“No one should be homeless. But on top of that, there’s no reason for a veteran to be homeless,” he said. “I might as well do something that can make a difference.”
Disabled veteran flies basketball court-sized Stars and Stripes at various American Legion posts to raise awareness about troops who return but become homeless.
By Joseph Serna
Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 8:30 PM PDT
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It was a scene that made people stop and stare.
Some parked their cars and snapped a quick picture. Others, like one man on a motorcycle, pulled up to the curb alone in a quiet, personal moment and just stared for a couple of minutes before leaving.
No one who passed by 15th Street on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach on Wednesday missed the 80-foot American flag flapping in the wind above the American Legion Yacht Club Post No. 291.
“It’s awesome!” said Robin Thoraldson of Orange, who passed the flag as she returned kayaking equipment. “It makes you proud to be an American.”
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