LCpl Michael Martinez Purcellville, VA Mission Accomplished of Dec. 15, 2012 On March 11, 2010, Marine Lance Corporal Michael Martinez was five months into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While returning from a firefight, the fifth man in the foot patrol, LCpl Martinez stepped on an IED resulting in the traumatic amputation of his left leg below the knee and his right leg…
…Veterans Day, 2010. In the years since receiving his home, Bunky has focused on his academics. He graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in political science and history in 2015 and earned his master’s degree at Virginia Tech in 2022. He plans to teach at the local community college. When asked what he would like to say to his supporters he replies, “It is people like you who make America great,” and then quotes Adlai Stevenson, “Patriotism is…
Captain Patrick (PJ) Glavey Thornton, CO Mission Accomplished on Dec. 16, 2012 On Oct. 28, 2010, Marine Captain Patrick “PJ” Glavey was one and a half months into his first deployment when he lost both of his legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. While working on a routine clearing operation with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Cpt Glavey stepped on an IED resulting in the…
SGT TIMOTHY HALL Hawthorne, NV Mission Accomplished on March 30, 2013 On June 10, 2010, Army SGT Timothy Hall was six months into his 1st deployment when he lost both of his legs as the result of a mortar attack while at his Forward Operating Base in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. He was stationed at FOB Shank when a mortar attack threw him into the air, critically injuring the 20-year-old from Hawthorne, Nevada. A Communications Signal Support Systems…
SPC Kyle Beddow Stephenville, TX Kyle Beddow joined the Army in 2011 as an Infantryman and Paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. He immediately loved the training and camaraderie of serving with his brothers in arms. On May 20, 2012, Specialist Beddow was on his first combat deployment serving with the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in Afghanistan when he lost his left leg in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast. Kyle was first flown to Kandahar Airfield for…
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