The folks up here in the Great Land treat veterans pretty well. It doesn’t hurt that there is a big military presence in Alaska, from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson just outside Anchorage to Fort Wainwright in the north near Fairbanks, with a few other small installations scattered around. Eagle River, just north of Anchorage, has a big proportion of veterans, and there are plenty of us here in the Valley as well.
Which is why we see this kind of thing:
Disabled veteran gets new Fairbanks home!
Memorial Day usually is a solemn occasion for Americans to remember and thank U.S. military personnel who lost their lives in combat.
But there was no sorrow during a ceremony held last week near Fairbanks to honor Army veteran Andy Armstrong who survived a brush with death. Armstrong was given a new house, courtesy of a program that helps wounded combat vets rebuild their lives.
The only…
