Born in Bristol, Tennessee in 1979, Heath Calhoun graduated from Grundy High School in 1997, and went on to Southwest Virginia Community College, graduating in 1999 with an associates degree.
At a young age, Heath earned respect for the U.S. military. His father served in Vietnam and his grandfather in World War II and in 1999, Heath made the decision to carry on his family's dedication to the military and to the service of his country when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He completed his infantry, Airborne and Ranger training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then deployed to Iraq where he was assigned as a Squad Leader for the famed 101st Airborne Division.
It was there his convoy was attacked and hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. I was at the rear corner of the Humvee when the grenade hit the tail light right beside my right leg and exploded, he said. I was lying on my side. I could see my legs were really messed up. Heath yelled to the driver of the vehicle to call the incident in to headquarters. I laid my head back down and thats all I remember.
The injuries he sustained ultimately resulted in the loss of both legs above the knees. Another soldier was killed in the attack. Heath wears a bracelet etched with the soldiers name and date of the attack on his right wrist in honor of his service.
Heath endured nine months of rehabilitation at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. He was fit with prosthetic legs and worked very hard to learn how to use them but he was never comfortable with them and always needed to use canes to walk. He eventually resigned himself to the fact that he would never be a full-time prosthetic user and would always have to use a wheelchair. But Heath is not a guy that stands still (just ask anyone who has ever met him) and he found ways to put his energies into other pursuits. Read more....
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It is a crisp, bright morning on the 3rd hole of Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California -- one of the nationís premier municipal golf courses. With an eight iron in hand, Heath Calhoun steps onto the tee box and hits.
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