CHECK UP — U.S. Army Lt. Jennifer Ferrell, on site medical officer with the 123rd Medical Support Battalion, examines an Iraqi child at a mobile medical setup in Wassat, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew WillinghamCHECK UP — U.S. Army Lt. Jennifer Ferrell, on site medical officer with the 123rd Medical Support Battalion, examines an Iraqi child at a mobile medical setup in Wassat, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Willingham
Jenessa Alexis Largent is interviewed by CNN while visiting the Pentagon Aug. 18. Largent was recognized for her efforts in making 36,000 bracelets honoring soldiers fighting the War on Terror. Spc. Bill Putnam
Labor of love swells troop support
By Beau Whittington
August 19, 2003
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 18, 2003) -- One 12-year-old’s love for her uncle stationed in Kirkuk, Iraq, has swelled into a ground roots campaign to show support for the troops fighting the War on Terror.
It’s also caused her a lot of work.
In April, Jenessa Alexis Largent, of White Bear Lake, Minn., was thinking a lot about her uncle Sgt. 1st Class Mike Chamorro and decided she wanted to do something special in his honor.
“At first I wanted to wear a yellow hair binder around my wrist to represent the yellow ribbons of the past,” she recalled. She quickly found the binders were too flimsy and looked for a better answer.
She decided to maker herself a bracelet.
