Posted on 05/29/2010 7:26:59 AM PDT by Kartographer
The way Kevin Graves sees it, he's walking in his son's footsteps.
Four years after his only child was killed while serving in Iraq, the 53-year-old has turned honoring his son's sacrifice into a full-time job. He speaks at rallies, attends memorials, advocates for special license plates for parents of fallen soldiers and crisscrosses the country visiting "surrogate children" who served with his son in Iraq.
Most recently, Graves joined the State Military Reserve out of a sense of obligation to finish what Joey started.
Sitting in a townhouse brimming with camouflage rucksacks, American flags and framed military metals, Graves proudly points out that he was inducted as a specialist, his 21-year-old son's rank when he died, and will wear the same uniform.
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his only child was killed
I don’t know how some people get out of bed in the morning.
Our military & their family members are truly remarkable.
Prayers for all.
I agree. He is experiencing true suffering and torture.
“framed military metals”
And what would those be? Steel and/or titanium come to mind.
Seriously, the Lord’s Blessing on this man and all our great patriots...every day in every way.
Semper fi
Wow!
That’s all. Wow!
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The best way to honor our American heroes, past, present, and future is to take back the Congress in November 2010 in order to neuter the National Disgrace In Chief and his Thug Regime. Get active in the campaigns and help report Voter Fraud. What better way to honor our troops than to work to get them a CIC that loves this country and who honors our military.
The current Disgrace in Chief has to be voted out in 2012. Meanwhile, take back both houses of Congress.
So so sad. This brave American soldier walks with God and other American patriots including our beloved Reagan.
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