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10-21-05, 05:45 AM
Recovering Marines treated with DVDs, PS2s, other accommodations at Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital
MCB Camp Pendleton
Story by Sgt. Claudia Garcia
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 20, 2005) -- Wounded service members will no longer settle for a few channels of television as new entertainment equipment was provided to improve their stay during the healing process.
America’s Heroes of Freedom donated 11 televisions with DVD players, 10 Playstation 2s, and approximately 100 video games to wounded service members on medical hold at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital here Friday.
Senior military members, hospital staff, families and donating staff gathered to honor and show their appreciation to wounded troops.
“We feel honored to be here and are very motivated to work with the hospital and fulfill the needs of military members and their families,” said Susan Brewer, president and founder of America’s Heroes of Freedom.
America’s Heroes of Freedom is a non-profit organization which honors, heals and educates those who served heroically, patriotically and unselfishly in the protection of freedom, Brewer said.
Sgt. Gottlyev J. Gutbier was one of the wounded servicemembers present during the donations.
Gutbier sustained injuries while serving with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He is currently on medical hold for traumatic brain injuries and is recovering at the Naval Hospital here.
“It is awesome to know that the public is supporting our cause,” said Gutbier.
The organization donates to wounded troops nationwide to boost morale and show support, said Charisse Hinze, executive director of the California region of Americas’s Heroes of Freedom.
“We are honored to be able to do this. This is our way of giving back as civilians and our way to show support,” said Hinze.
“Thanks to the donations, our wounded are no longer confined to a bed and will be able to maintain occupied and entertained while they are here,” said 1st Lt. Katherine M. Harrington, the Marine liaison at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital.
“The new equipment will help us pass time and will take away a lot of the stress while we are here,” added Pendergraft.
Ellie
MCB Camp Pendleton
Story by Sgt. Claudia Garcia
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 20, 2005) -- Wounded service members will no longer settle for a few channels of television as new entertainment equipment was provided to improve their stay during the healing process.
America’s Heroes of Freedom donated 11 televisions with DVD players, 10 Playstation 2s, and approximately 100 video games to wounded service members on medical hold at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital here Friday.
Senior military members, hospital staff, families and donating staff gathered to honor and show their appreciation to wounded troops.
“We feel honored to be here and are very motivated to work with the hospital and fulfill the needs of military members and their families,” said Susan Brewer, president and founder of America’s Heroes of Freedom.
America’s Heroes of Freedom is a non-profit organization which honors, heals and educates those who served heroically, patriotically and unselfishly in the protection of freedom, Brewer said.
Sgt. Gottlyev J. Gutbier was one of the wounded servicemembers present during the donations.
Gutbier sustained injuries while serving with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He is currently on medical hold for traumatic brain injuries and is recovering at the Naval Hospital here.
“It is awesome to know that the public is supporting our cause,” said Gutbier.
The organization donates to wounded troops nationwide to boost morale and show support, said Charisse Hinze, executive director of the California region of Americas’s Heroes of Freedom.
“We are honored to be able to do this. This is our way of giving back as civilians and our way to show support,” said Hinze.
“Thanks to the donations, our wounded are no longer confined to a bed and will be able to maintain occupied and entertained while they are here,” said 1st Lt. Katherine M. Harrington, the Marine liaison at the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital.
“The new equipment will help us pass time and will take away a lot of the stress while we are here,” added Pendergraft.
Ellie