Barb Hoover, of Pine Glen, can breathe easier now.
Her son, Staff Sgt. Scott Hoover, is back in Tacoma, Wash., wounded but safe.
During a Dec. 4 patrol in Baghdad, a roadside bomb destroyed Hoover's Stryker combat vehicle, breaking his left shoulder blade, damaging his rotator cuff and sending shrapnel through his left thigh.
Evacuated by helicopter, Hoover, 37, arrived at Fort Lewis -- headquarters of his unit, the 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division -- on Tuesday after stops in Germany and Air Force bases. Doctors released him that evening to begin his recovery at home.
"He's got a long road ahead of him," his mother said. "But to see some of the servicemen who were injured and came back, he realizes he's very lucky." [...]
Local soldier wounded in Iraq returns home
By Chris Rosenblum, Centre Daily TimesBarb Hoover, of Pine Glen, can breathe easier now.
Her son, Staff Sgt. Scott Hoover, is back in Tacoma, Wash., wounded but safe.
During a Dec. 4 patrol in Baghdad, a roadside bomb destroyed Hoover's Stryker combat vehicle, breaking his left shoulder blade, damaging his rotator cuff and sending shrapnel through his left thigh.
