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Article: A fish story with a happy ending; Honoree, Volunteer of the Year Award.(News)
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- October 12, 2009
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Byline: Charles Paikert
ROBERT WOLFORD
CATCHING A FISH may not seem like a momentous event, even if it is your first marlin and the setting is a $3 million yacht on the Sea of Cortez.
But if you are a triple amputee who is also recovering from a traumatic brain injury as a result of stepping on a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, it is a very big deal indeed.
Last June, Robert Wolford, chairman of Operation Homefront, a national non-profit organization that assists active-duty military families, took a young Green Beret to Cabo San Lucas on Mexico's Baja California peninsula for the Stars and Stripes Fishing, Golf and Music Festival ...