Airman 1st Class Daniel Cherry, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, points out the D-ring which nearly cost him a finger, July 30. The loadmaster was loading cargo when his finger was smashed between the loading rail and a 4,000 pound pallet, causing a near amputation. Cherry is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
<dl><dd>Unit: 379th Air Expeditionary Wing</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: S.C.; surgeon; 379th Air Expeditionary Wing; surgery; Charleston Air Force Base; Intra-Theater Care program; ITCP; near amputation</dd></dl>
Senior Airman Eric Summers Jr.
2011-07-30
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