Army Pfc. Douglas Dalton, wounded in his leg and stomach in an ambush in Iraq in mid-September, is ready to go back.
"Nobody wants to go to war, but my unit is still there, so I gotta see them again," Dalton, who returned home Oct. 7, said. "They need my help."
A shot in Mosul hit Dalton in the leg and ricocheted into his stomach. Two other soldiers in his squad were also injured in the ambush. His injuries sent Dalton, 21, to the hospital for surgery and 30 days of convalescent leave back home in Pearl City.
Dalton is a squad automatic weapon gunner for A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. [...]
