Wounded Army Sgt. Brandon Huff said he has nothing to be more thankful for this Thanksgiving than being home with his family.
"I'm grateful to be home," he said. "It's pretty simple, I know, but it's just nice to sleep in my own bed again."
Huff, 23, made his first trip home Saturday night after spending the past six months in physical therapy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., recovering from losing his left leg in April after a roadside bomb exploded in Mosul, Iraq.
Huff said last April 20 he and his unit responded to a report of a car bomb in Mosul but when he got out of his vehicle to place cones around the area he saw an explosion from the corner of his eye. Someone had placed a bomb in a transformer box at the base of a light pole. [...]
Home for the Holiday
Link to Full ArticleBy REBECCA ADLER, The Daily Democrat
Brandon Huff making plans for his future
Wounded Army Sgt. Brandon Huff said he has nothing to be more thankful for this Thanksgiving than being home with his family.
"I'm grateful to be home," he said. "It's pretty simple, I know, but it's just nice to sleep in my own bed again."
