Virginia Community Surprises Returning Wounded Marine

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Virginia Community Surprises Returning Wounded Marine – With Video
Posted By Angelia Phillips
April 10th, 2011
DALE CITY,Va. – Twenty-seven-year-old Josh Himan wept with gratitude, Saturday, when he returned to his family’s home after 18 months of recovery and rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Hundreds of residents of Dale City, Virginia lined the streets and held up homemade signs. 18 police motorcycle officers formed an honor guard. Then, when Josh reached home, he was shown the addition that volunteers constructed in the back of the house. That addition includes a wheelchair-friendly bedroom and bathroom.

An improvised roadside bomb destroyed the Humvee in which Himan was riding in Afghanistan in September of 2009. The Marine Corporal suffered severe spinal damage, among other injuries.
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Virginia Community Surprises Returning Wounded Marine