Walking for the troops
By Patrick Dickson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, July 24, 2008
WASHINGTON — There are a lot of individuals doing a lot of things to show their support for the troops, but not many like Mike Cox.
The Kirkwood, Mo., native is walking 850 miles, from his hometown to Washington to raise money for two purposes: $35,000 to put new computers in the USO facility at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and $25,000 to help build a Fisher House in nearby St. Louis.
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