The patients who hobbled, or were carried, into the emergency room at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso were young Army or Air Force men; all had been shot in the leg. But not in defense of their country. Most had delayed for many painful hours—one as long as eight days—before seeking help, and they were extraordinarily sheepish about telling how they had been wounded. After Captain Michael M. Duffy of the Army's Medical Corps wormed the story out of the first such patient, he learned to spot similar cases quickly. They were victims of the fast-draw craze...
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