Friday, April 10, 2009

We Can't Come Home Till The Last Shot's Fired

Wounded Warrior Project

Yeah, I put the link there for a reason.

If you can, join the likes of Gary Sinese and Trace Adkins and Christian Soldier in supporting this fine project to help those who gave much to protect YOUR freedoms return to a normal life.

Now tell me you don't feel a bit of pride when you listen to this. Get a little lump in your throat.

Download it at CBS or ITunes and they'll make a contribution to The Wounded Warrior Project . (there's that dang link again)

Introducing this is Lt Andrew Kinard:

About six weeks into his deployment in Iraq, Kinard and his men were camped out
near Rawah, in the tumultuous al Anbar province in the western part of the country. They got a call from local Iraqi policemen about fighting that had broken out among nearby tribesmen. They dispersed it, angering some of the people there. The next morning, Kinard took some men out on a patrol of the area. He was standing directly on top of a 155 mm artillery shell when it was detonated.

The days after the blast took Andrew to several medical facilities - he went into cardiac arrest multiple times and, immediately following the explosion, was issued 67 units of blood - before eventually arriving at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Kinard lost both of his legs and suffered a laundry list of other severe injuries.

It's not about the War, it's about The Warrior

"Say a prayer for peace"

h/t Christian Soldier
Trace Adkins and The West Point Glee Club
Till the Last Shot's Fired



2 comments:

christian soldier said...

I linked your post - thanks for the extra info-MR...
C-CS

midnight rider said...

Happy to be of service, milday :)