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Marine in Love Forsaken by Corps After Amputation
Preston Garris a Marine from North Carolina was wounded in Vietnam in 1966 with three gunshot injuries and later had his leg amputated below the knee. Despite medical support and appeals from Major General Nickerson and state leaders, the Marine Corps ultimately discharged him, ending a nine year romance begun before Vietnam service. His mother Dorothy Long and wife Brenda witnessed the discharge at Camp Lejeune as he adapts to an artificial limb and seeks to continue serving.
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LA Grange
N.C
Preston Garris
Marine Corps
Vietnam
da Nang
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Garris
Dorothy Long
Raleigh
Brenda
Camp Lejeune Hospital
Preston
Sgt. Garris
Medical Board
Physical Evaluation Board
Cmdr
F. R. Amsler
Spt
Marines
Herman Nickerson
1St Marine Division
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Sgt
North Carolinas
Everett Jordan
Sam Ervin
Alton Lennon
David Henderson
Dan Moore