Thank you to USO-N.C., MFLCF, and Purple Heart Homes for lining up our Special Guest for our May 20th Heroes’ Lunch, Medal of Honor Recipient Ronald Rosser. USO-N.C., MFLCF and Purple Heart Homes have come together to bring several Medal of Honor Recipients to Charlotte on May 19th and May 20th for a Tribute to [...]
Staff Sergeant Wade enlisted into the Army after college as a way to give back to his country. Shortly after enlisting, the Iraq war began and Wade deployed as a combat medic with a Stryker brigade. In Feb. 2004, his Stryker vehicle was victim to an IED explosion. An experience Wade describes as “being tossed [...]
Air Force Veteran Alex McGowan served two tours in Iraq. After his second deployment, he returned home in 2004 a different person. He was unemployed and suffering from psychological trauma when his dental condition began to manifest itself. He eventually entered the NC Air Guard. Unfortunately his dental condition deteriorated, and full time employment evaded [...]
Sgt. Hamilton joined the United States Army in September 2004 and was honorably discharged for medical reasons in October 2010. During Hamilton’s service in Iraq in 2007, his convoy suffered blasts from an IED. Sgt. Hamilton served as .50 caliber gunner leaving him with little shelter from the attack. As a result of his injuries [...]
Lance Cpl. Gomezsuqisupa served in the United States Marine Corps for more than eight years which included three tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. Gomezsuqisupa was injured twice in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan; he suffers from PTSD, headaches and severe back pain that hinders his ability to work. During the holiday season, [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The North Carolina Heroes’ Fund helps two more former members of the U.S. Army by endowing Sgt. Holmes and Spc. Rice with hardship grants. Physical disabilities hinder Holmes’ and Rice’s ability to work, which caused their financial hardship upon returning from service. The inability to work, coupled with the lag time in receiving disability [...]
