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Article: Harold Russell, disabled vet won double Oscars.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
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- The Boston Herald
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- February 1, 2002
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METROWEST NEWS STAFF WRITER
Harold Russell lost both of his hands during a training accident in the service in 1944, but the longtime MetroWest resident never let that slow him down.
The Nova Scotia native who brimmed with charm and personality went on to become the only person to win two Oscars for the same role in the same year for the film "The Best Years of Our Lives."
He helped establish AMVETS, served on many veterans agencies, built a consulting business that helped the handicapped and made it his life's mission to show disabled people, especially those who had lost limbs as he had, that life could still be great.
Russell died ...