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Earl Hopkins, a U.S. Army veteran, knows something about overcoming obstacles. He lives with the scars of his time in Iraq from an improvised explosive device.

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Earl Hopkins, a U.S. Army veteran, knows something about overcoming obstacles. He lives with the scars of his time in Iraq from an improvised explosive device.

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