Hero Stories for June 2010

Pfc. Benjamin J. Park, 25, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, died June 18, 2010, at Zhari district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Park was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Seaman William Ortega, 23, of Miami, Florida, died June 18, 2010, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device blast while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. Seaman Ortega was assigned as a hospital corpsman to Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. </d

The ROK government has invited our Grandchildren to Korea for a FREE tour July 16 - 26, 2010. Included will be tours, educational experiences, historical exhibits and visits to Korean industry. This is part of their 60th Anniversary Commemoration Program. The tour is filling fast so please read the attachment, pull up the registration form and Email, Mail or Fax it back to us ASAP. Only twenty-five(25) are authorized and the tour is filling fast! Korea will also pay fifty (50) percent of the...

Van Nuys, CA. (June 17, 2010) - Operation Gratitude and BJ's Wholesale announced today that they collected 108,816 letters for deployed troops during May in honor of Military Appreciation Month. The letters will be included in Operation Gratitude Care Packages to be shipped to individual U.S. Service Members in 2010. BJ's Charitable Foundation will also donate $50,000 to the nonprofit to help defray the cost of shipping care packages. "BJ's Wholesale Club is extremely proud of the tremendou...

Staff Sgt. James P. Hunter, 25, of South Amherst, Ohio, died June 18, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Hunter was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

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Staff Sgt. James P. Hun

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Capt. Michael P. Cassidy, 41, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, died June 17, 2010, in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Capt. Cassidy was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. </d

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