This Final Act From Fallen Troops Shows A Level Of Sacrifice Most Of Us Can't Imagine

Business Insider | Eloise Lee


American service members risk their lives in the line of duty so that other people may live and enjoy freedoms worth fighting for.

That sobering truth is all the more real in the intensive care unit of the U.S. Army's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, where combat casualties from Afghanistan, and previously Iraq, are flown in enroute to the U.S.

Gregg Zoroya at USA Today reports that in the last six years, 36 mortally wounded troops arriving at Landstuhl directly saved the lives of 140 civilians in Europe.

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