MidHudson News: Former Soldier, Quadruple Amputee Has New Lease On Life

TOWN OF WALLKILL – Two-time Purple Heart recipient Sgt. John Peck, who has been traveling across the country telling his story of inspiration in his book “Rebuilding Sergeant Peck: How I Put Body and Soul Back Together After Afghanistan,” visited the Hudson Valley, Wednesday evening, to talk with locals about his experiences overseas that left him a quadruple-amputee and his journey to receiving a cutting-edge organ transplant.

Sgt. Peck was invited to participate in an event sponsoring the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor. The speaking engagement in the Town of Wallkill, coupled with a signing of his book, would help benefit the museum.

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