Marianna FL VFW Post 12046 Helps a Hero Heal

Help a hero
Jackson County Floridan - Marianna,FL,USA
BY KATE McCARDELL KERN/ Floridan Staff Writer
Published: August 10, 2008

Staff Sgt. Bill Sellers Jr., of Marianna, wants to contribute. He loves his family and his country and he wants nothing more than to help both.

His industrious personality is probably part of what compelled him to become a soldier more than 20 years ago. It’s also probably part of the reason Sellers has been honored with the Bronze Star Medal for Valor.

Now, Sellers is struggling for the opportunity to do what so many of us complain about having to do: Work.

A tour in Iraq left Sellers with tendonitis, photophobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, daydream seizures and Traumatic Brain Injury.

The combination of conditions has rendered him unemployable, resulting in financial hardships and frustration for Sellers and his wife, Pam.

“Me and Pam were just trying to come up with ways to make it on our own, working odd jobs, doing what we could. We realized there is just no way,” said Sellers.

A doctor in Arizona has shed a ray of hope for Sellers, and a local VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary is working to make the trip to see this doctor possible. They say community support is greatly needed.

A need for leaders

Sellers joined the National Guard in 1985. Upon graduating from Marianna High School, he went on active duty with the Navy. He was medically discharged from Desert Storm for a knee injury.

A dozen years later, the World Trade Center crashed to the ground.

“My country needed me,” said Sellers.

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Well at least this VFW Post answered the question I keep asking. Where are you when they need you?