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Berman moved from intensive care

Jun-23-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Some good news.

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By Patricia Henley Assistant News Editor

6.22.04 - Army Staff Sgt. Jed Berman, a former Sonoma Valley resident who was seriously wounded in Mosul, Iraq, on May 29, has been moved out of intensive care and into a standard ward at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

"He is out of the woods and now begins the long road to recovery," said his father, Jon Berman.

Jed suffered severe damage to his face, arm and back, and has pieces of shrapnel in two parts of the right side of his brain. He underwent the first of a series of face reconstructive surgeries last week and is doing well, Jon Berman said. Jed is speaking more clearly than before, Jon said, is recalling events from his memory and is slowly regaining use of his left hand, which is controlled by the right side of his brain.

Originally Jon was told through indirect sources that his son had been injured while riding in the turret of a lightly armored Stryker vehicle. After those details were published, this newspaper received an e-mail from Lt. Col. Joseph Piek, the public affairs officer for Task Force Olympis and 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) in Mosul.

Piek reported that Berman was actually riding in the open hatch of a six-wheeled Fox vehicle when a nearby "vehicle that contained numerous explosives was detonated."


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