On the night of December 6, 1968, two AK-47 rounds struck and blew away the right side of Dennis Haine's head. He was taken to the 24th Evac Hospital, where Drs. John Baldwin and Floyd Robinson operated on his brain. After it was believed he would live, he was sent to Japan, then on to Walter Reed, and finally home.  Further surgery to place a plate in his skull and two more years of intense rehabilitation followed, but despite that, Dennis has essentially no use of his left leg or arm, and stands only for short times with a locking steel brace. He is struggling to survive the Hepatitis C caused, most likely, by the 20+ blood transfusions that were necessary when he was wounded.

Dr. John and Dennis reunited through a post on a Veteran's website. Then on June 3rd, 2004, Dennis and Dr. John met once again on the patio of the Marriot Hotel, in Ontario California. The embrace I witnessed between these two will be in my memory forever. I will be eternally grateful to Dr. John...not only for allowing Dennis to live, laugh, and love again...but for giving me that wonderful gift also.
My life has been worth living because I have been blessed with the love of this wonderful man. Dr. John would tell you that he did nothing out of the ordinary, but I believe he is an extraordinary man who God has used to bless my life more than I could have ever hoped for.