Tennessee National Guard, spent his first three months at Walter Reed with no decent clothes; medics in Samarra had cut off his uniform. Heavily drugged, missing one leg and suffering from traumatic brain injury, David, 42, was finally told by a physical therapist to go to the Red Cross office, where he was given a T-shirt and sweat pants. He was awarded a Purple Heart but had no underwear.
Oilwellian 5 years ago
Thank you for posting. Too many have died because of Bush's lies
pissedoffprogressive 5 years ago
Death and selfish desires know not skin colour, ethnicity or social status. I don't even know what we're fighting for.
EvilCosbySweater 5 years ago
You forgot parents, grandparents, spouses, brothers, sisters and children of more than 600,000 Iraqi killed because of a war imposed upon them.
PinkCougar 5 years ago
Please see my Iraq, Broken video.
Oilwellian 5 years ago
While the war is tragic and there have been loses your numbers are way, way, off. Also not taken into consideration are the much larger number of US civilian casualties to come as a result of misguided politics and politicians.
gerry301 5 years ago
With all due respect, when you study what we've done to Iraq since the first Iraq war, the number of dead civilians is far more than 600,000.
Oilwellian 5 years ago