New Softball Team Made Up Of War Amputees (Video)

January 23, 2012 | 1:25 PM | By Beth Ford Roth

New Softball Team Made Up Of War Amputees (Video)

FILED UNDER: Afghanistan, Iraq, Life in the Military, Veterans, War, Afghan war, amputations, amputees, IED, improvised explosive devices, Iraq War, Mission Viejo, Orange County, Orange County Veterans and First Responders softball team, prosthetics, softball, Wounded Warriors Softball Team

The Wounded Warrior Softball Team played its first ever game yesterday in Orange County, California – and won. The team is made up of active-duty troops and veterans who lost a limb in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. The team motto? “Life without a limb is limitless.”

Television station CBS2 was at the game yesterday, and put together this report:

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