Run Held to Honor Marines
Vietnam Veteran Steve Bozeman, Staff Sergeant John Glaister, and First Sergeant Rick Caisse ran twenty miles on Saturday, May 20, 2006, with a Healing Field American flag purchased from the Exchange Club of Lynchburg in order to honor those five Marines from Company C in Lynchburg who were killed in Iraq last year.
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By Carollyn Lee Peerman, Press Media Group, LLC
The purpose of the run is to bring awareness to what sacrifices that these 2,600 servicemen and women paid. Steve and Debbie Bozeman’s two grandchildren Jacob Brooks and Cydney Rice, joined 36 other Young Marines ages 8 to 18 to run 2 to 4 miles each. Debbie ran ten miles.
The run started at 9 am at the Marine Corps League on Lakeside Drive and went on to the 501 Bypass, Boonsboro Road, and Rivermont Avenue to downtown and back the same way with three police cruisers as escorts along with three Staff ladies, Shelia Griffin, Darlene Palmer, and Jamie Womack.
The Program Manager of Project Daniel, Traci Roberson, was given a check for $2, 350. This money was raised by the Young Marines to help very young handicapped children achieve a normal life. Daniel’s Grandmother Dorothy L.
Armes and the parents, Leegie and Steve Kirby, were there. Baby Daniel was born brain damaged and lived 5-1/2 years. With Project Daniel there is an in home program with comprehensive help and hope for these children.