PFC Harold Peckenpaugh - Age 20
Unit: Baker Company 1st 506 3rd Platoon 1st Squad

I was injured on December 4, 2004 while returning to base, when an IED exploded as our Humvee drove over it. Medics quickly arrived and tended to my wounds. My right ceratoid artery was destroyed, and my jaw was broken. I suffered a stroke from loss of blood, and my right arm received multiple injuries caused by shrapnel.

I was air lifted to Landsthul Germany and then transferred to WRAMC where I continue to recover. Sadly, in this attack, my squad leader and another team member were killed.

Veterans Confront a Taste of Battle
July 3, 2005
By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Staff Writer

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