As Chad Pfeifer lay in bed in the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, his amputated left leg still heavily bandaged, his fractured right ankle in a cast, his head was full of demons and doubts.

Deployed to Iraq in 2006 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Pfeifer’s patrol vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in April 2007, ripping apart his body and life. Despite the efforts of doctors, Pfeifer’s left leg was amputated above the knee.

The horror of war would not get out of his head, either, as he rehabbed at Fort Sam Houston. Nor would the uncertainty of his future. Always athletic, he wondered if he would play sports again. He wondered what he would do for a living. He wondered if he’d get the girl.

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