Raymond Hubbard was injured in Baghdad on July 4, 2006, when a Russian made 122mm rocket crashed twenty feet away from the guard post where he was stationed. Dozens of pieces of shrapnel tore into his body. One ripped into him just below his left knee, immediately amputating his leg. Another cart wheeled through his neck, severing his carotid artery. As he hit the ground he was still conscious, and stared in numb disbelief as the horrified faces of his comrades gathered above him, speaking consoling words, and forcing him down when he tried to see the damage done to his lower body. A medic arrived...