Staten Island's Brendan Marrocco, soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The first soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore.
His father says Brendan Marrocco had the operation on Dec. 18 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Marrocco is 26 and lives in Staten Island's Prince's Bay section. He was injured by a roadside bomb in 2009.
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Re: soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
I wish SPC Brendan Marrocco speedy & successful recovery.
See that smile.
See that smile.
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I cooked with C- 4
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Re: soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
2xSteadfast wrote:I wish SPC Brendan Marrocco speedy & successful recovery.
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X3!CharlieRanger1FFV wrote:2xSteadfast wrote:I wish SPC Brendan Marrocco speedy & successful recovery.
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Re: soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
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This young warrior was wounded while serving with the 2nd Bn 27th Infantry Wollfhounds. Hopefully I will get a chance to meet him someday.
This young warrior was wounded while serving with the 2nd Bn 27th Infantry Wollfhounds. Hopefully I will get a chance to meet him someday.
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Active service 01/67-12/73
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2/27 Inf 25th Inf Div Vietnam 01/69-01/70
"In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.” – Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Re: soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
Saw this on the local news tonight, what an amazing young man with balls of steel and the heart of a lion.
God bless you young Warrior.
God bless you young Warrior.
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"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
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"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Re: soldier who lost four limbs, has double-arm transplant
Amazing...may all the days of his life be filled with blessings.
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B/1/118 Inf, 218th BCT Afghan 07
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