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AUBURN, Ala - Three snapshots illustrate the character of Josh Wetzel.

When an Improvised Explosive Device claimed the legs of a soldier in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sergeant Wetzel served as a calming influence to a fellow soldier in shock. That, despite the fact that it was Wetzel’s legs that were gone.

At Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Wetzel was so zealous to expedite his recovery, his doctors frequently restricted Josh’s access to his prosthetic limbs to keep him from overdoing it.

And, if you want to see the tender side of this tough person, surprise him with the news that his second child is on the way.