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Blind soldier doesn't lose sight of mission.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Ivan Castro)
Captain Ivan Castro is the executive officer of the 7th Special Forces Group's headquarters company in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An 18-year Army veteran, Castro first served as a Ranger and then completed the punishing, yearlong Special Forces training. He began his career in Special Forces as a weapons sergeant, then earned an officer's commission and became part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
In September 2006, Castro was stationed on a rooftop of a house outside Youssifiyah, Iraq, when a flash of light enveloped him, though he had not heard the sound of the approaching mortar round. Shrapnel from the explosion broke Castro's arm and shoulder and penetrated the left side of his face. When he awoke six weeks later at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, he was missing his right eye, and his left was damaged beyond repair.
Having served his country bravely, who could blame Castro for retiring from the military and starting to draw his disability payments for combat-related blindness? But that's not what happened. Because Castro is no ordinary soldier--he is dedicated to the Army and his country.
The unstoppable combat veteran spent 17 months in therapy recovering from his wounds and preparing to once again function as a ...
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