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Harley's for Wounded Warriors
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cross-country “Relay for the Troops” fundraising event has been
scheduled with proceeds to benefit the Walter Reed Society and the
Wounded Warriors organization. Co-sponsored by NYK Logistics
(Americas), Inc., a global logistics and transportation company, and the
National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA), the event will
comprise a caravan of motorcycles, with riders from all walks of life.
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| Society Eases
Financial Burden for Patients, Families |
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service |
| WASHINGTON,
July, 2005 – A group based here at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
has stepped forward to help families
of wounded service members with expenses to stay in the area while their
loved ones recover in this high-cost area.
Out of concern for the overwhelming number
of family members of war-wounded service members showing up at the
hospital’s doorstep needing financial assistance, the Walter Reed
command asked the Walter Reed Society to help. “So on March 19, 2004, we
created the Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom Family Support Fund,”
said retired Army Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Bullis, the society’s adviser for
enlisted affairs and committee chairman of the support fund.
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Government Official Donates Salary to Walter Reed Society to Help
Wounded |
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2006 –
About two years ago, a Catholic monsignor told Ronald A. Rosenfeld
and his wife, Patty, that war-wounded service members from Iraq and
Afghanistan were receiving outstanding medical treatment at
Washington’s Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but money was in short
supply for certain quality of life items.
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Surgeon, 75, ready
for duty in Afghanistan |
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Published June 14, 2006 |
ELKTON, Md. (AP) -- Old soldiers never die, the adage goes. But at least
one gets deployed to Afghanistan. Having returned from Iraq in
December, Cecil County resident Col. William Bernhard is packing his
bags again and heading for the war-torn country. "My deployment papers
just came in the mail," the 75-year-old Army surgeon said last week.
Col. Bernhard will be the oldest American still serving overseas.
This time, he will go with an Oregon National Guard brigade and work
mostly in a trauma station giving wounded soldiers emergency care.
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Pro Sports Figures dig into own pockets to
support Troops
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By LISA
HOFFMAN
Scripps Howard News Service
July 19, 2005 |
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- On the
day before his baseball team's game with Pittsburgh, Washington
Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen had no intention of taking the field
that night. Though he prides himself on playing hurt, Guillen's bum left
shoulder and ankle were sore enough that he had decided to sit out the
June 28 evening game against the Pirates at RFK Stadium.
Then, on the day of the game, after spending time in the wards of the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, he changed his mind. Visiting with
wounded U.S. troops...
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In the Eyes of a Sniper |
| It was supposed to be
like any other mission. I was already in my
quarters for the night in Iraq, Bayji when my squad leader came in to
let me know to be prepared to replace my team leader on a mission to the
Bayji police station the next day.
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