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First Lieutenant Andrew Kinard, USMC TM Spring 2010 V 10 w N 2 Freedom Alliance Honors an American Hero: First Lieutenant Andrew Kinard, USMC our days after So explained Oliver North as he pre- being blasted sented the 2008 Defender of Freedom to pieces by an IED Award to First Lieutenant Andrew Kinard, a “in Iraq,F Andrew Kinard was in Marine and an American hero, at the annual the intensive care unit at the Freedom Alliance Defender of Freedom National Naval Medical Center Award Dinner. Radio host and author Laura in Bethesda, Maryland, with his Ingraham joined in the salute to Andrew family around his bedside, and with her keynote address. still praying. By Christmas 2006, The Edward J. Bronars Defender of Freedom Drew, as his Marine and Naval Award is presented each year to an outstanding Academy friends call him, had Photo: Samantha Williams individual who, in the face of adversity, exempli- Oliver North presents the Defender of Freedom Award to already endured more than two 1stLt Andrew Kinard, USMC. Despite losing both his legs fies faith, courage and fidelity to the Constitution Photo: Samantha Williams dozen surgeries, and was fighting in Iraq, Andrew rose to the podium to say,“I am honored to and the principles of freedom. Keynote speaker Laura Ingraham stand before you this evening.” for his life.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Hannity Freedom Concerts Are Back! Inside this Issue Eight Coast-to-Coast Concerts Meet Our New Scholarship Students – Page 3 ean Hannity and Freedom Alliance are proud to announce eight Supporting Our Troops at Home and Abroad – Pages 4–5 Hannity Freedom Concerts this August. The Freedom Concerts will feature an all-star entertainment lineup, including country music star 2009 Hannity Freedom Concert Schedule – Page 6 SBilly Ray Cyrus. A Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, Cyrus is best known for his hit “Achy Breaky Heart.” Past Freedom Concert favor- Join the 2009 Freedom Cruise and Conference – Page 7 ites, including country music legends Lee Greenwood and Charlie Daniels Photos inside courtesy Freedom Alliance staff except where noted. and contemporary Christian singer Michael W. Smith, will also perform. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage 22570 Markey Court, Suite 240 PAID Dulles, Virginia 20166 Permit No. 196 Dulles, VA Sean Hannity and Oliver North 1 Defender OF Freedom Naval Academy said, ‘I don’t need (CONTINUED FRom Page 1) legs. I have my arms. I learned dis- Along with First Lieutenant cipline at the Naval Academy. I have Kinard, the award was presented to my faith — and a desire to serve. the U.S. Marines deployed with First Maybe I’ll go to law school,' he said. Platoon, Alpha Company, Second “Andrew has all of that – and Light Armored Reconnaissance more. He also has a great sense of Battalion to Operation Iraqi Freedom humor. He has a T-shirt with the in August, 2006. During their words ‘Marine For Sale’ printed on deployment, they showed extraordi- the front. On the back it reads: ‘40% nary heroism, immeasurable courage Off — Some Assembly Required.’” and dedicated service. Photo: Samantha Williams Three Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipients attended the Dinner and led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Andrew Kinard, 25, is a native (From Left to Right) StanfordThompson of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Oliver North, Andrew Kinard, Laura Ingraham Salutes of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Meaghan Shoaf of the University of Baltimore, Bethany Love of Radford University inVirginia andTom Kilgannon. Andrew Kinard and a 2005 graduate of the United Freedom Alliance was honored States Naval Academy. In August, foot patrol in Rawah, Iraq — search- a doctor in Spartanburg, South to have best-selling author and radio 2006, he deployed to Iraq with his ing for a terrorist bomb factory — Carolina, and two younger siblings, and TV host Laura Ingraham as unit. During his deployment, First when a command-detonated IED Courtney and Will, were all enroute the keynote speaker at the Award Lieutenant Kinard was severely exploded directly next to his left leg. to spend Christmas with their badly Dinner. She praised Andrew’s injured resulting in the loss of both The blast blew him into the air — battered Marine. His abdomen was dedication and sacrifice, noting his legs. He would eventually undergo and he landed almost 20 feet from an open hole. And he was smiling. ability to keep on smiling despite the nearly 60 surgical procedures. the crater. Three other Marines were ‘God is good,’ he said in greeting. horrific events he has endured. She Remarkably, Andrew continues to wounded. “Over the next eleven months noted that America needs to remem- serve his country as an active duty “He was airlifted to the Marine of hospitalization, Andrew was liv- ber a virtue that in the self-centered, Marine. Air Base at Al Asad, then to the ing proof of that statement. When sensationalist culture we live in today trauma hospital at Balad, north of I would ask him or his family, ‘How has been long forgotten: sacrificial Colonel North Shares Baghdad. By the time he was flown can I help you?’ The inevitable concern. Andrew hasn’t forgotten, Andrew’s Remarkable Story to Landstuhl, Germany, he had gone response would be: ‘Just pray for and applies this virtue to his every- “On October 29, 2006, Lieutenant into cardiac arrest and been resusci- recovery.’ And so, he also became day life. She said, “I’m not worried Kinard was leading his Marines on a tated — twice. Emergency surgeries evidence of the power of prayer. one bit about what might or might went on nearly non-stop to plug “His recovery will continue for not happen in America in the com- the seemingly innumerable holes years to come. But on one of my ing years. You know why? Because I punched in his body. His family visits to him in the hospital, the man heard Andrew tonight, and I believe was alerted, and a prayer vigil held. who had once played rugby at the in America. Period.” Hundreds of people half a world away went to their knees and begged A Special Offer for God for a miracle. Some miracles Freedom Alliance Supporters happen immediately. This one took In appreciation for your gift to Freedom Alliance of $50 or awhile. more, we will send you a hardbound copy of Laura Ingraham’s Photo: Jamie Critchfield “When I walked into his hospi- latest best-seller, Power to the People. For details please refer Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipient, Stanford to the reply envelope enclosed with this newsletter. Thompson, played “God Bless America” and the tal room, his mother and his sister “Marine Corps Hymn” on his trumpet at the Dinner. Katherine were with him. His dad, Virginia State Senator Ralph K. Smith Elected Chairman of the Freedom Alliance Board of Directors t their Newport Beach, California, who had Smith, Inc, a manufacturing company in Freedom Alliance President, said of Bob: December, served as Board Chairman since 1997. Roanoke, until his retirement in 2006. “He served Freedom Alliance in the 2008 meeting, In 2007, Ralph Smith was elected to Since then, Senator Smith continues to same way he served our country — with A a four-year term in the Virginia Senate, devote full time to public service. honor and dedication. As a graduate of the Freedom Alliance Board of Directors where he serves on the Transportation, The Freedom Alliance Board the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, elected fellow board the Local Government and the Privileges honored Robert Eichenberg with the title Bob lived the commands of Duty, Honor member, Virginia and Elections Committees. From 2000 “Chairman Emeritus” in recognition of and Country during his distinguished State Senator Ralph K. to 2004, Senator Smith served as the his many years of service and leadership 23-year career as a fighter pilot in the Smith, as Chairman. Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia. Earlier, he to Freedom Alliance and in apprecia- United States Air Force and Air Force He succeeds Robert Senator Ralph K. Smith served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves tion for his most faithful and generous Reserves. Bob has been an inspiration Eichenberg of and founded and served as CEO of Ralph financial support. Tom Kilgannon, and an example to us all.” 2 The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund: Remembering Our Heroes, Helping Their Children he Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund honors Tony Bertolino “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the bravery and dedication of Americans in “My dad has inspired me to give our Armed Forces, who have sacrificed life or my all for the things I love. He died you so much for Maria’s scholarship. We are Tlimb, by providing educational scholarships to their so grateful. Maria is one of the hardest working for his beliefs and for those he loved,” children. Some of our new scholarship recipients are said Freedom Alliance Scholarship young people I know. Even after the death of her featured here. recipient Tony Bertolino, a fresh- father during her sophomore year, she brought herself back up and dove into her work and never LeAnna and Sara Felts man majoring in Business at Mount Tony Bertolino is a San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, freshman at Mount looked back. She is very active in the ROTC pro- “My dad loved being a soldier,” San Jacinto College. California. gram at Purdue and hopes to be commissioned said Freedom Alliance Scholarship Tony’s father, Staff Sergeant Stephen Bertolino, served as an officer in the United States Army after four recipient LeAnna Felts. “When he left in the U.S. Army and was killed in action in 2003 when years.” for war, he had no regrets.
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