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December 2006 changed two Minnesota soldiers forever
The piece recounts Sgt. John Kriesel and Sgt. J.R. Salzman amid brutal Iraqi war injuries and family tolls. It follows Kriesel losing both legs after a Fallujah blast and Salzman surviving with severe wounds, while families cope and unit leaders organize funerals and support.
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John Kriesel
Fallujah
Kriesel
Sgt. Kriesel
Adam Gallant
Gallant
Kries
Little League
Minnesota
Katie
Gunner
Buddy
Katie Kriesel
John
Braden
Santa
Germany
Travis Ostrom
1St Brigade
Minnesota National
Ostrom
Bosnia
Somalia
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Mississippi
Bravo Company
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
Elijah
Dad