First Lt. Ed Salau, 38, from Stella, N.C, who lost his left leg above the knee in a grenade attack east of Tikrit, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2004, from a rocket propelled grenade, returned to Iraq thanks to Operation Proper Exit, a program co-sponsored by the United Service Organizations and Troops First Foundation, which allows service members to both return and leave Iraq on their own terms and not through a hasty medical evacuation that uproots them from the battlefield, their buddies and their traumatic experience. Returning wounded warriors get to see first-hand the progress made in Iraq. "It is a testimony to the fact that we didn't bleed or die in vain," said Salau. The wounded warriors were given an operations and intelligence brief for Al Anbar province, Iraq, and were able to ask questions directed to briefing personnel from 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Advise and Assist Brigade, based at Camp Ramadi, Iraq.
| Date Taken: | 10.15.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 10.16.2009 08:28 |
| Photo ID: | 213487 |
| VIRIN: | 091015-A-2315M-013 |
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| Location: | RAMADI, IQ |
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