Melissa Stockwell was deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army in March 2004 . She said she had been told by her superiors that if they found out about a rape or sexual assault, it would be reported immediately. She lost her left leg , becoming the first female amputee in Operation Iraqi Freedom . She swam in the 2008 Paralympics and now is a champion paratriathlete .
Melissa Stockwell was deployed to Iraq with the U.S. Army in March 2004 . Three weeks later , Stockwell 's Humvee hit a roadside bomb . She lost her left leg , becoming the first female amputee in Operation Iraqi Freedom . She swam in the 2008 Paralympics and now is a champion paratriathlete .