Wounded troops are making choices that predecessors from earlier wars never had: whether to trade poorly functioning limbs for microprocessor-driven ...
Some Soldiers Prefer Amputations Rather Than Damaged Limbs, Now That Prosthetics Are So Good
USATODAY.com News, USA Today
Tue, 04/12/2011 - 8:00pm
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