On the following pages, you will meet men who gave a full measure of sacrifice in Iraq, and one woman who’s sacrifice began when her husband arrived home. Long after their battles have ended, their struggles continue.The question is: Will our support continue as well? Fighting for respect: Justin ConstantineMajor, 4th Civil Affairs Group, U.S. Marine corps “I’m nearly blind in my left eye. When I blink, the eyeball won’t lubricate properly,” he says. He shrugs and smiles, as if to apologize. He has four teeth in his mouth. “I’ll have an operation next month to remove scar tissue on my retina,” he says. Part of his tongue is missing, so he speaks with a lisp. “After that, another one for the dental implants.” Those will be surgeries eight, nine, and counting for Constantine. Two years ago, while Constantine was traveling on the road to Ramadi, Iraq, a sniper’s bullet tore through his skull just behind his left ear, smashed his jaw, and exited through his right cheek. He had been in Iraq just 6 weeks. He has since had bone removed from both of his fibulas, in his legs, to reconstruct his upper and lower jaws, and had bone… Read full this story
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