Both of his legs and his left arm are gone. The 25-year-old soldier needs a hearing aid for his left ear, and a cochlear implant soon will be placed in his right. He has no sense of smell.
Luis' right arm, his only remaining limb, also is a symbol of loss. A tattoo of the memorial soldiers make for their fallen comrades - an arrangement of the dead's empty boots, helmet and rifle - adorns the inside of his forearm, set against the American flag. It stands as a reminder of his closest buddy in the Army, Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher, Jr., who was...
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