StarMetal
05-15-2006, 10:47 PM
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. ( March 2, 2006)
Karla Comfort received a lot of looksand even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton , Ark., to Camp Pendleton , Calif.,in her newly- painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2. The vehicle is adorned with the likeness of her son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason,and nine other Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division who were all killed by the same improvised explosive device blast in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.
For Comfort, having the vehicle air brushed with the image of the 10 Marines was a way topay homage to HER HERO AND HIS FELLOW COMRADES WHO FELL ON IRAQ'S URBAN
BATTLEFIELD. "I wanted to let people know (Marines) are doing their jobs honorably, and some of them die," said the 39-year-old from Portland, Ore. "I don't want people to forget the sacrifices that my son and the other Marines made."
Leading up to her son's death, Comfort had received several letters from him. He had been deployed for five months, and Comfort worried every day he was gone until she got the letters and found out the date he was coming home, she said. Marines knocked on the front door of her home in Farmington, Mich., at 3 a.m. with the dreadful news. "I let my guard down when I thought he was coming home," she said. "There are times that I still cannot believe it happened. It's very hard to deal with."
Comfort came up with the idea for the rolling memorial when she and her two other sons attended John's funeral in Portland , Ore.I saw a Vietnam (War) memorial on a car, and I said to my son Josh, we should do something like that for John, she recalled. He loved Hummers.
Part two to follow
Joe
Karla Comfort received a lot of looksand even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton , Ark., to Camp Pendleton , Calif.,in her newly- painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2. The vehicle is adorned with the likeness of her son, 20-year-old Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason,and nine other Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division who were all killed by the same improvised explosive device blast in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.
For Comfort, having the vehicle air brushed with the image of the 10 Marines was a way topay homage to HER HERO AND HIS FELLOW COMRADES WHO FELL ON IRAQ'S URBAN
BATTLEFIELD. "I wanted to let people know (Marines) are doing their jobs honorably, and some of them die," said the 39-year-old from Portland, Ore. "I don't want people to forget the sacrifices that my son and the other Marines made."
Leading up to her son's death, Comfort had received several letters from him. He had been deployed for five months, and Comfort worried every day he was gone until she got the letters and found out the date he was coming home, she said. Marines knocked on the front door of her home in Farmington, Mich., at 3 a.m. with the dreadful news. "I let my guard down when I thought he was coming home," she said. "There are times that I still cannot believe it happened. It's very hard to deal with."
Comfort came up with the idea for the rolling memorial when she and her two other sons attended John's funeral in Portland , Ore.I saw a Vietnam (War) memorial on a car, and I said to my son Josh, we should do something like that for John, she recalled. He loved Hummers.
Part two to follow
Joe