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Middleburg soldier injured in Iraq

Nov-30-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By Amanda Keister, The Daily Item

BETHESDA, Md. — A Middleburg soldier is in intensive care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after being injured in an ambush in northern Iraq Nov. 19.

Wayne Landis, 25, of the 172nd Stryker Brigade, suffered injuries to his head, chest and hip, his mother, Kay Landis, said Tuesday. She said doctors believe his wounds were the results of a grenade and gun shots.

Mrs. Landis said her son went into surgery within four hours of being injured and that is what saved his life. He was then airlifted to Germany the following Sunday before being flown to Maryland on Tuesday. She and her husband, Arden, arrived in Maryland late Tuesday night for their first glimpse of their injured son, the youngest of their eight children.

"It was a tremendous shock," Mrs. Landis said. "We did not recognize him because he was so full of fluids. ... They all come in that way."

The swelling has now subsided, and Mrs. Landis said Wayne has been able to communicate with his parents and his wife, Michelle, by winking, giving a thumbs up and moving his arms and hands. [...]

Update:

Another injured soldier recovering from battle - The News-Miner


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