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  • Battle against a drunk driver

    October 1, 2009

    By: James Volstad


    What does Army Strong mean to me? As an Army Reservist back in 1996, it meant that I was able to overcome a near death experience while driving back to Fort Knox on my drill weekend. After a long day training soldiers, I had gone into town to get some supper. Coming back to Fort Knox that evening, I never made it to the post. Instead, I woke up in a local hospital, after 8 hours of surgery, being put back together after a drunk driver hit me head on while driving on the wrong side of the...read more