Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dieson December 5, 2021 at 5:18 pm

Long-serving senator, who recovered from terrible injuries to run for president, dies at 98

He lay near death for nine hours on that Italian battleground, with injuries including a fractured shoulder, a broken neck and spine, paralysis, a ruined kidney and bits of shrapnel. The hidden iron in his soul had, fortunately, been left intact.