As a grunt Soldier deployed with the 82nd Airborne, Joe became one of the all too many people to lose a limb and nearly his life fighting in a pointless conflict.

I told you a little about this a few months ago after I'd had the good luck of meeting Joe and his fiancée while I was traveling in the US.

His story left me dumbstruck.

Like many veterans, Joe was left out in the cold by the US government.

He had a unique medical situation due to the nature of his amputation, and the FDA refused to allow him to undergo a new procedure that could help him walk again.

Needless to say, it was perfectly fine for the government that Joe take the risk of going overseas and getting his leg blown off. But getting his leg fixed was too risky.