Government Cuts Wounded Alaska Soldier's Aid

[Blue_In_AK]

A long, but sobering article in this morning's paper.


By GEORGE BRYSON
Anchorage Daily News

Published: June 3, 2007
Last Modified: June 3, 2007 at 05:29 AM

Sometimes from a distance, it's hard to tell that 26-year-old Tyler Hall of Wasilla is disabled. On a good day, when his prosthetic leg isn't causing him any pain, he walks as well as anyone. So well, in fact, that his mom, Kim Hall of Wasilla, tells the story of how her son was recently challenged by a stranger who saw him park his truck in a handicapped spot in front of a local grocery store.

"Are we feeling a little disabled today?" the man asked sarcastically as Hall walked toward the store without a hitch.

"Yeah," the ex-soldier answered, meeting the man's gaze while pulling up the cuff of his ankle-length pants to reveal the shiny metal pole of his artificial leg. "As a matter of fact, I am."

That might have been putting it mildly. In truth, Hall is about as beaten up as a war vet can be. Which used to really amaze him, considering the 11th-hour surprise of it all.

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http://www.adn.com/news/military/story/8944725p-8844689c.html

[hobbit709]

1. Support the troops

until they're used up and then discard them like so much trash. The hallmark of this bastard's administratiion

[PDJane]

2. Support the troops is just a slogan,

And men like this one are going to be dealing with this pile of paper and excrement for the rest of their lives.

In VietNam it was agent organge, in Iraq it will be depleted uranium, and the US should be in front of a war crimes tribunal.

[libodem]

3. He had to request his purple heart

jeez, to think they would have denied him that if they could have gotten away with it. And then it was a photo-op for bush. Man. What this guy went through. I just had back surgery and to say it was no picnic is an understatement. I feel for him.