“There are those who speak about you who say, “he lost an arm, he lost a leg, she lost her sight”…I object. You gave your arm. You gave your leg. You gave your sight. As gifts to your nation. That we might live in freedom. Thank you. And to your families, families of the fallen and families of the wounded. You sacrificed in ways that those of us who have not walked in your shoes can only imagine.”
General Pete M. Pace
Wounded Warrior Project Sacrifice Center
In 2002 while watching the news, agroup of veterans and brothers were moved by the difficult stories of the first wounded seervice members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq. More than brass bands and ticker tape parades were needed.
