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On Jan. 3, 2011, we added Julia "Judy" Bonds to the list of heroes who have laid down their lives in defense of our rights, our futures, and our heritage as Appalachians and Americans.
As a U.S. Army officer serving over the past decade of war, I have seen my share of sacrifice and laid too many friends in our most sacred and hollowed grounds. They lived and fought to preserve our liberty on battlefields far from home. Many of them died at the hand of our rampant fossil fuel addiction, by an American hand unwilling to step away from the gas pump. By roadside bombs paid for with blood-soaked oil money. Yet the courage and honor of these men and women remain untarnished, and their actions in life have secured their place in what modern Valhalla exists.See the full content of this document
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Judy Bonds' Spirit Lives On
Judy's spirit will surely join them in those heroic halls.
Judy's fight was not in the barren mountains of Afghanistan or the ...See the full content of this document
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