Seeing a Human Face in a Human Rightby Connie SchultzMarine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva had been in Iraq for all of three hours when he became one of the first Americans injured in the war. Alva was in a convoy to Basra March 21, 2003, when he stepped on a landmine that broke his right arm and shattered his right leg so badly that it had to be amputated. His hospital bedside quickly became the go-to destination for photo ops with a hero. President Bush and his wife, Laura, stopped by. So did Donald Rumsfeld and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wha ... ( Back to Article )
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