Where Are Stories Like This?
"Donna Kiernan, 43, is moving into the 3,000-square-foot barn this week — it has an 875-square-foot apartment built in.
And it has a bunkhouse, where the guys from her husband’s unit can sleep.
Her husband, Staff Sgt. Chris Kiernan, was killed by a sniper’s bullet while on patrol in a tank in Baghdad on May 6, 2007, and much of the work on “Chris Crossing” has been done by members of his Army unit, committed to helping out their friend’s widow.
“We and some friends of ours had all talked about buying land together and retiring,” Donna Kiernan said.
And Chris asked her to follow the plan without him.
“He left me a letter in case of death,” she said, and seven hours after getting the news, she retrieved it from a drawer and opened it. “He said to buy the land we dreamed about and get all the animals we wanted and live life to the fullest. And most of all, laugh.”
The friends found and bought the land, cutting out five acres to sell to Donna. Shortly after that, the guys started showing up, making the drive from Fort Hood every other weekend to help out and visit.
“They enjoyed it,” Kiernan said. “They worked hard and they drank hard, and they kept coming back. Six or seven come out every other weekend.”
The "Band of Brothers" is a reality. What MSM, or "drive-by media" would say is that they are all brainwashed. My take is that they have learned what God wants us all to learn. "Love your neighbor as yourself". Except these guys go one further, they love their "neighbor", their fellow soldier, MORE than themselves, to the point they fall on a grenade to save them!
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