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Diary of a Sergeant

Harold Russell, an American soldier who lost his hands in a training accident, tells the story of his medical rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, how he and his fellow amputees at the hospital first despaired and then found new hope in the prostheses and training available to amputees through the Army's medical corps. Russell learns to wear and control the hooks that replace his hands, and he becomes capable of performing numerous activities that he previously thought were impossible. After being discharged from the Army, he is greeted by Boston College president William J. Murphy, S.J.

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