Soldiers slam Wounded Warrior Program at Bragg

Soldiers slam Wounded Warrior Program at Bragg

By Kevin Maurer - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 7, 2008 7:58:02 EST

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — It took Jay Erwin two months to find the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program at Fort Bragg.

When he finally found the program’s representative — Clyde Foster — he was told that he might not be injured enough.

“I’m not sure if your injuries are significant enough to become a member,” Erwin said Foster told him without seeing his medical records.

Erwin was hit in September 2006 by a mortar that peppered his leg, neck and knee with shrapnel during a mission in Iraq.

“I have all my parts, but they just don’t work right,” Erwin said. He still can’t use some of his fingers.

Foster denies telling Erwin that he wasn’t injured enough.

“I would never tell a soldier he wasn’t injured enough,” Foster said. “[The program] is there for them. We alleviate the bureaucracy so that they can concentrate on their recovery.”
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