05 May 2014

Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed 'I will return' | RallyPoint.com

Military News - Soldier who lost leg in Afghanistan vowed 'I will return'

Image Copyright: Lorenzo Tugnoli/The Washington Post

By Tim Craig
Copyright: The Washington Post

CAMP SPANN, Afghanistan — When U.S. Army Lt. Joshua Pitcher woke up in a military hospital in Kandahar province, he immediately looked toward his feet.

The last thing he remembered was a doctor promising he would try to save the soldier's left leg, which had been shredded by a roadside bomb. Now Pitcher stole a look downward at the sheet covering his lower body. There was one mound instead of two. He swore.

"And then I just spiraled down into complete depression," Pitcher recalled.

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