$1 million later; still going back to Iraq

[texasmom]

News article is below. A different new video showed him in an interview talking about making the third trip to Iraq when his unit deploys.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1249838~Iraq_Vet_Wins__1M_in_Scratch_Off_Lottery.html
Feb 29, 2008 4:57 AM (1 day ago) AP
SPOKANE, Wash. (Map, News) - A 26-year-old Iraq war veteran bought four scratch-off lottery tickets at a convenience store after an evening workout and wound up winning $1 million.

Wayne Leyde, who served two tours in Iraq with the Army, bought his winning Millionaire II ticket Tuesday night at a Zip Trip in Mead, about 10 miles northeast of Spokane.

Leyde said he had trouble sleeping after scraping away the gray metallic cover on one of his tickets to reveal the winning numbers.

The former active-duty soldier said he's thought of 50 people he should give money to and about 10,000 ways to spend it - but that if anyone should benefit from his windfall, it's his parents, with whom he lives in the Mount Spokane area.

Leyde is currently enlisted in the National Guard and works as a personal banker for Wells Fargo.

[Thruster]

You know it's funny. Just last night we kicked around the idea of a sort of lottery winner's benevolent fund. Sort of like a lotto club where the winnings were earmarked for random acts of kindness for those in the hot zone.

We never got the details ironed out as it was really late but I thought of it when I saw your post. I wonder how well it would work. I remember someone saying that the lottery is just a tax on people who can't do math but it would be a fun way of doing something helpful.

[TalonX]

When you are looking for the definition of a hero, this man is one.

Heroism is placing one's life at risk, for the benefit of others, with no personal gain to be had.

Someone in a desparate situation who rises up against the evil may be courageous, but not necessarily heroic.   Someone who volunteers to enter danger, is a hero.

to him.  May God bless and keep him safe.