Veterans of Valor ceremony on May 28, 2010

Sgt South and Sgt Marja Link, both Purple Heart recipients, met when their parents attended a local, US Marine parent support group in 2006. Both Marines were wounded in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Because of Sgt Link’s commendations and courage while under enemy fire, in addition to the lifelong wounds she will suffer, Veterans of Valor is honored to present her with its’ backpack as a token of appreciation. Sgt Link is active in the USMC and currently awaiting orders to the Wounded Warriors Battalion East. She resides at Camp Lejune in North Carolina but grew up on the south-side of Indianapolis.