(Mosul, Iraq) - Some of the heaviest fighting in Iraq since the beginning of the war has left a springfield soldier fighting for his life.
Sergeant Paul Schmitz is being treated at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C. His family says Schmitz was hit by a bullet during fighting in Mosul, Iraq, shattering two vertebrae in his spine and slicing into his intestines and spleen.
Schmitz is part of the Army's strike brigade, a special unit trained in terrorist fighting. He's expected to stay at the hospital for more than a year.
Springfield Soldier Seriously Injured In Iraq
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(Mosul, Iraq) - Some of the heaviest fighting in Iraq since the beginning of the war has left a springfield soldier fighting for his life.
Sergeant Paul Schmitz is being treated at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, D.C. His family says Schmitz was hit by a bullet during fighting in Mosul, Iraq, shattering two vertebrae in his spine and slicing into his intestines and spleen.
Schmitz is part of the Army's strike brigade, a special unit trained in terrorist fighting. He's expected to stay at the hospital for more than a year.
