Even after being wounded by shrapnel himself, he helped to secure the scene and evacuate his wounded comrades to safety.

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Such commercial aircraft are not insured to fly in combat zones, even to pick up wounded soldiers.

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Sgt Meyer continued to evacuate soldiers, many of whom were wounded, even after he suffered a shrapnel wound to his arm on the third trip.

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You can imagine how much my parents' request that I leave home wounded me, even though the College of Me said that life after prison wouldn't be easy and that I shouldn't fool myself into thinking otherwise.

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Even the general manager is wounded.

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"May peace spring up for the people of Syria, deeply wounded and divided by a conflict that does not spare even the defenceless and reaps innocent victims, " he said.

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Even now the military is experimenting with smartphones, tablets and apps to facilitate treatment of wounded soldiers.

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The mistakes and tricks and reckless gambles of the supposedly sophisticated masters of Wall Street have wounded these men and women, many of whom, before the last year, had never even heard the names of the men who ran the biggest investment banks and brokerage firms.

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Finally, even those who appear most directly to have prompted Congressman Murtha's emotional appeal for withdrawal from Iraq - the wounded and disfigured veterans he frequently visits in military hospitals and their comrades still in the fight - will suffer from his initiative.

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