Posted on 07/08/2019 10:32:40 AM PDT by ETL
Country music star Lee Greenwood was especially proud to be an American over the holiday weekend, after working with a nonprofit to provide a specialized home for an Afghanistan war veteran who lost his legs overseas.
Greenwood teamed up with Helping a Hero to provide wounded warrior Matt Deatherage with a home equipped for him to live independently, and the two men appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Monday to talk about the new house and the organization that made it happen. ..."
The Army veteran was deployed to Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2010, and stepped on a land mine in March 2011 which resulted in the loss of both of his legs.
Although he wears state-of-the-art prosthetics, he developed diabetes after his injury and now uses a wheelchair the majority of the time.
His new home is equipped with ramps and wide doors to accommodate his chair, as well as an exterior pathway so that he can get around outdoors.
Greenwood, best known for his iconic song "God Bless the U.S.A.," said he felt particularly called to get involved with Helping a Hero.
The organization has provided over 100 homes to veterans in 22 states, the singer said.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Matthew Deatherage grew up in Maineville, Ohio where he competed on the high school wrestling team. His father was highly successful in business.
When his dad died of cancer when Matthew was sixteen, Matt knew he wanted to live his life in a way that would make his father proud. He decided to join the Army.
Matt served his first deployment in Kandahar, Afghanistan from August 2010 to March 2011. On March 10, 2011 Matt and his platoon were out in response to another IED attack as a Quick Reaction Force when he stepped on an IED.
Matt remained conscious and continued to assist his platoon in his own medical care to include applying two of his own tourniquets. To date, he has undergone thirty-seven surgeries.
He is now a bilateral amputee with a broken left patella and wears state of the art prosthetics on both legs.
He also developed type-one diabetes after his injury and though he remains active, he utilizes a wheelchair 75% of the time.
Matt looks forward to settling down in the near future in his upcoming Helping A Hero home where he will be able to regain lost independence.
He currently works as an Outreach Officer for his local county Veteran Services Office and looks forward to going back to college.
http://www.helpingahero.org/our-heroes/cpl-ret-matthew-j-deatherage-usa
If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife
I’d thank my lucky stars to be livin’ here today
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away
And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA
From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA
Well, there’s pride in every American heart
And it’s time we stand and say
That I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA
And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA
Wonderful gesture.
The current training for DoD civilians (GS) is to put the Israeli type tourniquets on anything that is bleeding and let the doctors do the adjustments back in the green zone. Far more people die of “bleeding” out than die of the other injuries. We even were trained to look for major bleeding before airway or respiration. Kind of strange for someone as old as I who can remember dealing with the breathing first from the very old Army school.
Too bad we still have troops in Afghanistan, fighting, dying, or getting limbs destroyed. Longest war in US history?
I honor this brave veteran
I’m also in agreement with another combat-field veteran, Tulsi Gabbard: we need to get out of Afghanistan. Yesterday.
That American makes everyone proud to be like him. You don’t need a country to be great. You just need you. And he is a tremendous conservative with what he displays like when he spoke at the 1988 Republican National Convention standing next to Ronald Reagan, visited George H. W. Bush in the White House in 1991, and performed his signature God Bless the USA at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013. He is a man of action.
rwood
Lee Greenwood is an American treasure!
Missed something in my number 9 entry:
Lee Greenwood is a representative of an organization I am a member of: Disable American Veterans (DAV). And here’s one time he was working with them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DNjLa4ymVk
rwood
Thank you Friend, for both the link and your service to our brave and honorable veterans.
True, but as I have been over there four deployments, I would much rather fight those ***** over there, then try to deal with them while my family is behind me. And they will send their little bomb jackets over here if we were not closer over there.
The ROE might stink, but my wife and children are much safer than the other way.
Hey Anna!
Gift is a noun; give is a verb.
It was my honor to stand with them, in times of danger and safety, as we all did for this country because we loved it.
Four years ago, I was stuck in a wheel chair and twice disabled when we visited Mt Rushmore. In their late show they have a ceremony for the retired and active GI’s where you go on stage and help retire our emblem for the night. I couldn’t get down there because there was no way to get a chair down the stairs. Since then, and three heart procedures later, we’re going back in about a week. I have been exercising and I am ready to do the stairs. So I will stand with them this time. And I’m damned proud of it. Not for me, but for the opportunity to stand with men and women that think of what this country means to so many throughout the world. And I’m not proud of me, I’m proud of us, all of us.
rwood
:)
All the best to you, FRiend.
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