A HERO'S WELCOME: HOMECOMING FOR A MARINE INJURED IN AFGHANISTAN A Welcome from the Heart(land) Lance Cpl. Ryan Mutek receives a huge welcome home from area supporters. Chris Barron Sun Staff April 12, 2003 Amid the commotion of a jubilant celebration, a young boy walked up to Ryan Mutek and thanked him. Mutek, a lance corporal in the Marines, didn't know the boy, 9-year-old Joey Brazeau of Kingston, but handed him his camouflage hat. It's a hat that's been with Mutek from boot camp to Afghanistan and now back home to Bremerton. "He was just the first person who walked...
