Hurt pilots form a support group at Fort Campbell

(EXCERPT) Together, soldiers try to ease their roads to recovery, by
KIMBERLY HEFLING Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Apache helicopter pilots Emanuel Pierre and
Stuart Contant trained together, deployed together and then crashed
together in Afghanistan.

The rehabilitation from their injuries was painful, but overcoming the
mental hurdles was worse. When wounded 101st Airborne Division
soldiers started returning from Iraq — some on gurneys, others
without limbs — Pierre and Contant found a way to cope. They
started a support group for wounded soldiers.

Twice a month, soldiers gather at Blanchfield Army Hospital to share
their fears about possibly having to find a new career and adapt to
life with their injuries.

"One of the reasons I was so adamant about getting this thing off the
ground is that a lot of the un...

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