'This Kid Saved My Life'
In 3 Minutes With A Soldier, Col. Greg Gadson tells The Center for Oral History at West Point how he lost both his legs in Baghdad. 'You don't worry about yourself; you worry about your people,' he says. 'When the time comes right, they'll take care of you.'

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