Sgt. Joseph Mosner

35 years old, 1st Infantry Division, was wounded December 16, 2003 in Khalidya when a remote controlled bomb planted in the side of a building exploded sending metal into his face and injuring two other soldiers.

Photographed April 9, 2004 at his home on base at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

"It took off my scalp, left side of my face, my ear was hanging off, my left ear. I got shrap metal in the chest, shrap metal in my legs from the knees down and both my legs were broken.”

We had a good time. We made it fun. After we got hit, we’d give each other high fives and laugh about it. So it was OK, you know getting to do the real thing. It’s like playing a sport, you practice, practice, practice and then game time comes, you know, you want to play."