Vet's 2,000-mile run to honor fallen soldiers comes to emotional end

MIke Ehredt has taken some very real steps to ensure that fallen soldiers are remembered more than just on Veterans Day. Millions of steps, in fact. The 51-year-old Army vet from Idaho today completes a 2,146-mile run from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, during which he planted a flag for each soldier who lost a life in action in Afghanistan. On Sunday's portion of the run, he was joined by hundreds of marathoners in Galveston, Texas. The project mirrors a 2010 run Ehredt undertook to honor deceased Iraq War vets, and this version of Project America Run has affected Ehredt even more dramatically, particularly when he puts a flag in someone's hand to share the moment. "It's powerful," he said. [Source]

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