Mike Partain, son and grandson of Marine Corps veterans, grew up steeped in traditional American values - a rock-solid Reagan Republican whose life, even before birth, began among the few, the proud, at Camp LeJeune, N.C.
But for the past year, the 40-year-old Tallahassee insurance claims adjuster’s faith in his government has been shaken to its core.
He’d always assumed that Uncle Sam, first and foremost, had the health and welfare of U.S. citizens at the top of his priority list - especially if they’d worn the uniform.
Now he’s much less sure.
http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080328/COLUMNIST01/803280345/1006/OPINION
If you have not yet read the rest of this article please do so. The above is an opinion piece but Mike is having difficulty getting media attention. This small piece has now lead to 17 families connecting with each other and being able to support and share each others stories. Before I had breast cancer I didn’t fully appreciate the power that sharing stories really can have. His site is The few, the proud, the forgotten and is on my resource list. It’s very easy for us to say “Thank you for your service” let’s not make it ring hollow.
UPDATE: 5/19/08 Mike has now linked 6 men with breast cancer to Camp Lejeune. Please share this information with those who may have been based there in their service to our country.
Filed under: Advocacy, Media, male breast cancer | Tagged: Camp Lejeune, cancer, Marine Corps
