soldiers swiftly requiring amputations

Amputations & genital injuries increase sharply in soldiers in Afghanistan.

Twice as many U.S. soldiers wounded in battle last year required limb amputations
than in either of the two previous years.
3 times as many lost more than 1 limb,
and nearly 3 times as many suffered severe wounds to their genitals.
In most cases, the limbs are severed in the field when a soldier steps on a buried mine.