Tammy Duckworth
Headline:
'I heard a tap-tap of gunfire. But I didn't realise my legs had gone'
Synopsis:
Last week the world watched as Barack Obama embraced an Iraq war vet at a Veterans Day ceremony. Tammy Duckworth lost her legs on a mission in Baghdad four years ago. Now she is among a rising number of ex-soldiers reshaping US politics and may yet serve under the new president. Here she talks about her fight for her comrades - and her own fight for life
- Publish date:
- 16 November 2008
- Author:
- Paul Harris
- Source:
- The Observer
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