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Friday, February 24, 2012

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Remembering Marine Sgt. Oscar Canon, A 'Superstar'

Marine Sgt. Oscar Canon, and the tattered hat he was wearing the day he was injured.

February 24, 2012 In 2004 he nearly lost his life, and a leg, in Iraq. But Canon worked hard at rehab and his doctors performed one of the most extensive limb constructions ever tried. NPR followed his story. Last week, 29-year-old Canon died.

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