10 USA Military Heroes Will Be Attending Today's Gator Bowl

From MSNBC and the official Gator Bowl press release:

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As the Clemson Tigers and Cornhuskers get ready to go head to head, there will be 10 wounded veterans in the stadium trading in their fatigues for red and white or orange and purple.

Retired Sgt. Gary Boggs will be one of those attending.

Boggs, who lost his left eye, ruptured both eardrums and suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Iraqi war, is the spokesperson for the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes.

His organization partnered with Konica Minolta to bring some of the country’s most severely wounded veterans, their families and caregivers to the Gator Bowl. He hopes this will let them forget even if only for a day the problems they are facing in the aftermath of the war.

This is the second year Konica Minolta has donated tickets to the organization, the leading organization providing emergency financial aid to severely wounded troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families as part of its continued efforts to support local communities in which the company maintains a presence.

“This is our second year as the title sensor of the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, and again we wanted to leverage this position in a way that allows us to honor the brave men and women who have served our country,” said Kevin Kern, vice president of Konica Minolta.

“These people put their lives on the line, sacrificed their time. If you look what they’ve been through, all the stuff they’ve done is just tremendous … And really to reward them for what they did for our country,” added Kern.

 

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