Wounded Veterans – The Burning Platform

To honor fallen veterans of our own communities, I hope you will join me in listening to the Armed Forces Medley from one or more of the past five years since my favorite old veteran faded into glory. I’m sure there’s a big war story room where old veterans go to tell their stories until they become true. Or at least they tell them well enough they seem to be true.

(Don’t worry… the medleys get shorter and shorter for some reason. I’ve annotated the length in parenthesis, to assist you in choosing. 2015 is best one, I believe.)

2014 Concert (7:38 and ends with Taps)

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July 08, 2015, 06:08 pm
George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans event
By Mark Hensch

Former President George W. Bush billed a charity for wounded military veterans $100,000 in speaking fees three years ago, a new report says.

Bush charged Texas-based Helping a Hero that amount in 2012, according to ABC News.

The organization also provided Bush with private jet travel to Houston at a cost of $20,000.
Laura Bush, the former president’s wife, additionally pocketed $50,000 after appearing for the group in 2011, ABC reported.

Helping a Hero fundraises for homes that are specifically adapted for military veterans with lost limbs and other severe injuries, it said.

The group specifically helps those who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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