Vietnam wound leads to lifetime of therapy and veteran advocacy

Mobile, Ala. (WKRG) — A.B. Grantham’s tour during the Vietnam War was cut short during the battle of Hue in 1968.

“During the Tet Offensive, the battle of Hue was one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War — and I caught an AK47 round dead center of the chest.”

The Marine’s journey from the battlefield was captured in this photo that appeared in Life Magazine. Whether or not this is Grantham — and he believes it is him — is in dispute by the brother of another man who was killed in the war.  But what happened to Grantham is not in dispute.  The medical people trying to treat him for his wound thought…