Dave Evans headed to Iraq

Longtime W.Va. antiwar activist Dave Evans is going to Iraq to help upgrade prosthetic clinics and train to replace limbs for amputees.

Evans, who lost both of his legs in Vietnam, was featured in a good story on the wire this weekend. We ran it in Sunday's paper.

The original appeared in the Gazette last week.

"I don't care what side you are on. I don't care what politics you have," Evans said last week. "I will take care of you if you are an amputee."

The U.S. State Department is financing his work and also will pick up costs to train Iraqis to help the wounded.