Photo: Private Matt WoollardFrom Times Online:
A BRITISH soldier who had part of his leg blown off by a landmine is preparing to return to Afghanistan to settle “unfinished business” with the Taliban.
Private Matt Woollard, 20, is expected to be the first British infantryman to return to the front line after being fitted with a prosthetic limb.
Woollard, a member of 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment, lost his lower right leg after setting off an insurgent bomb while on patrol near Kajaki in May 2007. His heart stopped three times while he was receiving treatment.
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My Comment: His bravery and courage must be commended .... but I do not think that putting him back on the front line is the best course of action so soon after his injury. But the MoD disagrees with my opinion .... and so off he goes.
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