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  • Wounded vets Super Bowl-bound

    02/02/2006 4:02:05 PM PST · by SandRat · 18 replies · 490+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Feb 2, 2006 | Cpl. Justin Lago
    MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Feb. 2, 2006) -- A few dozen combat-wounded leathernecks recovering in National Capital Region hospitals are bound for Detroit to attend the biggest sports event of the year. The Cleveland Browns organization, in unity with the National Football League, has donated 50 Super Bowl tickets to Marine veterans who received combat injuries while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. The block of tickets, which has a street value of nearly $250,000, was given to Manpower and Reserve Affairs to be disseminated to the Marines in the region who meet the medical criteria for attending to the...