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[Jonathan Lighter]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/war-hero-max-cleland-recounts-130000738.html

Max Cleland... served in the Vietnam War in 1967 and 1968. On April 8,
1968—days behind his tour was to end—a grenade exploded and cost Cleland
both of his legs and his right arm.

JL

"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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