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Sports - Naval Academy
Sports comment: Army-Navy served with smilePublished 04/20/05
It's hard to not get emotional while talking to John Fernandez. Fernandez is a real-life war hero, and it's a true honor to simply shake his hand and hear his story. Fernandez was in Annapolis on Friday night to play in the inaugural Army-Navy alumni lacrosse game. The 27-year-old Long Island native was noticeably different than the other 163 Annapolis and West Point graduates who participated in the contest. Fernandez, Army's team captain in 2001, has no legs. Those limbs were lost on April 3, 2003 while Lt. Fernandez was serving in Iraq. He was a member of Charlie Battery 3-13 Field Artillery, which was rocked by...
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