Cross-country run to help vets

Cross-country run to help vets, families of fallen nears finish line
By C.J. LIN
Stars and Stripes
Published: August 17, 2012

Albie Masland admits that he'd be lying if he said “Forrest Gump” didn't inspire him to run across the U.S.

But it was the thought of the challenges that military veterans face upon returning from war and readjusting to civilian life that finally got the 29-year-old from Carlisle, Pa. pounding nearly 2,900 miles of pavement for charity.

With two days and 30 miles left to go as of Thursday, Masland was nearing the end of his 154-day cross-country run — dubbed “Operation Amerithon” — for the Travis Manion Foundation, which helps veterans and the families of those killed in combat. The charity is named for a 26-year-old Marine who was killed by sniper fire in Iraq in April 2007.
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