Founded in 2010, the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball
Team™ (WWAST) is a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
WWAST gives Wounded Warrior athletes the opportunity to
compete and serve our country beyond the battlefield,
inspiring their fellow countrymen to overcome any
challenge.
The team is comprised of veteran and active duty servicemen who served our country. They now travel the country playing able-bodied teams in celebrity and exhibition softball games, bringing their special brand of softball, courage, and inspiration.
USA PATRIOTS fans line up for autographs!
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USA PATRIOTS #88, Moonie Dillard greets fans and signs autographs.
Record crowds attended the charity softball tournament, held at Mercy Field/
CYO Park on Saturday, August 28, 2021.
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TPD/COACH Greg Zattau greets USA Patriots Saul Monroy. For the first time
in four different tournaments, over a period of ten years, the TPD came away a winner. Sergeant
(retired) Monroy has been awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Achievement Medal,
Combat Action Ribbon, plus many others. He served in Afghanistan.
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GIVE ME FIVE! Saul Monroe, #29, gives Cami, a Kids Camp graduate, "five", after getting
a hit to drive in a key run against the TPD. Monroe, was awarded the Purple Heart medal, plus
many others. He resides in El Paso, Texas.
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U.S ARMY COLONEL (retired) Ben Mitchell, #1, was nearly killed by
friendly fire, that resulted in in the amputation of his lower right leg.
He has served the Nation for 24 years and was awarded the Legion of Merit.
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KIDS CAMP ALUMNI Scotty Fura, Jr., left, lost his right arm in a lawn mower accident
in 2005. He joined the team in 2011. He works as a mentor at the Kids Camps and
plans to pursue a career in Law Enforcement. Manny Del Rio, right, enlisted in the Navy
in 2004 and was working on the Flight Deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, when a jet
that was being towed rolled over both of his legs, rendering him a below the knee Amputee.
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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM was performed by Liz Wilson.
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USA PATRIOTS first baseman John Mitchell, #00, U.S, Army, retired, joined the team to continue
a life of serving through his commitment to the team and to the Kids Camp.
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NAVEL SEA CADETS performing at the USA Patriots game day tournament at Mercy Field/CYO
Park on Saturday, August 28, 2021. M/Sgt. Steven Kocinski presented the colors.
photo/JEFF WALLES
"NEVER QUIT!" is the drive, spirit and motivation that lives with the USA Patriots
daily as they move forward embellishing the cry "Life Without a Limb is Limitless!".