A crowd larger than 100 well-wishers cheered and waved small American flags as U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Smith and his wife Tori arrived this morning at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport.

Smith, who lost parts of both legs in a March bomb blast while on combat patrol in Afghanistan, is home for 10 days leave and will speak at Covenant Presbyterian Church and his former high school, Chattanooga Christian School.

The soldier and his wife have been recovering at Walter Reed National Medical Center in the Washington D.C., area since he returned to the United States shortly after his injuries.

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