Veterans Chronicles · Radio America
CPT Kelly Elminger, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan, Paralympics
·49 min·4 clips
Kelly Elmlinger recalls running out of body bags in Iraq, a moment that shattered her initial naivety about the deployment.
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A soldier's path from combat medicine to Paralympic resilience, told with steadiness and respect.
Kelly Elmlinger's story follows a life shaped by service, injury, and reinvention without trying to dress it up. Veterans Chronicles traces her from growing up outside Cleveland and hearing Army stories in the family to combat medicine with the 82nd Airborne in Iraq and…
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