NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- An American soldier who was injured in Afghanistan ... doctor who tried to restrain him and raised his arm in salute. "I don't even think it was conscious.

A salute by an Army Ranger — hospitalized ... to declare him a "badass" and "the epitome of what a man and an American and a soldier is." Cpl. Josh Hargis’ commander was at a military hospital ...

“Any soldier who refuses to salute the flag is in the military for the wrong reason, and should be removed by dishonorable discharge with loss of all benefits,” one Facebook user sai ...

Eleven years ago today, 36 US Special Forces soldiers landed at night in a blizzard ... to take their country back from the zealots, the American special operators would call in 2,000-pound ...

His inspirational gesture is now 'the salute seen around the world', while Hargis's wife declared him 'the epitome of what a man and an American and a soldier is'. Hargis, 24, was wounded by shrapnel ...