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Wounded Walter Reed veterans relax on Bay cruise

12-Oct-2008
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Sgt. Victor Campos usually looks for a break from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Campos served in Iraq for 32 months during his second tour of duty. Because of an illness, he was sent home. Now, he is under treatment at the facility. "They had to kick me out (of Iraq). I didn't want to leave, but I had to go," Campos said. "I spent a lot of time over there trying to help everybody. Had some meaning to it." When he's finished his doctor appointments, Campos often takes daylong bike rides around the city and to the Capitol. But recently, he was with a group of 45 that included family members and veterans who were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq that spent a day boating on the Chesapeake Bay. The trip, called Vets on the Bay, came courtesy of the U.S. Naval Sailing Association. The group met at City Dock... [read full story]                    

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