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tan Martinez arrived in Vietnam in January 1968 and was assigned to a RECON Platoon with the Ninth Infantry Division just south of Saigon. On September 15th that year, a B-40 Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher shattered two of his vertebras during a night ambush. When Stan attempted to return fire, a bullet grazed the left side of his head. As he lay face down, unable to move, he was shot again, in the back. Recently Stan said, “The daily pain I experience is a constant reminder of God’s grace and helps me keep things in proper perspective. I should have died in 1968. Instead I’ve had 41 extra years.”

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