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This one really happened. Curtis Rowe joined the Army in 2007 and served as a Cavalry Scout, with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He came home with a brain injury, hearing and vision loss and a badly hurt hip, and after a crash in 2021 part of his right leg was amputated. He uses a wheelchair about a quarter of the time. The nonprofit Building Homes for Heroes, with Hillwood Communities and Highland Homes, built and gave him a mortgage-free home in North Texas, where he and his wife can raise their daughter. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, 9 November.)
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ArmyWhich service. Veteran already says it.
veteranWho got it. Stays.
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TexasWhere he lives, not what happened.
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IraqWhere he served.
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AfghanistanWhere he served.
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mortgage-freeWhy it matters: it is his, paid for. Stays.
homeWhat he got. Stays.
builtHow it was made, not what happened.
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wheelchairThe best wrong word here: why the home is built the way it is, not what happened.