WINTER HARBOR — As a radio repairman in Iraq, Chris Litchard regularly rode in Marine convoys, but the explosion that severely injured his legs happened on base. "A mortar landed 10 feet from me right outside our barracks,” said Litchard, 30, of Watsontown, Pa. The exploding shell caused severe tissue damage — chunks of his calf muscles are missing, broke both bones in his right leg, and led to other problems that required recent knee replacement surgery. 

“It was sobering,” said Litchard, a father of two boys. He was one of 12 men and five staff and counselors who traveled to Acadia National Park on the Schoodic Peninsula this week for the first in a series of collaborations between the National Park Service and the woundedwarriorproject (WWP).  Read More...

Jacksonville, FL (October 10, 2008) – woundedwarriorproject (WWP) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) today announced the rollout of a new web-based system to assist in the veteran disability rating process for the severely injured returning from the current conflicts. “This new system will immediately help us ensure the accuracy of every veteran disability claim that we work on,” said John Roberts, National Service Director for woundedwarriorproject. “It performs disability calculations, checks the Code of Federal Regulations for veterans’ benefits, and makes sure that all aspects of a disability rating are considered.”

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Park Service will provide enhanced programs and services for injured military members through a partnership established today with woundedwarriorproject.

In a ceremony held at the Lincoln Memorial, National Park Service Director Mary A. Bomar and woundedwarriorproject Executive Director and Founder John Melia signed an agreement to develop opportunities to help severely injured military members mend physically, mentally, and spiritually in parks. 

The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
By RANDY GRIFFITH

Despite blindness and brain damage from enemy mortar fire in Iraq, Sgt. Jeremy Feldbusch has rallied to become a leading advocate for wounded soldiers.

But some days, his mother said, the woundedwarriorproject’s co-founder still needs help that will be available in a new state-of-the-art treatment center for severely injured soldiers to be located in Upper Yoder Township…

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