Retired Maj. Pete Bailey has been helping Gene Westbrook ever since the former Fort Sill drill sergeant got home from the VA hospital in Dallas in July 2004. “He’s actually the first one who swung a hammer inside the house to help repair stuff,” said Gary Secor, past chairman of the Oklahoma Veterans Council. Bailey was delighted to hear the Westbrook home had been selected as an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project, and he was standing on the street corner Saturday when an excavator finished the job of reducing it to rubble. “This just tickles me to death. That family...