Builders dedicate Lubbock 'hero home' for Iraq War veteran

Builders dedicate Lubbock 'hero home' for Iraq War veteran
The gift of the house is a sign to veterans there are people in the civilian world who care, Louis Flores said.
Posted: February 1, 2012
By Walt Nett
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
In a few months, the house at the verge of a 77th Street cul-de-sac in Bacon Crest will be a house similar to any other in the neighborhood; come summer, a family of three will live under its roof, within its walls.

But the eventual owner, retired Army medic Louis Flores, explained Wednesday that for a veteran coming back from combat, it’s both a house and a very special means of reconnection with the civilian world most of his military peers don’t have.

“It’s really easy to feel isolated, coming back into civilian life,” said Flores, whose family has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Lubbock Homes for Heroes house.
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