A Real Hero

I received an e-mail about this photo two weeks ago and meant to post something about it then. I have seen this photo before but when I received the e-mail, I realized it may not have circulated as widely as I had assumed. You too may have seen the photo and read the story but if you didn't, it will make you feel good about being an American.

According to Snopes.com the picture was taken in October 2006 and is true. The photo shows Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhart, superintendent of the 22nd Wing Medical Group at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas. Here is the story that accompanied the photo:

John Gebhardt's wife, Mindy, said that this little girl's entire family was executed. The insurgents intended to execute the little girl also, and shot her in the head...but they failed to kill her. She was cared for in John's hospital and is healing up, but continues to cry and moan. The nurses said John is the only one who seems to calm her down, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both slept in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.

He is a real Star of the war, and represents what America is trying to do.

This, my friends, is worth sharing. Go for it!! You'll never see things like this in the news. Please keep this going. Nothing will happen if you don't, but the American public needs to see pictures like this and needs to realize that what we're doing over there is making a difference. Even if it is just one little girl at a time.

James Gates U. S. Navy