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Marine Captain Patrick (PJ) Glavey was almost two months into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs in an IED blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on October 28, 2010. While working on a routine clearing operation with the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team and members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Cpt. Glavey stepped on an IED resulting in the traumatic amputations of his right leg above the knee, his left leg below the knee, and one of his fingers. Medically evacuated by helicopter, Cpt. Glavey was treated at the field hospital at Camp Dwyer before being transported to Landstuhl, Germany. Click here to read more.
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