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    Back to work: hand amputee deploys to set example for wounded warriors [Image 2 of 6]

    Back to work: hand amputee deploys to set example for wounded warriors

    PATROL BASE FIRES, HELMAND PROVINCE,, AFGHANISTAN

    08.06.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly 

    II Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, wades through a branch of the Helmand River while conducting combat operations in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 6. In February of 2006, Ramirez was wounded in action while serving in Iraq with 3rd Bn., 5th Marines and two years later became the first hand-amputee to re-enlist in the Marines Corps.

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    Date Taken: 08.06.2011
    Date Posted: 09.08.2011 08:46
    Photo ID: 453013
    VIRIN: 110806-M-VI905-069
    Resolution: 2336x3504
    Size: 5 MB
    Location: PATROL BASE FIRES, HELMAND PROVINCE,, AF

    Web Views: 676
    Downloads: 45

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