State of soldier — hand injured (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
rhode island
'state' is the definition.
(I know that Rhode Island is a state)
'soldier hand injured' is the wordplay.
'injured' indicates an anagram.
'soldier'+'hand'='soldierhand'
'soldierhand' is an anagram of 'RHODE ISLAND'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rhode island that I've seen before include "maritime state" , "One of the original 13 US states" , "Smallest US state" , "US East coast state" , "The Ocean State, capital Providence" .)