By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 31, 2007 6:22:02 EST
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[Psychologist Cmdr. Heidi Squier] Kraft [author of Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital] did not know at the time, but the wounded Marine was Cpl. Jason Dunham. He would later receive the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for using his body and helmet to protect two of his comrades from an exploding hand grenade. She only knew that the dog tag in his boot said his name was J.L. Dunham, that he was a Methodist, and that trauma surgeons had decided that there was nothing they could do to save him.
"I was very drawn to him," Kraft said. "Once I started to hold his hand, I didn’t want to leave. I spoke to him. I told him the Marine Corps was proud of him. I told him it was OK if he was ready to let go if he wanted to."
But then Dunham squeezed her hand, and seconds later he squeezed again. . . .
Read more at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/12/marine_kraft_rules_071229w/
