Sergeant Daniel Casara
U.S. ARMY, 1994-2008
Oil on gesso board
Photo © Grant Miller Photography Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Center

An antitank mine in Iraq wounded Casara and killed two of his friends. He urged doctors to save his legs. “I said, I came into this world with two legs, and I’m going to leave with two.” He relearned how to walk; his recovery accelerated when he began coaching his son’s baseball team.

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