Posted by
M*A on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:20:33 AM
Sgt. Kelly Keck
34 years old from West Liberty, Kentucky
Secretary of the Army Pete Geren congratulates Sgt. Kelly Keck after presenting him the Purple Heart.
On September 13, 2008, Sgt. Kelly Keck, a combat medic serving
in Afghanistan, was wounded while trying to aid his fellow soldiers
who’s truck had just been struck by an IED. “I stepped off the road to
try to get to the side of the truck, and the next thing I know I hear a
loud boom, and I’m laying on the ground,” he said. Sgt. Kelly had
stepped on a land mine. He was flown to a field hospital in Jalalabad
where he ended up loosing three fingers on his left hand and his right
leg below the knee. “It was quite an ordeal,” the soft-spoken soldier
said.
Video of Sgt. Keck here.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that
others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am
proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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