Marine finds Dad after Internet search

Marine finds Dad after 15 year search made the news and it is a good story. It reminded me of a little known other story that happened because another Marine was searching for his Dad as well. Here in Orlando, there was another story of a Marine finding his Dad because of the Internet and the fact I posted the story because I was so touched by what happened.

The Marine's Dad was Vietnam Vet Andrew Elmer Wright and he found a home as a homeless vet with a church and was loved.

I ended up knowing about this because Chaplain Lyle Schmeiser from Orlando DAV Chapter 16 made sure I did. Andrew was being laid to rest. Lyle knew I cared about homeless veterans. Andrew's funeral was different than any other homeless veteran's funeral I had ever seen. Andrew's service was a full of people grieving for the loss.

56 seconds into this video Pastor Joel talks about another Marine finding his Dad but was serving overseas and his Dad, well, his Dad was a homeless Vietnam Veteran and by the time his son found him, he had already been laid to rest. I did the story he found.

This is the update to the story
The Story of Vietnam Veteran Andrew Elmer Wright, Proof of Love

At about 9 minutes in you'll hear how this Marine found he also had brothers and sisters he never knew about.



The Internet, for all of the good things it can be used for, like the above stories, can include acts of love all the time as well as acts of evil that get more attention. All you have to do is look for them. If you only search for what is bad, you'll usually miss what is good.