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Originally Posted by LexusLover
It's kinda difficult to take someone named "Duckworth" serious, you know?
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An
Iraq War veteran, Duckworth served as a
U.S. Army helicopter pilot and suffered severe combat wounds, losing both of her legs and damaging her right arm. She was the first female double amputee from the war.
[3] Having received a medical waiver, she continued to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Illinois Army National Guardalong with her husband, Major Bryan W. Bowlsbey, a
signal officer and fellow Iraq War veteran, until her retirement from the Army in October 2014.
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