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The Story Behind the Brick: Duane Huffman
The recent passing of Mark Huffman's father serves as a reminder to him that moments are fleeting and once they are gone, you can't get them back. "I know that he served in the National Guard and was never called into action, but I don't know much beyond that," he...
Running for Heroes Running Update
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly RUNNING FOR HEROES TELLS IT LIKE IT IS Running for Heroes has taken on the challenge of running one marathon, every month in 2021 to raise $26,200 for the Hero’s Bridge Veterans Village. With only two marathons to go, they are close to...
Local Hero: Molly Brooks of Hero’s Bridge
One woman leads an army of volunteers to serve our area’s veterans Midland’s Molly Brooks had a vision early on. Growing up in the economically-depressed Ozarks with her mother working in a nursing home, Molly was privy to the substandard environment of the elderly...
A Tribute to Healthcare Professionals: Lieutenant Commander — Carolyn Mellon
Born in 1937, Carolyn Mellon was one of five children. Her father’s life remained a mystery to the family. She knew only that he had spent the first half of it working as a Bobby or policeman in Scotland where he had five children with a previous wife. He came to the...
Veteran Kenneth Moore’s Story as a Vietnam Radioman
Kenneth Moore served as a radioman for the US Marines during the Vietnam War. He enlisted on January 15, 1964 out of Baltimore, MD and was sent to communications headquarters in Cherry Point, North Carolina. This was in large part due to his amateur radio hobby. While...
When Living Conditions Become Unlivable
Vietnam Veteran, Mike, has called a small trailer home for fifty years. Five decades will leave its mark on anything and over the years, the once new trailer has fallen into disrepair. Mike's age has made it difficult for him to maintain the trailer. With holes in the...
Welding Everything Except Broken Hearts
Memorial Day recognizes veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. Those who lost their lives defending freedom around the world and throughout history. Hero’s Bridge salutes every veteran who did not make it home. We also salute their family members. Many veterans who...
Hero’s Bridge Replaces Stolen Purple Heart After 47 Years
73-year-old Vietnam veteran John Bolden considers himself lucky to have been shot at his basecamp. He was walking to the mess hall when he was shot in the right thigh. He was told it was a Viet Cong sniper, but he thinks it was a stray bullet from the firefighting...
Nick Travis: I’m Not The Same Person
Vietnam Army Veteran, Nick Travis, had trouble assimilating to civilian life after spending nearly two years in Vietnam. "I had a lot of triggers," he said. The Brooklyn resident returned to the Brooklyn in 1969, he didn't leave the house for six months because he...
Behind the Brick: Kim Townsend honors family members with Village Commemorative Bricks
Kim Townsend is commemorating two family members with bricks at the Hero's Bridge Veterans Village. The first is for her husband, Tim, a retired Army veteran who passed away in February 2010 from lung cancer. "He served in Desert Storm," said Townsend. Proximity to...
Number Seven in the Books
"We couldn't have asked for better weather," said Rick Heppard, veteran, Operation Enduring Freedom. It was a cool and cloudy morning. The runners began at 6am, with the sun just coming up. "I was a little worried that it would be a really tough run as I hadn't put a...
Hero’s Bridge Connects Elderly Veterans With Care: For Molly Brooks, making sure older veterans are looked after is personal
Molly Brooks wasn’t at her father’s side when he died in 2016. It’s a memory that continues to haunt her. A 23-year career military retiree and Vietnam veteran, Raymond Gustin USMC, MSgt, suffered from the effects of Agent Orange exposure. He was 71 when he went to...
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