"Picture the wounded soldier returning to the place of his youth.
The familiar landmarks — schools, parks, streets — are dusted with snow. Thanksgiving is coming, and holiday lights twinkle in the storefronts.
Maybe he thinks of boyhood games he played here. Maybe he thinks of friends left behind.
He spends the holiday with family, who rejoice that their son, nephew and grandson has come home alive.
These images could easily belong to the realm of Hollywood and black-and-white celluloid film.
But for Casey Greene — a 2007 Moffat County High School graduate and recuperating U.S. Army Ranger specialist — this isn’t fantasy.
This homecoming is real...."
(Bridget Manley)
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