Gift enables soldier wounded in Afghanistan to realize his family's dream to live in Alaska.
Andy Armstrong prepares to get the keys to his news house from representatives of the organization and business that awarded the home to him. From left, Ken Eakes, Military Warriors Support Foundation executive director; Armstrong; Adam Little, regional Bank of America/Merrill Wealth Management marketing executive; Tyann Hollis, BofA/Merrill Wealth Management vice president.
But there was no sorrow during a ceremony held last week near Fairbanks to honor a veteran who survived a brush with death. “So please join me and welcoming the Armstrong family to their new home!” said Adam Little, a regional Bank of America/Merrill Wealth Management marketing executive.“This is a gift card for you to choose your furnishings for this home,” he said. “We took care of all that for your home.”
Armstrong was medically retired in 2012 after he and three other soldiers he was with sustained serious injuries when the truck he was driving hit an explosive device buried along a road in Afghanistan. He was awarded a Purple Heart, and after rehab returned home to upstate New York, where began working as logger.
Armstrong says he and his wife have long dreamed of living in Alaska. And now that he’s got a job and a home in Fairbanks, Elise and their 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Andi, can both join him.
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