Posted on 11/06/2009 9:10:25 PM PST by Saije
Jason Hunt transferred to Texas to be closer to his family.
As a boy, Jason Hunt once had to wear silver caps on his front teeth. When he was too timid to smile, his sister, appealing to his love of video games, asked him to show his Ninja Turtle teeth.
"He was so embarrassed and such a shy boy," recalled his sister Leila Willingham, 30, of Frederick, Okla. "That was the only way I could make him smile."
In high school, Hunt refused to dissect a cat for a class assignment. He was so upset that his mother had to pick him up from school.
But Hunt's shy and sensitive side was transformed, his family said, when he joined the military. His already caring nature bloomed into something brave, selfless and fearless, they said. He hoped to save somebody's life someday.
That hope was cut short Thursday, when Hunt, 22, was killed in the mass shooting rampage at Fort Hood. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Hunt; his mother, Gale Hunt; his father, Gary Hunt; his sister, Willingham; and a niece and nephew.
Hunt joined the Army a year after graduating from Tipton High School and served for 3 ½ years, including a tour in Iraq, where he celebrated his 21st birthday. While there, he reenlisted.
Willingham recalled her brother once likened his feelings for his military family to the love a parent feels for his children.
"He said, 'I would die for your children.' He said, 'I would die for a stranger to save them.' And he said he would dive in front of a bullet for a soldier."
Hunt, who was stationed in Fort Stewart in Georgia after high school, transferred to Fort Hood to be closer to his family.
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Face the facts. To Democrats, this kid was just someone that was too dumb to get into an Ivy League school, and too smart to be on welfare. We should also understand that the policies that Democrats support cause the political correctness that caused this event.
May God rest his soul.
BTTT.
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