…and family start life in Wind Gap home built by national group Read more The Morning Call, Mar. 18, 2023 ‘It doesn’t stop here’: Former Marine corporal, Lehigh Valley native injured in Afghanistan, gets a new, fully equipped home Read more WFMZ-TV, Mar. 16, 2023 Public invited to ceremony donating adaptive home to local veteran. Read more. WFMZ-TV, Oct. 9, 2022 Wounded military Veterans are getting a chance to rebuild their lives, thanks to help from a nonprofit. Read more….
SFC ROY MITCHELL Carthage, NY Mission Accomplished on March 13, 2010 On the day before Thanksgiving in 2003, on his second deployment to Afghanistan, Army Sergeant First Class Roy Mitchell was serving with the 10th Mountain Division with the vehicle he was riding in hit an anti-tank mine along the Pakistani border. The insurgents had armed the device to detonate on the third strike, and Mitchell was in the third vehicle to run over it. Homes For Our Troops…
SGT Brandon Korona Derry, NH Mission Accomplished on Sept. 25, 2021 Brandon Korona decided to enlist in the Army to serve a greater purpose. In 2013, Sergeant Korona went on his first deployment to Afghanistan as a combat engineer with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. On June 23, 2013, he was on a route clearance mission with his unit when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The explosion knocked…
SSG Juan Roldan Parrish, FL Project Completed on Dec. 10, 2011 On Dec. 29, 2006, Army Staff Sergeant Juan Roldan lost both legs after an explosively formed perpetrator (EFP) explosion in Sadr City, Iraq. During the days prior to the execution of Saddam Hussein, Baghdad, Iraq, and the surrounding area were described as “Hell on Earth” by military members who were patrolling the streets; “things were out of control.” SSG Roldan was a vehicle commander, on a patrol through…
SGT Michael Burns Madison, MS Mission Accomplished on Dec. 17, 2016 Michael Burns joined the Army six months after high school when he turned 18. His first assignment was supporting an Infantry unit with the 10th Mountain Division. His first deployment was Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and he had a subsequent tour in Korea. He then went to Fort Hood, and he deployed from there to Iraq in 2004. While operating in Kuwait on Dec. 19, 2004, Army Sergeant Michael…
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