Excellent story in Charleston WV Gazette about GI billed for body armor

[kevinbgoode]

This really looks like a story which will have a decent ending. Both West Virginia senators have slammed the Pentagon for billing a wounded soldier $700 for his destroyed body armor, and the Pentagon has promised an investigation. Meanwhile, almost $6000 was raised to help the soldier pay back his buddies who forked over the money to pay his body armor bill, and the young veteran has pledged to donate it to help rebuild the home of a Louisiana mother of a soldier in Iraq who helped save Lt. Rebrook's life. The bulk of the money raised came from donations through AmericaBlog.

You can read the story at this link - and the second link is a great editorial published this morning by the newspaper as well:

http://www.wvgazette.com/static/stories/2006020719.html

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/Editorials/200602071

We should be proud of Democrats who helped come to the defense of this young man's sacrifice.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. this story makes me cry

a soldier who has sacrificed so much-Americans coming to his aid- and then he uses the extra money to help another. This is what America is really about-folks helping one another.

[Caoimhe]

2. Wow a great story, and shows the GOP hypocrisy

stealing $$$ from wounded US Soldiers... handing it to Haliburton/Bechtel/KBR