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UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games

Britain's Prince Harry talks with members of the British Warrior Games Team who relaxed in a gymnasium before the opening of the 2013 Warrior Games, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday May 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members.

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Prince Harry in Colo for wounded vet Warrior Games

Britain's Prince Harry talks with members of the British Warrior Games Team who relaxed in a gymnasium before the opening of the 2013 Warrior Games, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday May 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Escorted by Britain’s Prince Harry and swimming superstar Missy Franklin, a U.S. Navy officer blinded by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan lit an Olympic-style cauldron Saturday to launch the Warrior Games for wounded service members.

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