Monday, February 25, 2008

Soldier Shot Near Base

"Friends recall, mourn soldier slain in shooting"

"by Noah Bierman, Globe Staff | February 25, 2008

Richard Gee Hanna enlisted in the Army to rebuild his life, after a tough upbringing in Leicester. After two years in Iraq, he returned to the United States last month, ready to complete his military career and move to Hawaii to start a life with his new wife and her 2-year-old daughter.

Instead, the 24-year-old Army specialist was shot to death earlier this month, in what friends in Massachusetts said may have been an accident during a party at a residence in Killeen, Texas, near the Fort Hood military post.... "

Better take those guns away from the vets, right?