{"id":35754,"date":"2013-05-21T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35754"},"modified":"2013-05-21T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:14:24","slug":"katie-couric-salute-our-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35754","title":{"rendered":"Katie Couric; Salute our troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know I could drop a grenade among the whole group here and not hit a Katie Couric fan, but the folks over at the Katie Show<\/a> sent us a message that she’s saluting the troops Thursday in preparation for Memorial Day (which I just discovered is the 27th not the 31st this year and it’s the 26th next year) so I thought I’d pass the information along to y’all;<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie\u201d salutes our troops and shares amazing stories from the front lines and the homefront in a special episode leading up to Memorial Day, which will be broadcast THURSDAY, MAY 23 (check local listings\/ or www.katiecouric.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Highlights from the show include:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 The first female soldier amputee of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Melissa Stockwell, tells her story\u2026from wounded warrior to Paralympics champion.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sergeant Paul Horton, a bomb specialist who served four combat tours, describes his harrowing battle with PTSD and explains how big the problem is for many men and women returning from active duty.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff discusses his own recovery after a life-threatening injury while covering the Iraq war, and some of the heroes he met along the way.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Veteran Jaspen Boothe\u2019s crusade to help fellow female solders find work and housing through her \u201cFinal Salute\u201d program.<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Meet \u201cThe Smileys.\u201d One mom from Maine got creative when her husband was deployed, and created an unforgettable year of special dinners for their three boys. She writes about the experiences and the incredible guests who joined them in the book, Dinner with the Smileys.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know what you’re going to say, but if we boycott these folks when they do things we don’t like, we have to support them when they do good things, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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