The price of freedom

This is Dave Underwood. He is the husband of my best friend in high school. He was stationed in Iraq and was on a mission with his guys to clear a booby-trapped house and stepped on a pressure plate -- IED. He lost his left arm but is happy to be alive! He said he had to go out of command in style! He was flown to Landstuhl, Germany and then on to Walter Reed, Maryland where he presently is. He will receive a robotic arm to replace his real one. He is in good spirits and jokingly wonders if Rolex will replace his crushed watch since it didn't seem to hold up to a IED! He did sustain other injuries to his left side and also has superficial wounds on his right; but his body armor took most of the hit and his helmet prevented injuries to his head. In my eyes, Dave is one of the REAL heros of our country.