Amputation doesn’t stop Oklahoma man’s mission as Marine

William Eugene "Spanky” Gibson Jr. with his new leg taken at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington in the summer of 2006. Photo Provided
Master Sgt. William Eugene "Spanky” Gibson Jr. was face down on a road in Ramadi, Iraq, when he reached for more ammunition and noticed his foot was at his belly.
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Marine Master Sgt. William Eugene "Spanky" Gibson Jr. is among 10 nominees for the Most Inspiring Person of the Year by Beliefnet.com, a religious online community. The other nominees: →Boy Scouts who rescued people after a deadly Iowa tornado. →Paul Newman, the late actor whose Hole in the Wall Gang Camps help ill children. →Randy Pausch, the late Carnegie Mellon professor who inspired millions with his "Last Lecture." →Dr. Halima Bashir, a Sudanese physician brutalized for condemning Darfur horrors. →Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor a researcher who studied her own stroke as it happened. →Christina Applegate, actress and breast cancer survivor. →Dara Torres, the oldest Olympic diving medalist. →Darin Headrick, superintendent who helped Greensburg, Kan., schools recover from a tornado. →Steven Curtis Chapman, Christian music artist who lost his daughter.Editor’s note
The Oklahoman writer David Zizzo catches up with Marine Master Sgt. William Eugene "Spanky” Gibson Jr., an Oklahoman who returned to Iraq despite combat injuries that put him into a prosthetic leg. Gibson, back in the U.S. for a new role as an adviser, is a nominee for Beliefnet.com’s Most Inspiring Person of the Year.Related content
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