Disabled American, Afghan Soldiers Face Different Realities

It was a sunny day. As U.S. Staff Sergeant Jonny Jones was on patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand province - suddenly - a land mine exploded, changing the life of this U.S. Marine forever. "Joey" as his friends call him, lost both of his legs in the blast. "When I woke up in Germany my immediate thought was, "do I have a knee?", because a lot of guys that lose their leg below the knee recover faster and can do more," he recalls. "So if you have one...

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