A Leg to Stand and Fight On

“Now Pitcher stole a look downward at the sheet covering his lower body. There was one mound instead of two. He swore. ‘And then I just spiraled down into complete depression.'” That was two years ago. Today, Army Lt. Joshua Pitcher is the first member of the 82nd Airborne Division to return to paratrooper duty as an amputee.

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