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via Bloomberg
Murtha, who returned Nov. 27 from a trip to Iraq, said the military situation there has improved ``substantially''
Thousands have known their own stories like this,
His son, Marine Lt. Nathan Krissoff, 25, had been killed in a December 2006 roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.Given the steady cant the average American hears, how would you expect the family to respond? Well, this response is the kind that comes from the America I know - though in this case a step above and beyond.
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The younger Krissoff joined the Marines in 2004 with a background that might not have predicted a military career. He wrote poetry as a youngster and was an accomplished pianist.Before graduating from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., he was captain of the swim team, in addition to being a whitewater kayaker and alpine skier.
Months later, Krissoff came to a carefully considered decision: He would honor his son by leaving a flourishing orthopedic practice, a comfortable life, to join the Navy as a combat surgeon.That will keep you humble, and thankful. Where do we find such men? Next door.But his application for an age waiver was mired in paperwork.
So, on that August day in Reno, when Bush went around the room and asked if there was anything he could do, Krissoff spoke up.
Bill Krissoff never figured to be in a position to look President Bush in the eye and ask a favor.
But there he was, sitting in a room in Reno, Nev., with Bush and several other families who had lost soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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"I said, 'Yeah, there is one thing. I want to join the Navy medical corps and I gotta get some help here,' " recalled Krissoff, 61, who lives in California, near Reno.Three days after that meeting, the Navy called.
His waiver had been granted.
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Krissoff was commissioned as a lieutenant commander Nov. 18, and he expects to attend officer development school in January. Attached to the 4th Medical Battalion, he plans to join a combat surgical team and hopes to serve in Iraq.
From Miss Ladybug...
Operation Holiday ThanksI was just watching E.D. Hill's "America's Pulse" program on Fox News Channel. Apparently, she had been contacted by viewers wanting to send holiday greetings to our wounded warriors. Working with her Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), she had made arrangements to get holiday cards to various military hospitals across the country.
The address to send these cards to (requested "ASAP") is:
Operation Holiday Thanks
c/o E.D. Hill
Fox News Channel
1211 Sixth Avenue
17th Floor
New York, NY 10036
There was so much misinformation regarding sending cards to WRAMC (including by FoxNews), this one should be passed around to everyone you know! Note that these cards are going to a "middleperson" and then on to the wounded, so don't delay!
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