AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE BLEW UP UNDER DAN LUCKETT'S HUMVEE TWO YEARS AGO IN IRAQ, BLOWING OFF ONE OF HIS LEGS AND PART OF HIS OTHER FOOT.  HE LOOKED DOWN AND THOUGHT, "THIS IS IT FOR ME, I'M DONE WITH COMBAT."

TWO YEARS LATER THE NORCROSS, GA. NATIVE IS BACK IN COMBAT IN AFGANISTAN. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL IN BAGDAD EMERGENCY ROOM, MOVED TO A HOSPITAL IN GERMANY AND SIX DAYS LATER HE WAS BACK IN THE US.  WITH A LONG STAY IN WALTER REED HOSPITAL AND SOME EXPERT WORK ON THE PART OF HIS FOOT THAT WAS GONE, AND A PROSTHESIS DEVICE FOR HIS MISSING LEG HE WAS ABLE OF DO MOST ANYTHING HE HAD DONE BEFORE.  HE ASKED TO JOIN HIS OLD UNIT AT FT. CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY.  HE WANTED TO GET BACK IN COMBAT.  HE PASSED THE EXPERT INTFANTRYMAN'S BADGE TEST WHICH REQUIRED RUNNING TWELVE MILES WITH A 35 POUND PACK IN UNDER THREE HOURS.

HE SAID, "I CAN DO ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE CAN DO."  THE ARMY AGREED AND PROMOTED HIM TO CAPTAIN.  

LETS SALUTE CAPTAIN DAN LUCKETT.