Veteran Gordon, Kentucky Derby Contender Combatant Come Together at Churchill
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In a world far from the pastoral bluegrass fields of Kentucky and the pleasures of mint juleps and horse racing, Army Staff Sergeant Chris Gordon was serving in the A Company, the 1-5 Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division in Tal Afar, Iraq. “In 2005, we had just finished a reconnaissance mission in Iraq and come back to our base. An Improvised Exploding Device (IED) went off next to our vehicle (which was a Stryker Armored Vehicle). As a result I lost my leg above the knee.