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    Mar 25, 2013 |Story| WSBT-TV
  1. Worm farming pays off

    <span style="font-size: small;">ELKHART COUNTY &ndash; When you talk about farming, you usually think of raising cows, pigs or chickens, but how about worms?</span>
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    ELKHART COUNTY – When you talk about farming, you usually think of raising cows, pigs or chickens, but how about worms? That’s the case of an Army veteran wounded in Iraq who is now raising worms as part of a cash crop, but not for fishing....

    Tags: Fertilizer, Chemical Industry

  2. Jun 12, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV
  3. Mishawaka veteran injured in IED blast comes home

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND &ndash; A Mishawaka native was among the wounded warriors honored at halftime of the Notre Dame-Wake Forest game Saturday.</span>
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    SOUTH BEND – A Mishawaka native was among the wounded warriors honored at halftime of the Notre Dame-Wake Forest game Saturday. Army Sgt. Lucas Oppelt also has a Purple Heart for being wounded in action. He flew into South Bend with his wife and...

    Tags: Memorial Day, Injuries and Wounds

  4. Jun 12, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune
  5. Community benefit set for Mishawaka High grad Oppelt, injured in Afghanistan

    <span style="font-size: small;">The Ryan A. Balmer <a href="clone">American Legion</a> Post 161 will host an upcoming benefit to support Army Spc. Lucas Oppelt, a 2000 Mishawaka High School graduate critically injured in <a href="clone">Afghanistan</a> over <a href="clone">Memorial Day</a> weekend.</span>
    South Bend Tribune Staff Writer
    The Ryan A. Balmer American Legion Post 161 will host an upcoming benefit to support Army Spc. Lucas Oppelt, a 2000 Mishawaka High School graduate critically injured in Afghanistan over Memorial Day weekend. WHEN: 4 to 9 p.m. June 30 (Saturday) WHERE:...

    Tags: Memorial Day, Afghanistan, Hospitals and Clinics, American Legion, Washington, DC

  6. Jun 14, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV
  7. Family: Community support boosts soldier's spirits during recovery

    A Mishawaka native who was critically injured while serving in <strong><a title="Afghanistan" href="http://www.wsbt.com/topic/intl/afghanistan-PLGEO00000021.topic">Afghanistan</a></strong> is in good spirits, his sister tells WSBT, because of the outpouring of community support.
    WSBT-TV Reporter
    A Mishawaka native who was critically injured while serving in Afghanistan is in good spirits, his sister tells WSBT, because of the outpouring of community support. Two weeks ago, Sgt. Lucas Oppelt, stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device while...

    Tags: Health Treatments, American Legion, Physical Therapy

  8. May 4, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
  9. Bill O'Reilly: Our many wounded warriors deserve nation's help

    Living in the shadows of the ongoing war on terror are 1,715 American military people who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few of those brave folks lost all four limbs when bombs blew apart their bodies. In addition, there are now at least 20 new...

    Tags: Al Capone, Afghanistan, The New York Times, U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency

  10. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. Dr. Lorenz E. and Anastasia U. Zimmerman

    Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92.
    Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92. His wife...

    Tags: Kensington, Annapolis, Awards and Prizes, Christianity, Heart Failure

  12. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, dentist

    Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, a retired Baltimore dentist and a pilot, died Feb. 16 of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 80.
    Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, a retired Baltimore dentist and a pilot, died Feb. 16 of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 80. Born and raised in Baltimore, Dr. Brotman was a 1949 graduate of City College, and after attending...

    Tags: Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Federal Aviation Administration, Heart Failure, Air Transportation Industry, Dentistry and Dental Health

  14. Feb 19, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  15. Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore

    The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a plan outlined Tuesday by VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski.
    The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs

  16. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'

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    From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...

    Tags: Armed Forces, Staten Island (New York City), Afghanistan, Iraq, Armed Conflicts

  18. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant

    A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
    A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life. Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...

    Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Bombings, The New York Times, Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq War (2003-2011)

  20. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV
  21. 'The Body Of War' Examines Psychic and Physical Damage Caused By the Iraq War

    <strong>The Body of War</strong>
    The Body of War TV host Phil Donahue will be present for Q&A, with EMMY-Award-Winning TV journalists, Ira Joe Fisher and Morton Dean. Friday, Feb. 1, 7:30p.m. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Road, Ridgefield, (203) 438-5795,...

    Tags: Movies, Iraq, Robert Byrd, John McCain, Ira Joe Fisher

  22. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  23. Bruce A. Pierce, 84

    Bruce Alfred Pierce, 84, of Hagerstown, Md., passed from this life Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Julia Manor Health Care Center in Hagerstown. Born July 13, 1928, in Hendersonville, N.C., he was the son of the late Lee Felia and Dorothy Helen (Graves)...

    Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), U.S. Army

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