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Wounded cheered by Landstuhl visits

Jun-16-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

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By Marni McEntee, Stars and Stripes

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Sammy Davis leaned over 1st Lt. Dwight Mears, who lay nearly motionless in his Army hospital bed, and asked him to hold onto the Medal of Honor draped around his neck.

Mears did, and Davis said: “This medal honors everyone in uniform. I’m only the caretaker.” [...]

Davis, Rodolfo “Rudy” Hernandez, 73, and Ronald Rosser, 75, who both earned the Medal of Honor for actions in Korea, visited several other soldiers and civilians wounded in the ongoing fighting in Iraq. [...]

On Tuesday, he mentioned that to Jerry Edwards, 35, of Florala, Ala. Edwards, a civilian contractor who repairs Army helicopters, was injured in a mortar attack at a hangar in Mosul.

His right leg was held together with several steel rods.

“My legs are all welded together with wire and steel plates but I can still dance,” Davis told Edwards. “It hurts like a bitch, but I can still dance.”

Edwards was cheered by the visit.

“It was inspiring,” he said. “I appreciate it. “It means a lot for them to take the time to see people in the hospital.”


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