Story Worth Telling....

[homeagain]

Here's a local article on a young Marine that just moved to our community.  I've had the opportunity to meet him personally, and I can't stress how impressed I am with him. 

 

http://www.portlandleader.net/articles/2013/10/13/news/22607746.txt

 

 

[wipfel]

Impressive.  It seems like they have their heads on right.

[bersaguy]

Sure glad he had a good woman in his life. Like he said in his article. A lot of wives and girlfriends bailed and if the fact that losing body parts is not bad enough , having the person you thought loved you walk away just makes the pain 1000 times worse. I think that is what causes a lot of the suicides we are seeing from our returning troops. I also realize that many times the soldier might even drive that person away by feeling sorry for them selves. See that happen a lot also back years ago when we were coming home. Guys were being real butt heads and then wanted to know why their wives and girlfriends left them.........Great read and sure glad that there are organizations out there now that we didn't have and I am very proud of the American people and the wonder support they give the troops today.

[hipower]

Now this is an organization I could see myself donating to. Far too many of the traditional and better-known "charities" spend a majority of the intake on "administration" rather than on the intended purposes.