former Corporal, US Marine Corps
Retired Marine Corps Corporal who was several wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2004; writer for the New York Times Home Fires section online
PROFILE
Michael Jernigan
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FROM Michael Jernigan
To the Point
A Wounded Veteran Reflects on Challenges at Home In the past eight years, more than 35,000 wounded American soldiers have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan. One such veteran is Michael Jernigan, who was a Marine corporal on duty in Iraq when he was hit by a roadside bomb on August 23, 2004.
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