Legendary promoter Don King celebrated Thanksgiving by making a special visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany where he signed autographs for wounded Iraq and Afganistan campaign veterans, and ate Turkey with the troops.
This marks the second time King has visited recovering soldiers at this U.S. military hospital. His first morale-boosting visit took place in September 2005.
King visited Nigeria early in the week with interim World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Samuel "The Nigerian Nightmare" Peter.
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