ABC 10 News
Robert Santos
Oct 8, 2014
"I know there are some dark, dark hours that these gentlemen have spent and to find a funny way of telling that to the audience is a real art form," said actor and comedian Zach Galifianakis.SAN DIEGO - They call themselves "Comedy Warriors" – four men and one woman with combat injuries ranging from burns to amputations.
"Back in 2003, I was involved in a pretty aggressive study abroad program with the United States Army in Baghdad, Iraq. It didn't go well," joked retired Army lieutenant and Iraq veteran Steve Rice.
The subject is serious, but the five severely wounded Iraq and Afghanistan veterans found a way to use humor to heal.
"I told my wife before I left for Iraq, I said, 'Honey, if I don't come home in one piece, I want you to go on without me.' Luckily her and her new husband let me rent out the garage," joked Desert Storm Army veteran Bobby Henline.
More than 38 percent of his body was burned and his head was burned to the skull when his Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb. He bills himself as the "well-done comedian."
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