Firefighters Do the Heavy Lifting for Injured Greer Soldier
Greertoday.com — By Garrett Mitchell, Staff Reporter
The joy was unmistakable for Staff Sergeant Jason Livingston and his wife, Brandy. They stood in their newly furnished living room at their home on North Rutherford Road, surrounded by two children, friends, neighbors, and firemen from the Greer and Lake Cunningham Fire Departments.
Through Furnishing Hope, Jason — a 10-year Army combat veteran who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan — received new home furnishings. Livingston was awarded the Purple Heart among other decorations for wounds sustained in combat.
He was first injured on October 1, 2010 during his first deployment, and suffered additional injuries on his second deployment when a direct enemy mortar caused shrapnel to strike him at the base of the left side of his skull and neck, smashing his head into the side of a building.
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