Honoring those who gave it all
Jun 20th 2006RavenMarine Corps & Pro America & Raven & War
This woman is NO Cindy Shit-heenan, that’s for darn sure. A moving memorial to her son and his commrads.
Karla Comfort received many looks and even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton, Ark., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., in her newly-painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2. The vehicle is adorned with the likeness of her son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason, and nine other Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division who where all killed by the same improvised explosive device blast in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.
For Karla Comfort, having the vehicle air brushed with the image of the 10 Marines was a way to pay homage to her hero and his fellow comrades who fell on Iraq’s urban battlefield.
“I wanted to let people know (Marines) are doing their jobs honorably, and some of them die,” said the 39-year-old from Portland, OR “I don’t want people to forget the sacrifices that my son and the other Marines made.”
This is very inspirational. Karla needs to know that MANY of US will never forget the sacrifices her son has made- and his fellow Marines. We honor them and her a great deal. If only the Cindy Sheehan’s of this world could show some respect to her son…
Semper Fi Karla.
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