Posted on 10/20/2012 12:15:32 PM PDT by jazusamo
Advocate for wounded troops performing at Naval Medical Center San Diego
Some of actor Gary Sinise’s most memorable roles have been public servants injured in the line of fire who found solace in the healing power of relationships.
As Lt. Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” he played an angry Vietnam War veteran whose friendship with the title character helps him make peace with life as a double amputee. In the television series “CSI: NY,” Sinise is a police detective who leans on his girlfriend to recover from a gunshot wound.
His interactions with real-life men and women on the front lines or struggling at home to overcome disability inspired another major role — globe-trotting fundraiser, entertainer and advocate for military and law enforcement personnel.
On Saturday, the 57-year-old actor from Los Angeles and his “Lt. Dan Band” will jam at a party for service members in treatment at Naval Medical Center San Diego. The event caps a weeklong observation of the five-year anniversary of C5, the medical center’s Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care rehabilitation program.
Sinise said he has great respect for veterans, beginning with those in his family. He became involved with Vietnam War veterans in the 1980s in Chicago, long before his Academy Award-nominated supporting role alongside Tom Hanks.
“Along came Sept. 11th and we started deploying our troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. They started getting hurt and killed. There was a role I could play, I felt, in supporting them,” Sinise said. “I started volunteering to visit and go overseas to the hospitals and doing what I could to show my appreciation for what they were doing, trying to give back to them as an entertainer.”
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Bumpin’ it ta da MOON, Alice!
Hiya Red, good to see you. I’ll help ya. ;-)
“I have no idea why the RNC surrender’s states, and doesn’t compete for them.”
Ditto cities. Drives me nuts!
I was checking out YouTube and found what may be a little better quality of the same clip. Check it out.
Sorry the whole famn damily doesn’t get it. Oh well...
Up the quality to 480.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aA3fiwTs0&feature=related
It’s part of the reason I detest the RNC so much.
As for the fam, most are sane, just a few with their heads up their butts. Interesting part is this small minority of liberal kooks consider themselves the smart ones and we're just not with it. Not a single one can tell me why they are going to vote for Obama, but they're the smart ones. :-)
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