Wounded at Landstuhl have a new place to play, relax

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Wounded at Landstuhl have a new place to play, relax
By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Wednesday, October 22, 2008

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Pfc. Eric Small, 27, had a couple bad days in a row — 15 makeshift bombs in less than 48 hours.

"We didn’t get hit by all of them," he said. "We detonated some of them."

It was the last two that got him a ticket to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, where his days are occupied by doctor appointments and lots and lots of waiting around. "I just hang out in my room," he said.

He doesn’t have to do that anymore.

Less than 12 weeks after the first trees on a wooded lot between two former barracks buildings at Landstuhl were cleared, a new USO Warrior Center at Landstuhl opened Tuesday.


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