Combat injuries - Battered but not beaten

Toben Medeiros, 21 puts his prosthetic eye back into its socket after wiping it down with a towel as his girlfriend Kaleigh Fisher looks on. Toben Medeiros, 21 tries to come to grips with his injuries as he adapts to a little bit of life at home before going for more treatment in Washington D.C. Toben is a marine from Dartmouth, MA that was wounded during a tour of duty in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded while his squad attempted to flee a building that was under enemy fire. His best friend was killed instantly.

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Toben Medeiros, 21 puts his prosthetic eye back into its socket after wiping it down with a towel as his girlfriend Kaleigh Fisher looks on. Toben Medeiros, 21 tries to come to grips with his injuries as he adapts to a little bit of life at home before going for more treatment in Washington D.C. Toben is a marine from Dartmouth, MA that was wounded during a tour of duty in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded while his squad attempted to flee a building that was under enemy fire. His best friend was killed instantly.