Is This Any Way to Treat Our Heroes

While it is a huge problem for the veterans with families trying to find a way to get the help they need, I would like you to read this story and then ask yourself one very simple question. What about the veterans with no families at all? When you think about that then you can understand how we have so many veterans homeless, dropping out of the system, avoiding the VA and losing all hope.

Is This Any Way to Treat Our Heroes?


Joan E. Dowlin
Freelance musician (French hornist) from the Philadelphia, PA area.
Posted: October 30, 2009 06:00 PM



A close family friend's son recently returned from Afghanistan where he had been working as a government contractor for the US war there. He is a Veteran Marine who joined in 2002 right after terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11/01. He unselfishly wanted to serve his country and defend us from these attacks.

He was readily accepted by the United States Marine Corp. and his fellow soldiers, having been voted #1 Honor Man of his boot camp even though he was at least 10 years older than most of his peers. He worked his way up to Staff Sergeant and was so well liked by his battalion that they resisted sending him out to the battlefield. They didn't want to lose him.

But go to war he did with tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He served proudly with many honors and awards until 2006 when he started contract work in Afghanistan.



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