Half of me is regenerated tissue after combat wounds.
So far, the hospital has treated 175 soldiers, 77 of whom suffered combat wounds.
Forty-three years later was awarded the Purple Heart for his combat wounds.
After death, the medic says; they died of combat wounds.
It was in Guatemala that he suffered his only combat wound - a shot in the rear.
He has said that only 200 prisoners died and blamed combat wounds and disease for most of the fatalities.
His second combat wound occurred in Vietnam during his first tour (1965-1966).
During a mission, he lost part of a finger from combat wounds and received the Purple Heart.
He died of combat wounds sustained in Iraq in September 2003.
Good clean combat wounds were all right, but anything festering - ugh!