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Marine Corps veteran selected as honorary captain for Super Bowl LV February 5
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Martin (center) was medically retired due to injuries in 2015. Since then he s helped with various veterans organizations. He was selected as an honorary captain for the 2021 Super Bowl LV. (James Martin) James Martin was riding to a local basketball game near his Pittsburgh home with his wife when he got a call from a colleague at the Wounded Warrior Project. That wasn’t out of the ordinary. Martin had been involved with the organization since 2013, shortly before he was medically retired from the Marine Corps when back injuries paralyzed him from the chest down.