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Retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall addresses the media at the Pentagon, Sept. 20, 2010, during the announcement of the second annual Warrior Games to be held in Colorado Springs, Colo., in May 2011. Pearsall, a combat photographer wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in Iraq in 2007, participated in the first games earlier this year. U.S. Marine Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, center, and Charlie Huebner, Paralympics chief, stand near Pearsall.

GAMES ANNOUNCEMENT

Retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall addresses the media at the Pentagon, Sept. 20, 2010, during the announcement of the second annual Warrior Games to be held in Colorado Springs, Colo., in May 2011. Pearsall, a combat photographer wounded in an improvised explosive device attack in Iraq in 2007, participated in the first games earlier this year. U.S. Marine Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, center, and Charlie Huebner, Paralympics chief, stand near Pearsall.

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