Visit to Navy Medical Center, Oct. 22, 2008

The Veterans of Valor team visited the Naval Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Oct. 22, to hand out backpacks to wounded heroes. Two service members received packs. One of them, a Navy corpsman named Thomas, suffered a shattered heel, severed nerve, shrapnel wounds and traumatic brain injury due to a mortar attack. Thomas was attached to a Marine Corps embedded training team in Afghanistan when the attack took place. He happily accepted the pack and noted that the break-away warm up pants would be especially useful due to his leg injuries.