Wounded Us Troops Return To Iraq To Find Closure (ap)

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In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, retired Staff Sgt. Luke Wilson, of Hermiston, Ore, relaxes on an armchair, believed to have belonged to Iraq's late dictator, Saddam Hussein, at al-Faw Palace, headquarters for the U.S. military command at Camp Victory outskirts Baghdad, Iraq. Wilson, who lost his left leg below the knee in an RPG attack in Baghdad on Aug. 4, 2004, returned to Iraq this week as part of 'Operation Proper Exit,' a program sponsored by the nonprofit Troops First Foundation and the USO, which is returning troops to the battlefield where they were injured. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP – As America’s military role in Iraq winds down, the U.S. is grappling with how to help some of the more than 30,000 troops injured in six years of war move ahead with their lives. One approach is to bring them back to the battlefields where they were injured.

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