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Frank Pierson

SPC Frank Pierson
Branch: Army
Rank: Specialist
Home: Plainfield, IL

Army SPC Frank Pierson was only four months into his first deployment when he was left a double amputee after his vehicle came under attack in Baghdad, Iraq March 2008. While returning to the rest of his company, SPC Pierson saw a flash of light on the road and felt an intense rumbling as an electrically fired projectile (EFP) tore through the vehicle he was driving.

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Cameron Crouch

Cameron Crouch
Branch: Army
Rank: Sergeant
Home: Mahomet, IL

Army SGT Cameron Crouch was deployed to Iraq as part of the A Co. 1/178th Infantry when he was severely injured in an accident on August 23, 2007. While working as part of a platoon overseeing witnesses and detainees at the Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, a rooftop caved-in, plunging SGT Crouch seventy feet to the ground. As a result of landing on his feet on a marble floor, Cameron suffered devastating injuries to both of his legs requiring nearly 20 surgeries including the amputation of both legs below the knee.

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